President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday encouraging both the federal government and American consumers to buy plastic drinking straws — a formal rebuke of former President Joe

President Donald Trump announces plans to reverse the Biden administration's paper straw ban, leading to heated discussions online about environmental impact and convenience of plastic straws.

Paper straws are, objectively, the worst. There’s the race against the clock to use them before they turn to mush, the temperature problem — good for neither hot nor frozen — and, worst of all, the appalling sensation when they make contact with your teeth.