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President Donald Trump is readying to extremity bans and restrictions connected integrative straws, according to his caller station connected Truth Social.
"I volition beryllium signing an Executive Order adjacent week ending the ridiculous Biden propulsion for Paper Straws, which don't work," Trump posted Friday. "BACK TO PLASTIC!"
If signed, the enforcement bid would impact laws successful respective Democratic-run states that presently person bans oregon restrictions connected single-use integrative straws, specified arsenic California, Colorado, New York, Maine, Oregon, Vermont, Rhode Island and Washington.
The impending enforcement bid comes conscionable months aft the Biden medication announced plans successful July to signifier retired single-use integrative successful the national government.
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Blue states such arsenic California and New York presently person laws successful spot limiting the usage of single-use integrative straws successful full-service restaurants, unless it is requested by the customer.
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Democratic states person besides adopted the usage of insubstantial straws arsenic a much environment-friendly alternative, which has been criticized by Trump for years, who wrote successful a 2019 societal media station that "liberal insubstantial straws don't work."
"Greatest President ever!" wrote Elon Musk, who is starring efforts astatine the recently formed Department of Government Efficiency, successful a station connected X regarding the president's program for integrative straws.
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