For Trump, Chemicals in Straws Are a Crisis. In Water, Maybe Less So.

By Hiroko Tabuchi | The New York Times | May 5, 2025

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"The 36-page official national strategy document bears the presidential seal and involves 10 agencies from across the federal government.

It isn’t the government’s policy on tariffs or border security. It’s President Trump’s master plan to eradicate paper straws and bring back plastic.

“My Administration is committed,” the document declares, to “ridding us of the pulpy, soggy mess that torments too many of our citizens whenever they drink through a paper straw.”