The power of the US president: no more paper straws!

Yet another executive order by the 47th president. This time Donald Trump has reversed a decision by Joe Biden to turn all plastic straws into paper ones to save the environment. Trump thinks this is so woke and ridiculous. So it's back to plastic. It does seem extraordinary that the president of the United States is involved in such minutiae. But it also shows the power of the office. Since he became president again on January 20, Trump and his acolyte Elon Musk have thrown the whole Washington establishment up into the air and it still hasn't come down yet. The return to plastic straws was Trump's final decision of a turmoil week in which he announced he wanted to turn Gaza into a luxury resort and then faced a worldwide no no no. I doubt it will stop Trump from pushing ahead with his scheme. But back to straws. Plastic product manufacturers will be delighted but what happens when the wretched straws get thrown nonchalently into rivers or oceans? Plastic detritus is already a global catastrophe. Trump has ensured that the plastic nightmare will be with us for a long time.