Trump signed an Executive Order to end the use of paper straws. Here’s what to know about the history 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,

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday, Feb. 10, encouraging the U.S. government and public to go back to using plastic straws following the Biden Administration’s push to phase out the single-use plastics.