Is Trump Just a Straw Man Grasping at the Last Straw?

[Terrance8812]

Well now, this is rich, is this what the US needs a president for? To sign executive orders on plastic versus paper straws? Paper straws explode? Really? Is that like injecting disinfectant for COVID? And who consumes hot drinks using straws anyway? Meanwhile, I thought he was gonna end the war in Ukraine in a day? Waiting…

 

How about fixing domestic healthcare, homelessness, the cost of groceries, the exceedingly high price of pharmaceutical drugs, a shortage of housing, the healthcare system, the problem of mass incarcerations, raising the minimum wage, and the list goes on. Meanwhile, he’s grasping at straws here.

 

Well, this has to be the last straw on buffoonery. It’s becoming difficult to single out the single most stupidest and pointless thing he’s done so far and he’s not even a month into his presidency yet.

 

In a move that has left many scratching their heads, Trump signed an executive order reversing the previous administration’s plan to phase out single-use plastics, including straws, by 2035. His main gripe? Paper straws “explode” and don’t perform well.  

 

I’ve yet to witness a paper straw detonate in my iced latte myself. Perhaps Donny has been sipping on something a bit more risqué? One can’t help but wonder if this is now the most pressing issue keeping him up at night, having gone to such lengths to straighten out straws.

 

In the grand scheme of things, this focus on straws seems like a classic case of missing the forest for the trees, or should I say, missing the ocean for the plastic straws polluting it?

 

So, while the world burns (both literally and figuratively), the commander-in-straws is waging war against biodegradable beverage accessories. Talk about fiddling while Rome burns.

 

In conclusion, it appears that when it comes to prioritizing national issues, the president is, quite literally, grasping at straws.
 

 

[still kicking]

[Terrance8812]

The straw man isn't getting any likes in Thailand:

 

 

[bamnutsak]

12 hours ago, Terrance8812 said:

Well, this has to be the last straw on buffoonery

 

The second to the last straw?

 

Low flow no more? Trump to roll back rules on toilets, showers and lightbulbs.

Plastic straws, high flow toilets and incandescent light bulbs could make comebacks as President Donald Trump works to end previous environmental standards.

 

Trump called for "common sense standards on LIGHTBULBS" on his social media platform Truth Social on Tuesday, and said he was instructing Environmental Protection Agency Secretary Lee Zeldin to immediately change the requirements.

 

The same posting called for new standards pertaining to showers, toilets, washing machines and dishwashers.

 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/11/trump-to-roll-back-green-standards-for-toilets-lightbulbs/78415921007/

 

 

 

[KhunBENQ]

Saw it first on an Instagram video and thought it's an AI driven fake

[Yagoda]

Thanks Don I hate paper straws and LED lights and the government telling me how to live because of some ginned up Socialist hoax.

[hotsun]

This is hilarious. Lefties living in thailand where everyone throws their plastic in the ocean having a tantrum at this

[Liverpool Lou]

14 hours ago, Terrance8812 said:

How about fixing domestic healthcare, homelessness, the cost of groceries, the exceedingly high price of pharmaceutical drugs, a shortage of housing, the healthcare system

In 20 days?

 

14 hours ago, Terrance8812 said:

he’s not even a month into his presidency yet.

20 days, to be precise...pretty good going so far

 

14 hours ago, Terrance8812 said:

this focus on straws

Which "focus" on straws?   There are plenty of other things that have his focus also.

[frank83628]

6 minutes ago, hotsun said:

This is hilarious. Lefties living in thailand where everyone throws their plastic in the ocean having a tantrum at this

They have a tantrum at every single thing Trump does. He's Only been in office 3 weeks but  bitching because the worlds problems are not all fixed

[hotsun]

13 hours ago, still kicking said:

Trump never promised he would do anything about grocery prices. That was kamala, she said she would stop price gouging, do you believe her? She also said theres nothing she would have changed about the Biden admin

[Captain Flack]

A post trying to bypass the forum filters and against forum rules has been removed.

 

@dinsdale do it again and you can enjoy a time out.