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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump is now selling his own plastic straws because 'liberal paper straws don't work'
This includes contributing to the planet's plastic problem because Trump's team doesn't like the fact that paper straws are now a thing and plastic straws are slowly being phased out.
On the merchandise section of Trump's official website, supporters can now purchase a pack of 10 red plastic straws with the word 'Trump' printed on it for the pricey sum of $15.
Yup, that's right, that's $1.50 per straw. Or, if you're from the Uk, £1.20. Which, we're going to ahead and point out is more than the recommended retail price of a can of coca cola.
[link:https://www.indy100.com/article/trump-plastic-paper-straws-liberal-shop-2020-election-campaign-9013646|
Grifting while helping to ruin the planet... impressive even by Trump standards!
no_hypocrisy
(46,234 posts)perhaps sterilized.
greymattermom
(5,754 posts)Will Trump sell Trump brand bleach for $10 an ounce to clean them?
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)Re use them. Kind of like a long eyelash wand.
Demovictory9
(32,482 posts)dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,097 posts)I have a few of those insulated drink cups with a lid and a plastic straw. I use 'em for smoothies. The insides of the straws don't rinse clean easily. Half the time, I have to run a pipe cleaner through them to get the gunk out before I run them through the dishwasher. The ones with an accordion bend in them are particularly hard to clean. If the flying monkeys want to throw away a ton of money on those dumb things, they're welcome to do so. Not going to piss off this liberal to see them do that. I'll be laughing my ass off at them. I doubt they'll make the effort to clean them properly, and when they get sick from it, oh well.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)various sippy cups clean. From boiling to different tools and accesories. And I still don't feel they are properly clean.
PWPippinesq
(195 posts)LiberalFighter
(51,170 posts)Maraya1969
(22,507 posts)Sorry it won't show up with the url link. It is a set of metal straws for only $5.89
https://www.amazon.com/SipWell-Stainless-Drinking-Cleaning-Included/dp/B00KGIANQ2/ref=sxin_2_osp22-b16031e4_cov?ascsubtag=b16031e4-fc06-46c4-acdf-b45aaf3862dc&creativeASIN=B00KGIANQ2&crid=2X184CCKHMQTE&cv_ct_id=amzn1.osp.b16031e4-fc06-46c4-acdf-b45aaf3862dc&cv_ct_pg=search&cv_ct_wn=osp-search&keywords=stainless+steel+straws&linkCode=oas&pd_rd_i=B00KGIANQ2&pd_rd_r=7a640d8c-f498-4592-beac-e3eaffde9a08&pd_rd_w=fJGZN&pd_rd_wg=l5d9K&pf_rd_p=c501273b-119a-4fc9-ad78-eda5006b0be9&pf_rd_r=GAVV2J0DTEGKKF77TKPP&qid=1563727423&s=gateway&sprefix=stainle%2Caps%2C185&tag=reviewedoap-20
Ms. Toad
(34,117 posts)https://www.livescience.com/65925-metal-straw-death.html
Treat them like scissors.
Botany
(70,614 posts)n/t
Traildogbob
(8,834 posts)He should sell fake gold straws duplicating the solid gold one he uses to snort Adoral, or the Coke he and Epstein would do before raping little girls. Anyone believe his ass was not coked up it the Mar-a-logo rape dance ritual in the recent video?
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)Maeve
(42,297 posts)And they were the only kind around when tRump was a kid, too.
Hubby bought some metal straws he uses (big mustache); I prefer no straw. And anyone fool enough to pay that much....well, I guess they are already fool enough to support His Orangeness.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)Although I can see how they might be a problem for the whiny little snowflakes for whom Trump is the God King.
Ms. Toad
(34,117 posts)Who need straws to be able to consume beverages, but have muscle control and spasms that make using paper straws unrealistic, and using metal (or rigid plastic) straws dangerous.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)That's what he's going for.
rickford66
(5,530 posts)Cleaning out the house to sell and I found plastic straws left over from kids parties. How do I get rid of them?
https://www.wikihow.com/Dispose-of-Plastic-Straws
I might just leave them in the basement for the future "collector" to find them. In a 100 years they should be collectible.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)...and, once your beverage was consumed, you could "unwind" them and have this really long paper curly-q!
rickford66
(5,530 posts)The ones with plastic straws don't seem to work.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)enough for millions of already uncomfortable conservatives to wish they weren't associated with it. As these outrages and embarrassments continue to pile up, some are finally becoming last straws.
Pun intended.
onethatcares
(16,192 posts)for the magats to suck more than they currently do.
Maeve
(42,297 posts)William Seger
(10,779 posts)I suppose we could try to convince them that, for the sake of the planet, they should try sucking a little less, but that hasn't worked before.
Norbert
(6,041 posts)You know, the same trumpette base that will bitch, "My Tax Dollars!" if someone buys a 75 cent doughnut with food stamps.
Aside from the pure idiocy, if they have money to burn, go right ahead.
riverbendviewgal
(4,254 posts)Here in Ontario. I have a Tim Hortons reusable plastic coffee cup with plastic lid. I find I can use it for cold drinks too.
Canadian Tire sells reusable metal straws with cleaning brush as do other department stores.
People are becoming aware of plastic pollution. Many of us think going back to glass jars on most things would be best. I remember glass milk bottles.
Our beer and liquor bottle are deposit added when purchasing. Pop cans and plastic bottles should be also deposit.
GoCubsGo
(32,097 posts)Not all of it, but they do carry products from a dairy in the region that puts all of its products in glass. I don't buy a lot of milk, but I do use their half and half--when I can get it. It's often sold out.
CatMor
(6,212 posts)by falling down while holding a metal straw that pierced her eye and brain. Very freaky thing but use with caution.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,047 posts)Fritz Walter
(4,292 posts)I followed the link, but got bombarded with so many pop-up and video streams I couldn't see any mention of their point of origin.
Perhaps the same sweatshops in China that produce his campaign banners and Iskanka's overpriced merchandise are cranking these out.
BTW, if someone ever hands you one of these, take a red Sharpie, cover the "T" and then hand it back to that person. See if they can figure out where you think it should be inserted.
kacekwl
(7,024 posts)than a Liberal.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)doc03
(35,389 posts)eliminating incandescent bulbs a few years ago. The CFLs were bad but todays LEDs are great
you get far better light with like 1/7 the wattage. If this country all thought like Republicans we
would still be riding horses.
Paladin
(28,277 posts)Buns_of_Fire
(17,202 posts)He needs some celebrity endorsements.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)watching you that you're a sucker for Trump.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)Paper straws at Sea World and specialty stores. Obviously I am missing something. I see no shortage of plastic straws, I also completely understand the purpose of paper straws.
AllaN01Bear
(18,534 posts)just as the ferengi would say , yet another marketing ploy.
Dirty Socialist
(3,252 posts)That Trump laughs at his supporters every night!
Zambero
(8,974 posts)$1.50 a straw? Sucking for Suckers!
justhanginon
(3,290 posts)Vinca
(50,318 posts)90-percent
(6,829 posts)A habit I've grown over the years. I clean them in the dishwasher. I'm fine with paper or any enviro friendly straws, but right now the cost of paper straws seems exorbitant.
-90% Jimmy
blogslut
(38,019 posts)I love them because I never have to buy straws again.
Thank you! I had no idea such straws even existed! They have thought of everything now!
-jim
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Buy 10 plastic straws for $1.50 each! That'll show 'em!
Blue Owl
(50,532 posts)for the mentally insane
kskiska
(27,048 posts)long before plastic straws were even invented. At soda fountains two narrow straws came packaged in paper in a holder on every counter - they could be used together as one, or two might share an ice cream soda with a straw apiece.
Odoreida
(1,549 posts)scarytomcat
(1,706 posts)he maybe needs them for his coke habit
sniff sniff sniff