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Trump Seizes On Soggy Paper Straws As Campaign Issue: 'Make Straws Great Again'

The president's reelection campaign is now selling reusable and recycled straws in their 2020 online store, because they claim "lberal paper straws don't work."
Paper straws sit on the bar at Fog Harbor Fish House in San Francisco, Calif.

President Trump appears to have identified his newest American enemy — paper straws.

His reelection campaign is now selling reusable and recycled straws in their 2020 online store, and Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale blasted out the slurping non-soggy alternative in an email titled "Make Straws Great Again," a play on the president's

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