Trump was oddly reasonable about plastic straws. His campaign may not like it

The president could have used a question about plastic waste to inflame the culture wars - but his answer wasn't far off the mark

There was no shortage of pressing issues for Donald Trump to address on Friday afternoon when he spoke briefly to the press as he made his way to board a helicopter that would carry him to his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. Reporters posed questions about:

Iran's seizure of British oil tankers

Trump's racist and xenophobic smears of representative Ilhan Omar and three other Democratic congresswomen

the first amendment

American exceptionalism

Jeffrey Epstein

allegations that Trump was involved in directing his personal attorney Michael Cohen to make illegal hush payments to Stormy Daniels

trade talks with China

the potential involvement of Senator Rand Paul in talks with Iran

the definition of racism

Robert Mueller's upcoming testimony to Congress

sanctions against Zimbabwe