Unprovoked shark attacks are rare in the Bahamas, with just 34 recorded since 1580, according to the Florida Museum’s International Shark Attack File. This ranks the Caribbean country ninth among all tracked countries, with the US leading at 1,640 cases, followed by Australia with 706 and South Africa with 262, the data shows.

The president claimed plastic straws won’t “affect a shark very much.” But he’d previously declared, “I hope all the sharks die.”

Donald Trump has claimed his move to scrap paper straws and return to plastic won’t harm the environment, as sharks can eat them. The US president signed an order yesterday to reverse the Biden administration’s push away from single-use plastics in government facilities.