Trump's “war” with the tap, won by executive order for “his beautiful hair”. Restrictions to water pressure, high
Donald Trump arranges his hair during a campaign rally at Ed Fry Arena in Indiana, Pennsylvania, September 23, 2024. Photo: Rebecca Droke / AP / Profimedia
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to raise the water pressure restrictions at the shower ends, a measure that the White House has stated that “it will take the wonderful America again” and which makes the famous Republican leader's campaign (Maga), writes AFP on Thursday.
Trump has long complained about the insufficient water pressure in the American baths, which he puts on account of the federal regulations on water saving.
“In my case, I like to take a good shower, to take care of my beautiful hair,” Trump said in front of reporters on Wednesday, while signing the order in the Oval Office.
“I have to stay under the shower for 15 minutes until enough water is. A drop, a drop, a drop. It's ridiculous,” the US president added.
The order asks the Department for Energy to eliminate the “radical ecological” regulations that limit the flow rate to 2.5 gallons (about 9.4 liters) per minute.
The White House said that the order “releases Americans from the excessive regulations that have transformed a basic household element into a bureaucratic nightmare” and ends the “Obama-Biden war against the showers”.
Trump has targeted water pressure standards for shower ends, toilets, dishwasher and other household appliances, from his first term.
“My hair, I don't know what you think, but it has to be perfect, perfect,” he said in front of the White House in 2020.
“When I take a shower, I want my beautiful hair to be covered with foam,” Trump told Detroit, in June 2024. “I want to be washed beautifully. I take the best thing you can buy and pour it everywhere. Then I go to the water and the water barely flow.
But, according to the NGO Appliance Standards Awareness Project, “shower standards allow consumers to save money on water and energy invoices and help the environment.”
“The tests have repeatedly shown that today's models can provide an excellent shower,” the NGO, which promotes the efficiency of household appliances, in a 2024 report.
