President Donald Trump has a history of complaining about water pressure, which he considers insufficient, from toilets to showers. And the Trump administration, Reuters reports, is proposing new rules that showerheads can increase water pressure.
In December 2019, Trump complained about water pressure in toilets, saying, “People flush toilets ten times, 15 times as opposed to once.” And recently, during a White House event, Trump complained that water does not come out fast enough when he dives. Trump told attendees, “So, what do you do? You just stand there longer, or you take a shower longer? Because my hair – I do not know about you, but it must be perfect. Perfect.”
Consumer groups, however, have warned that rising water pressure to Trump’s liking would result in higher water levels in the US
Reuters explained that the Trump administration’s proposal would “effectively allow showerheads to contain multiple showerheads that ran around the 2.5-gallon-per-minute standard Congress instituted in 1992, when Trump’s colleague “Republican George HW Bush was president.” And Reuters notes that the U.S. Department of Energy “has also proposed easier standards for washing machines.”
According to Reuters, “The Trump administration says its regulatory rollbacks save average U.S. households $ 3100 a year, but conservatives say reducing bathroom standards could increase energy and water costs.”
