President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order repealing a 13,000-word restriction on the amount of water that can flow through a showerhead, The Western Journal reported.
“Overregulation chokes the American economy and stifles personal freedom. A small but meaningful example is the Obama-Biden war on showers,” Trump wrote in the executive order.
Trump joked with reporters about the restriction and its impact on his shower regimen.
“In my case, I like to take a nice shower to take care of my beautiful hair,” he said as he signed the order, a video posted to X showed.
“I have to stand in the shower 15 minutes until it gets wet,” Trump said. “It comes out drip, drip, drip. It’s ridiculous."
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Trump also said he believed that people just used more water over a longer period of time from a restricted showerhead.
“And what you do is you end up washing your hands five times longer, so, same water,” he continued. “We’re going to open it up, so that people can live.”
“Any time you see a new faucet you know it’s going to be a long wash of the hands. … It’s a big deal.”
A fact sheet about the order said it would “end the Obama-Biden war on water pressure and make America’s showers great again."
“The Order frees Americans from excessive regulations that turned a basic household item into a bureaucratic nightmare. No longer will showerheads be weak and worthless,” it continued.
Trump originally rescinded the regulation during his first term, but former President Joe Biden re-imposed it when he got into office.
"Americans pay for their own water and should be free to choose their showerheads without federal meddling,” the fact sheet further said.
Trump further noted that his predecessor “aggressively targeted everyday appliances like gas stoves, water heaters, washing machines, furnaces, dishwashers, and more, waging war on the reliable tools Americans depend on daily.”
