"I can't wash my beautiful hair": Trump changes a water law
President Donald Trump complained about poor shower flow during a public event at an Ohio factory: “You come into a new house, turn on the tap and no water comes. Open the shower and if you are like me, you cannot wash your beautiful hair properly, ”he said, announcing that he had requested a change in the law.
A president asking to change a law by explaining that he can't get shampoo right. He happens in the United States and the one complaining about insufficient water pressure in homes, according to local media reports, is Donald Trump. The pressure is not enough to the point that he can't wash his "beautiful hair," said the president, often the target of satire about his yellow hair that looks unnatural. Explaining the problem, Trump also has announced that he had taken steps to change the law.
"You enter a new house, you turn on the tap, the water does not come out," the president complained last Thursday during a visit to a Whirlpool factory in Ohio. " Open the shower and, if you're like me, you can't wash your beautiful hair well. You lose 20 minutes. Please get out - the tycoon continued referring to water -. Water drips, right? You know what I'm talking about, they put the limiters (of flow, ed). I got rid of it, with a signature ”.
The government wasted no time: the Department of Energy proposed to change the definition of the shower head to allow for a greater flow of water. In the United States, according to a 1992 law, shower heads cannot deliver more than 2.5 gallons of water per minute, or about 9.5 liters. Now the Trump administration wants this limit to no longer apply to the entire shower head, but to each nozzle. However, the Energy Department's proposal has already met with criticism from consumer groups and environmentalists, who speak of unnecessary waste. According to some media, if he were to proceed, the proposal could also be challenged in court.
According to Andrew deLaski, director of the Appliance Standards Awareness Project energy conservation group, this is a "silly" proposition: with four or five more nozzles "you could have 10-15 gallons per minute coming out of the shower head. , such a power to sweep you out of the bathroom ". He also added: "If the president needs help finding a good shower, we can direct him to some great consumer sites that help locate a good shower head ...
