Trump Ends War on Water Pressure with Executive Order to ‘Make American Showers Great Again’

by Seamus Othot | Apr 10, 2025

Amidst President Donald Trump’s attempts to restore domestic manufacturing to the U.S. with his controversial tariffs, he took the time on Wednesday to fight for Americans’ small personal freedoms with an executive order ending the war on showers.

“In my case, I like to take a nice shower to take care of my beautiful hair. I have to stand under the shower for 15 minutes till it gets wet. It comes out drip, drip, drip, it’s ridiculous,” explained President Trump while signing the order in front of press.

“We’re going to open it up so people can live, and we’re going to hopefully have Congress approve it so it’s memorialized,” he added. “Anytime you see a new faucet, you know it’s going to be a long, it’s going to be a long wash of the hands.”

During his press conference, Trump promised that he would work to get this, and other small quality of life improvements, such as his deregulation of plastic straws, codified in Congress.

The order repeals an unreasonably long, 13,000-word definition of “shower-head” and imposes water flow regulations on showers.

“To the extent any definition is necessary for this common piece of hardware, the Oxford English Dictionary defines “shower-head” in one short sentence,” said the order.

According to Trump, repealing that definition will also remove burdensome water regulations for toilets, washing machines, and other appliances.

Federal standards promulgated in 1992 limit shower-head flow to just 2.5 gallons per minute. During his first term, Trump tried to limit the effect of those regulations, but President Joe Biden quickly undid Trump’s efforts.

Democrats have long sought to impose burdensome and often costly limits on what appliances Americans can buy, citing energy or water conservation, and have imposed other regulations such as bans on plastic straws and grocery bags.

Along with drastically altering the global economy, Trump has focused some of his efforts on deregulating for the sake of everyday Americans.

Seamus Othot is a reporter for The Maine Wire. He grew up in New Hampshire, and graduated from The Thomas More College of Liberal Arts, where he was able to spend his time reading the great works of Western Civilization. He can be reached at [email protected]

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