Trump To EPA: Repeal Rules On Low-Flush Toilets

USA Today reports:

High flow toilets and incandescent light bulbs could make comebacks as President Donald Trump works to end previous environmental standards. Trump called for “common sense standards on LIGHTBULBS” on his social media platform Truth Social on Tuesday, and said he was instructing Environmental Protection Agency Secretary Lee Zeldin to immediately change the requirements.

High-efficiency toilet standards were first set in 1992 under President George H.W. Bush. At the same time faucets and showers were capped at 2.5 gallons per minute. Trump previously criticized energy efficient light bulbs and low-flow toilets. In 2019 he claimed that Americans had to flush their toilets “10 times, 15 times as opposed to once” due to the introduction of low-flow toilets.

Read the full article. Rants about water pressure have been a staple at Trump’s rallies for a decade and usually involving complaints that he’s unable to properly wash his “beautiful, perfect hair.”

Trump on Beverly Hills: “They wanted to restrict you to 38 gallons of water a day. That sounds like a lot, but it’s not when you’re a rich person and you want to take a shower.” pic.twitter.com/yUkeyGBTEM

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 21, 2025

Trump: “It’s called rain. It comes down from heaven. And they want to do no water comes out of the shower. It goes drip drip drip … you can have all the water you want. It makes no difference.” pic.twitter.com/Td6eMHYRjs

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 7, 2025