Published 12:04 IST, December 17th 2020
'Priority decisions?': Netizens mock Trump's 'closing act' after change in showerhead rule
From saying his 'legacy' will be showerheads to calling rule changes as 'priority decisions' amid COVID-19, netizens mock outgoing US President Donald Trump.
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After outgoing US President Donald Trump’s rant led to his ministration finalising two new rules easing energy standards on consumers fixtures and appliances, netizens have flooded social media mocking “priority decisions”. From accusing Trump of leaving White House with a “legacy” of changes that “matter most” to terming new rules as “simply silly” especially when US recently recorded one of deliest days of COVID-19 pandemic, internet users were seen largely unimpressed by closing act of Trump ministration. Here are some of reactions to Trump's "crowning achievement":
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New showerhe rules by Trump ministration
US Energy Department on December 15 anunced new shower rules, including one on showerhes after Trump complained that some showers fail to equately rinse his hair. new rule will w allow for each shower he in a fixture to reach two-and-a-half gallon-per-minute maximum water flow rate mandated by Congress. While in second rule, department created a new product class for washers and dryers with shorter cycle times.
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new rules are latest move in line with Trump’s yearlong cruse against what he calls as insufficient water pressure in household appliances and bathroom fixtures. y are also followed by Trump saying previously that environmental regulators were looking at sinks, faucets and toilets to revise conservation rules. Last year, he h said that people are flushing toilets 10 times, 15 times, as opposed to just once. w, rendered rules will allow shower to include multiple hes that flow at 9.4 later per minute standard.
Deputy Secretary of Energy Mark W. Menezes while hailing rules said, “Today’s final rulemakings allow consumers to choose products that can make ir lives easier, more comfortable, and save m time. That time and effort saved can be better spent on more important things in life”.
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12:06 IST, December 17th 2020