Trump Signs the 'Make America's Showers Great Again' Order: 'It Comes Out Drip, Drip, Drip'; on Krebs: 'He's the Fraud' (April 9, 2025)

President Donald Trump signed an order to end weak showers, and he explained why it mattered to him personally. “And you take a shower or wash your hands, whatever you do—including dishwashers, where no water comes out—but you wash your hands, and, in my case, I like to take a nice shower to take care of my beautiful hair,” Trump said in the Oval Office on April 9, 2025, as the room laughed, according to the transcript published by the American Presidency Project [1].

“I have to stand under the shower for 15 minutes till it gets wet. It comes out drip, drip, drip. It’s ridiculous,” he said [1].

The video above shows Trump signing orders in the Oval Office on April 9, 2025. Quotes are from the American Presidency Project and the Department of Energy [1][2][3][4].

”Make America’s Showers Great Again”

The White House said the order would “end the Obama-Biden war on water pressure and make America’s showers great again.” It directed the energy secretary to rescind the rule that redefined “showerhead,” the White House said [2].

“The Biden definition was a staggering 13,000 words. The Oxford English Dictionary, by contrast, defines ‘showerhead’ in one short sentence,” the White House fact sheet says [2].

“No longer will showerheads be weak and worthless,” it says [2].

“It’s not just showers—the Biden Administration 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,” the fact sheet says [2].

“And we’re going to open it up so that people can live, and we’re going to hopefully have Congress approve it so it’s memorialized,” Trump said [1].

Trump said new homes were the worst. “You buy a new house, you pay a lot of money, and the developers—you’re not allowed to do anything more. They put restrictors on. They used to have a restrictor where you could take it out, but now they weld it in,” he said [1].

He tied it to his other fixes. “We did straws a month ago, where the paper straws were melting. They were dissolving. They weren’t working well, and we went back to the plastic straws,” Trump said [1].

”Who the Hell Is Miles Taylor?”

Trump also signed a memorandum on Miles Taylor, the former Homeland Security official who wrote a book as “Anonymous.” White House Staff Secretary Will Scharf said it would strip any active clearance Taylor had and “order the Department of Justice to investigate his activities.” [1]

“I had no idea who this guy was,” Trump said. “I said, ‘Who the hell is Miles Taylor?’” [1]

“I think it’s a very important case, and I think he’s guilty of treason, if you want to know the truth. But we’ll find out,” Trump said [1].

”He’s the Fraud. He’s a Disgrace.”

A second memorandum targeted Chris Krebs, the former head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. It says Krebs “is a significant bad-faith actor who weaponized and abused his Government authority.” [3]

“CISA, under Krebs’ leadership, suppressed conservative viewpoints under the guise of combatting supposed disinformation, and recruited and coerced major social media platforms to further its partisan mission,” the memorandum says. “CISA covertly worked to blind the American public to the controversy surrounding Hunter Biden’s laptop.” [3]

It directs agencies “to immediately take steps consistent with existing law to revoke any active security clearance held by Christopher Krebs.” [3]

“He’s the fraud. He’s a disgrace,” Trump said of Krebs [1].

”Blatantly Illegal”

Trump signed a memorandum ordering agencies to stop enforcing illegal rules. Scharf said it “directs the heads of your departments and agencies to follow the law and to cease enforcing regulations that are blatantly illegal or unconstitutional.” [1]

“That’s a big deal,” Trump said [1].

”He’s Going to Be a Great Ambassador”

Trump also signed Mike Huckabee’s commission as ambassador to Israel, which the Senate had confirmed that day. “He’s going to be a great Ambassador to Israel,” Trump said [1].

He welcomed a Democratic guest, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. “And she’s been—she’s really done an excellent job. And a very good person,” Trump said, adding that they were working to keep Selfridge Air National Guard Base open [1].

“And we’re having a good day in the stock market, as you can see, an alltime-record day,” Trump said [1].

By the Numbers

13,000: words in the Biden-era definition of “showerhead,” per the White House [2].
2.5: gallons per minute, the 1992 standard the order restores, per the White House [2].
15 minutes: how long Trump said he stands under the shower “till it gets wet” [1].

What Happened Next

The rule was repealed. On April 17, 2025, the Energy Department announced it had published a final rule “that will restore the straightforward definition of ‘showerhead’ established in the 1992 energy law, which sets a simple 2.5-gallons-per-minute standard for showers.” [4]

“Americans pay for their water and should be free to choose the showerheads they prefer. Thanks to President Trump’s leadership, we are bringing that freedom back,” said Lou Hrkman of the department’s energy efficiency office. The repeal took effect May 15, 2025 [4].

For Trump on the tariffs a week earlier, and the pause that followed, see HYGO News’ page on April 3, 2025. For Trump on Liberation Day a week earlier, see the page on April 2, 2025.