Donald Trump promised he’d make America great again. Instead, he made us poor, sick, and more than a little envious of the comatose and dead.
That said, he did succeed in creating a rule that would have increased the flow of water from showerheads. Wait, that can’t be right. Who the fuck cares about showerheads?
Oh, yeah. This fucking guy:
TRUMP: “We’re bringing back consumer choice in home appliances so that you can buy washers and dryers, showerheads and faucets. So showerheads, you take a shower, the water doesn’t come out. You wanna wash your hands, the water doesn’t come out. So what do you do? You just stand there longer or you take a shower longer. Because my hair, I don’t know about you, but it has to be perfect. Perfect.”
As far as I’m concerned, that’s his signature achievement, because it sums him up better than anything else he’s done. The planet is frying and climate change is threatening the equitable distribution of water? Well, get in line, farmers. Donald Trump’s hair needs to be perfect.
Unfortunately (for Trump, if no one else), Joe Biden has now trashed his legacy.
The AP:
President Joe Biden’s administration is reversing a Trump-era rule approved after the former president complained he wasn’t getting wet enough because of limits on water flow from showerheads.
Now, with a new president in office, the Energy Department is going back to a standard adopted in 2013, saying it provides plenty of water for a good soak and a thorough clean.
The rule change will have little practical effect, since nearly all commercially made showerheads comply with the 2013 rule — the pet peeve of the former president notwithstanding.
Okay, so this was a rule that essentially did nothing, then—just like the president who spearheaded it. Sounds about right.
I mean, sure, Trump posed an existential threat to our democracy, trashed our alliances, cozied up to our enemies, favored plutocrats, and went out of his way to trash our environment, but sometime in the future, someone may or may not have manufactured a showerhead that wetted your hair a bit more quickly. Yup, totally worth voting for that guy.
I don’t know about you, but I don’t even think about showerhead flow when I’m in the fucking shower. That’s the time for dreaming up comebacks to rude shit people said to me in February.
But, hey, it’s nice to see Joe Biden dismantling his predecessor’s legacy. It’s not the same as trying to strip health care from millions of people or blowing up a nuclear deal you’ve never read and don’t understand, but it’s something. And if it fucks up Donald Trump’s hair (more so, anyway), it’s just gravy.
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