“you can’t wash your beautiful hair properly”Trump used his own grooming routine to criticize water-efficiency rules.
Transcript location: 00:33:05
Remarks at manufacturing plant · 2020-08-06
Whirlpool Plant: Trump Discusses His “Beautiful Hair” and Shower Water
About this speech
During remarks at a Whirlpool facility, Trump digressed into complaints about water-saving fixtures and how they affect his hair.
What stands out in this speech
The detour turned a regulatory discussion into a personal anecdote about shower pressure, without demonstrating that the claimed water savings are illusory.
“I had people say they’d press the button five times.”He relied on unnamed anecdotes about appliances rather than documented performance comparisons.
Transcript location: 00:32:36
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