Trump signs orders including deregulating water that had media in stitches

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US President Donald Trump on April 9 signed several executive orders and memorandum,  including reviving the shipbuilding industry and rolling back water conservation regulations that had the Cabinet members and media in stitches.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The next executive order relates to defense procurement.

00:09Our current defense procurement process has been criticized by many folks on both sides of the aisle

00:14as being too slow to adapt to new and changing technologies,

00:19not delivering the sorts of weapons and systems that our warfighters need

00:23in order to compete on the battlefields of the future.

00:25So with this executive order, we're going to be modernizing the procurement structure

00:30the Department of Defense uses to allow it to more quickly adapt to changing circumstances around the world.

00:36Next up, sir, we have a series of executive orders and memorandum all relating to deregulation,

00:42which has obviously been a major priority of your administration.

00:45The first of these is an executive order.

00:47The Biden administration launched what you've called a war on showers.

00:51They had certain regulations that basically killed the water pressure of showers and other water appliances.

01:01You can say it.

01:02Go ahead.

01:03What are the appliances?

01:04I mean, it's everything, sir.

01:06Sinks and toilets.

01:07Dishwashers, toilets, sinks.

01:10But the shower heads are a huge deal.

01:11There's no water.

01:12You don't get water.

01:13It's ridiculous.

01:14So with this executive order, we're effectively going to be reversing that set of regulations

01:19to ensure that Americans have choice in the consumer market.

01:22If they want a low-flow shower head, they can buy one.

01:24If they want a real-deal shower head, they should have the ability to get one.

01:28That's true.

01:29You buy a new house, you pay a lot of money, and the developers, you're not allowed to do anything more.

01:35They put restrictors on.

01:37They used to have a restrictor where you could take it out, but now they weld it in.

01:40And you take a shower or wash your hands, whatever you do, including dishwashers where no water comes out.

01:46But you wash your hands, and in my case, I like to take a nice shower to take care of my beautiful hair.

01:54I have to stand in the shower for 15 minutes until it gets wet.

01:58It comes out drip, drip, drip.

01:59It's ridiculous.

02:01And what you do is you end up washing your hands five times longer.

02:04So it's the same water.

02:06And we're going to open it up so that people can live,

02:08and we're going to hopefully have Congress approve it so it's memorialized.

02:14Okay.

02:19From shipbuilding to having a merchant marine that's capable of supporting American military efforts,

02:27really up and down the line, restoring maritime dominance has been a priority of this administration.

02:33This executive order, which was prepared primarily by your National Security Council staff and National Security Advisor Walt,

02:40has a number of very significant policy steps, all aimed at restoring American maritime dominance

02:47and ensuring that we have the shipbuilding capacity and ability to compete globally, both militarily and in the civilian space as well.

02:54And that could be a good one for Michigan, too, because we're going to be spending a lot of money on shipbuilding.

03:00We're way, way, way behind.

03:02We used to build a ship a day, and now we don't do a ship a year practically, and we have the capacity to do it.

03:08So we'll talk to you about that.

03:10Okay, Matt, think about that.

03:12That's a natural.

03:23Okay.

03:24Shipbuilding.

03:26That's a good one.

03:28Okay.

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