Name: President Donald Trump’s Toilet Rant Explained | NBC News NOW
Uploaded: 2020-02-12T18:40:47.000Z
Duration: 4 min 41 s
Description: Thousands of YouTube videos with English-Chinese subtitles! Now you can learn to understand native speakers, expand your vocabulary, and improve your pronunciation...

LONG-STANDING CONCERN IN CIRCLES, WATER REGULATION.

CIRCLES, WATER REGULATION. NBC POLITICAL REPORTER ALLEN

>> Reporter: IN DECEMBER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP RAISED

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP RAISED EYEBROWS WHEN HE TOLD REPORTERS

EYEBROWS WHEN HE TOLD REPORTERS HE HAD ORDERED HIS EPA TO

HE HAD ORDERED HIS EPA TO STRONGLY LOOK INTO SINKS,

STRONGLY LOOK INTO SINKS, SHOWERS, QUOTE, OTHER ELEMENTS.

SHOWERS, QUOTE, OTHER ELEMENTS. >> THE BATHROOM.

>> THE BATHROOM. YOU TURN THE FAUCET ON AND AREAS

YOU TURN THE FAUCET ON AND AREAS WHERE THERE'S TREMENDOUS AMOUNTS

WHERE THERE'S TREMENDOUS AMOUNTS OF WATER, WHERE THE WATER RUSHES

OF WATER, WHERE THE WATER RUSHES OUT TO SEA BECAUSE YOU COULD

OUT TO SEA BECAUSE YOU COULD NEVER HANDLE IT AND YOU DON'T

NEVER HANDLE IT AND YOU DON'T GET ANY WATER.

GET ANY WATER. THEY TAKE A SHOWER, WATER COMES

THEY TAKE A SHOWER, WATER COMES DRIPPING OUT.

DRIPPING OUT. IT'S DRIPPING OUT VERY QUIETLY

IT'S DRIPPING OUT VERY QUIETLY DRIPPING OUT.

DRIPPING OUT. SO EPA IS LOOKING AT THAT VERY

AT MY SUGGESTION. >> Reporter: NOW, THESE

>> Reporter: NOW, THESE COMMENTS, THEY DREW A LOT OF

COMMENTS, THEY DREW A LOT OF ATTENTION ONLINE.

ATTENTION ONLINE. SOME FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE SIMPLY

SOME FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE SIMPLY ENTERTAINED THAT THE PRESIDENT

ENTERTAINED THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS SPEAKING ABOUT THIS AND

WAS SPEAKING ABOUT THIS AND OTHERS WHO WERE SOMEWHAT

OTHERS WHO WERE SOMEWHAT SURPRISED AT WHAT HAD BROUGHT

SURPRISED AT WHAT HAD BROUGHT THIS TO THE PRESIDENT'S

WHY HE WAS FOCUSING ON IT, PARTICULARLY AS THIS

PARTICULARLY AS THIS HIGH-PROFILE IMPEACHMENT

HIGH-PROFILE IMPEACHMENT INVESTIGATION WAS ONGOING.

INVESTIGATION WAS ONGOING. >> YOU OPEN IT UP --

>> YOU OPEN IT UP -- >> Reporter: NOW AT A RALLY JUST

>> Reporter: NOW AT A RALLY JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER,

A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER, ACTUALLY THE EXACT RALLY THAT

ACTUALLY THE EXACT RALLY THAT TOOK PLACE MOMENTS AFTER THE

TOOK PLACE MOMENTS AFTER THE HOUSE FORMALLY VOTED TO IMPEACH

HOUSE FORMALLY VOTED TO IMPEACH HIM, THE PRESIDENT WENT ON A

HIM, THE PRESIDENT WENT ON A MUCH MORE EXTENDED RANT ABOUT

MUCH MORE EXTENDED RANT ABOUT THIS TOPIC.

THIS TOPIC. >> YOU REMEMBER THE DISHWASHER,

>> YOU REMEMBER THE DISHWASHER, YOU PRESS IT, BOOM, THERE'D BE

YOU PRESS IT, BOOM, THERE'D BE LIKE AN EXPLOSION.

LIKE AN EXPLOSION. FIVE MINUTES LATER, YOU OPEN IT

FIVE MINUTES LATER, YOU OPEN IT UP, THE STEAM POURS OUT.

UP, THE STEAM POURS OUT. NOW YOU PRESS IT 12 TIMES.

NOW YOU PRESS IT 12 TIMES. WOMEN TELL ME, AGAIN, YOU KNOW,

WOMEN TELL ME, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THEY GIVE YOU FOUR DROPS OF

>> Reporter: THE REALITY IS THERE IS AN UNDERPINNING TO THIS

THERE IS AN UNDERPINNING TO THIS ARGUMENT AND IT'S BEEN A

ARGUMENT AND IT'S BEEN A LIBERTARIAN WAR THAT HAS GONE ON

LIBERTARIAN WAR THAT HAS GONE ON FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS NOW.

FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS NOW. WHILE THE PRESIDENT ISN'T QUITE

WHILE THE PRESIDENT ISN'T QUITE SO ELOQUENT IN DISCUSSING THE

SO ELOQUENT IN DISCUSSING THE TOPIC, HE IS TALKING ABOUT WATER

TOPIC, HE IS TALKING ABOUT WATER REGULATIONS THAT WERE SIGNED

REGULATIONS THAT WERE SIGNED INTO LAW BY PRESIDENTS GEORGE H.

INTO LAW BY PRESIDENTS GEORGE H. W. BUSH AND PRESIDENT CLINTON IN

W. BUSH AND PRESIDENT CLINTON IN THE EARLY '90s THAT LIMIT HOW

THE EARLY '90s THAT LIMIT HOW MUCH WATER CAN BE USED IN NEW

MUCH WATER CAN BE USED IN NEW TOILETS, COMING OUT OF FAUCET

TOILETS, COMING OUT OF FAUCET HEADS BOTH FOR SHOWERS AND SINKS

HEADS BOTH FOR SHOWERS AND SINKS AND LIBERTARIANS HAVE ARGUED

AND LIBERTARIANS HAVE ARGUED THAT THESE REGULATIONS CAUSE THE

THAT THESE REGULATIONS CAUSE THE PRODUCTS TO BE VIRTUALLY

PRODUCTS TO BE VIRTUALLY UNUSABLE, THAT NO WATER ISLE TO

UNUSABLE, THAT NO WATER ISLE TO COMING OUT AND USERS ARE

COMING OUT AND USERS ARE FRUSTRATED AND HAVE TO USE THE

FRUSTRATED AND HAVE TO USE THE SHOWER OR FLUSH THE TOILET

SHOWER OR FLUSH THE TOILET MULTIPLE TIMES, THEREFORE

MULTIPLE TIMES, THEREFORE ELIMINATING THE INTENDED

ELIMINATING THE INTENDED ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT, THE WATER

ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT, THE WATER CONSERVATION BENEFIT, OF THOSE

CONSERVATION BENEFIT, OF THOSE REGULATIONS.

NOW, OF COURSE, ENVIRONMENTALISTS DISAGREE WITH

ENVIRONMENTALISTS DISAGREE WITH THAT PREMISE ENTIRELY AND THEY

THAT PREMISE ENTIRELY AND THEY SAY WHAT THE PRESIDENT AND SOME

SAY WHAT THE PRESIDENT AND SOME OF HIS LIBERTARIAN-MINDED

OF HIS LIBERTARIAN-MINDED BACKERS BELIEVE WITH REGARD TO

BACKERS BELIEVE WITH REGARD TO THIS IS JUST UTTER NONSENSE.

THIS IS JUST UTTER NONSENSE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO FLUSH THE

YOU DON'T HAVE TO FLUSH THE TOILET TEN TIMES, EVEN AS SOME

TOILET TEN TIMES, EVEN AS SOME OF THE PRESIDENT'S SUPPORTERS

OF THE PRESIDENT'S SUPPORTERS WILL ADMIT AND DISHWASHERS ARE

WILL ADMIT AND DISHWASHERS ARE WORKING JUST FINE.

WORKING JUST FINE. THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY LAST

THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY LAST YEAR HELD AN OPEN PETITION TO

YEAR HELD AN OPEN PETITION TO TAKE COMPLAINTS REGARDING

TAKE COMPLAINTS REGARDING DISHWASHER PERFORMANCE AND THE

DISHWASHER PERFORMANCE AND THE GOAL IS, THE ENERGY DEPARTMENT

Subtitles ListPlay Video

President Donald Trump’s Toilet Rant Explained | NBC News NOW

eliminate

multiple

tremendous

exact