The US government has called for changes to be made to the definition of showerhead in order to increase the amount of water that flows out of them following complaints from Donald Trump.

Since 1992, the maximum amount of water which can be produced from US showerheads in a single minute is 2.5 gallons.

But the Department of Energy are now proposing that limit is attributed to each nozzle as opposed to the entire showerhead.

This comes after the President’s comments last month about how the lack of water can impact on his ability to style his hair correctly.

He said: "So showerheads - you take a shower, the water doesn't come out. You want to 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."

Meanwhile, Andrew deLaski, executive director of the energy conservation group Appliance Standards Awareness Project, labelled the proposed change ‘silly’.

He told Associated Press that with the four or five more nozzles 'you could have 10, 15 gallons per minute powering out of the showerhead, literally probably washing you out of the bathroom.

“Frankly it’s silly,” deLaski said. “The country faces serious problems. We’ve got a pandemic, serious long-term drought throughout much of the West. We’ve got global climate change. Showerheads aren’t one of our problems.”