'Donald Trump Is Gonna Lose the Lightbulb War'

The absence of lightbulb regulations helps worsen the climate crisis and wastes households money, according to the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. The group has found the use of wasteful incandescent lights is costing Americans nearly $300 million a month in needless electricity bills and releasing 800,000 tons of carbon dioxide over the lifetimes of the inefficient bulbs sold each month.

Trump, however, was not enamored by LED lights while he was in the White House. The former president said that he looks 'better under an incandescent light than these crazy lights that are beaming down,' complaining in 2019 that he 'always looks orange' under LED lights.

The DOE has consistently found, however, that installing LED bulbs in light fixtures can save people hundreds of dollars over the lifetime of the bulbs.