The fight over the 'Obama switch' shows how Trump weaponizes minor irritations

The water pressure in your shower feels weaker than it used to. Your favorite restaurant hands you a flimsy paper straw. Your car's engine shuts off when you stop at a red light.

They're small frustrations, the little changes in how things work that upset your daily routine.

But the Trump administration has turned them into rhetorical gold, recasting minor irritations as part of a broader campaign by faceless bureaucrats, virtue-signaling environmentalists and power-hungry Democrats to dictate how Americans live...