President-elect Donald Trump said on Friday the Republican Party would try to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, calling it “inconvenient” and “costly.”
In 2022, the Senate unanimously approved a bill that would make daylight saving time permanent. The Sunshine Protection Act was introduced by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) — Trump’s pick to lead the State Department — but never received a vote in the House.
President-elect Donald Trump said Republicans will try to end the decades-long ritual of changing the clocks twice a year.
A Republican brouhaha is emerging after President-elect Trump called to eliminate daylight saving time, setting up battle lines between prominent GOP lawmakers in their hopes to lock the clock.
In a post on TruthSocial, Trump said he would work with Republicans to permanently eliminate daylight saving time during his second term.
The clocks may soon stop changing if Donald Trump has his way, and he's got the backing of Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.
While the trial proved popular at first, approval ratings dropped by 1974, with one of the main complaints being the lack of sunlight on winter mornings, according to the Smithsonian Magazine. In October of that year, President Gerald Ford signed a bill that ended permanent daylight saving time, cutting the trial period short.
President-elect Donald Trump said he is pushing to end daylight saving time, calling it costly and inconvenient.
President-elect Trump on Friday said Republicans would push to eliminate daylight saving time, calling it “inconvenient” and “costly.” “The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time,
President-elect Donald Trump has many plans for his return to office, but took to his social media platform Friday afternoon to share another.
“The Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon on Monday joked about how Donald Trump’s vow to eliminate daylight saving time may have pushed America’s two main political parties further apart.
Nevada Assemblywoman Selena La Rue Hatch hears from constituents every year when it’s time to change their clocks at the start or end of daylight saving time