President-elect Donald Trump has vowed that Republicans will “do our best to abolish daylight saving time.”
in post On Truth Social, President Trump said daylight saving time is an “inconvenience” and “cost” to the United States.
“Republicans are committed to abolishing daylight saving time, which has a small but powerful base of supporters, but they shouldn't do that,” Trump wrote. “Daylight saving time is an inconvenience and very costly to our country.”
During daylight saving time, “public clocks in most areas of the United States are set forward one hour during the summer (known as daylight saving time) and set back one hour during the winter (known as standard time). The beginning and ending of have been changed.” Website of the U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications Division.
President Trump's post comes amid years of attempts to make daylight saving time permanent across the United States.
As Breitbart News' Joel Pollack previously reported, in March 2022, the Senate passed a bill by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) called the Sunshine Protection Act. Under this bill, daylight saving time zones would become permanent.
of hill reported Former President Woodrow Wilson reportedly introduced daylight saving time in 1918, although “most” of the country's population has “observed” daylight saving time since the 1960s.
