President-elect Donald Trump announced his intention to end daylight saving time on social media Friday.
in post President Trump criticized daylight savings time on Truth Social, calling it inconvenient and economically costly for Americans. He said he would work to eliminate the practice after taking office.
“Republicans will do everything in their power to abolish daylight saving time, which has a small but powerful constituency, but they shouldn't! Daylight saving time is an inconvenience and extremely costly to our country,” Trump wrote. Ta.
The practice of setting clocks forward one hour each spring and resetting them in the fall was originally implemented in 1942 as a wartime effort to harness sunlight and conserve energy. According to To the Associated Press. Although daylight saving time has long been a part of American life, it has always been the subject of intense scrutiny and calls for its abolition.
According to the Associated Press, efforts to end the twice-yearly time change have been regularly surfacing in Congress. most important recent Legislation promotion That was the Sunshine Protection Act of 2023, a bipartisan proposal led by Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio. President Trump nominated Rubio as secretary of state.
Mr. Rubio's proposal aimed to make daylight savings time permanent, but has since stalled.
Republican Florida Sen. Rick Scott also weighed in on the issue.
“Changing clocks twice a year is outdated and unnecessary,” Scott said. (Related: Dear Patriot: Do you think daylight savings time should be permanent?)
This is not the first time President Trump has supported a move to permanently adopt standard time and eliminate daylight saving time.
“Making Daylight Saving Time permanent is OK with me!” Trump Posted In 2019.
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