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Trump, in a post on his Truth Social media network, said it
would be “Very popular and, most importantly, no more changing
of the clocks, a big inconvenience and, for our government, A
VERY COSTLY EVENT!!!”
The Republican president’s position calling for more daylight
would push the schedule forward, keeping the country on daylight
saving time. His post came a day after a Senate panel heard
testimony examining whether to set one time all year instead of
shifting.
There has been growing interest in states to standardize
daylight saving time in recent years.
But daylight saving time, when clocks are set from spring to
fall one hour ahead of standard time, is still recognized in
most parts of the country. It was first adopted as a wartime
measure in 1942.
Trump last year called for the Republican Party to eliminate
daylight saving time, saying it was "inconvenient, and very
costly to our Nation.”
But he backed off that call last month, with another post on
social media calling it a “50-50 issue."
The president said some people would like more light later in
the day but some want more light early so they don't have to
take their kids to school in the dark.
“When something’s a 50-50 issue, it’s hard to get excited about
it,” he said.
The Senate in 2022 unanimously approved a measure that would
make daylight saving time permanent across the United States,
but it did not advance.
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