WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump has once again called on Congress to take action regarding the biannual changing of clocks, advocating for "more Daylight at the end of a day."
In a recent message on his Truth Social platform, Trump emphasized the potential popularity of eliminating the clock changes, highlighting the inconvenience and substantial costs to the government.
The Republican president's stance supports the adoption of permanent daylight saving time. His statement follows a Senate panel discussion on the merits of establishing a single, year-round time standard.
Numerous states have shown increasing interest in standardizing daylight saving time in recent years.
Daylight saving time, which involves setting clocks forward one hour from spring to fall, remains prevalent in most parts of the nation. It was initially implemented in 1942 as a wartime strategy.
Last year, Trump urged the Republican Party to abolish daylight saving time, citing its inconvenience and high costs to the country.
However, he retracted his position last month in a social media post, acknowledging it as a "50-50 issue."
The president noted the divided opinions, with some preferring more evening daylight and others prioritizing morning light for activities like taking children to school.
"When something's a 50-50 issue, it's hard to get excited about it," he stated.
In 2022, the Senate unanimously passed a bill to make daylight saving time permanent across the United States, but the measure did not progress further.