President Donald Trump is urging Republicans to support a bipartisan initiative that most Americans can get behind.
According to the Daily Mail, Trump announced from Mar-a-Lago this week that he has directed Republicans to work across the aisle to, once and for all, abolish Daylight Savings Time (DST).
The directive is his latest announcement in a long list of initiatives to make Americans’ lives easier and safer.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Trump’s pick for Secretary of State, has already authored a bill to end the practice.
However, Rubio’s bill would move to permanent DST and end the rollback to standard time in the winter.
Many have long supported the idea of permanent DST instead of having darkness fall in many areas of the country too early in the evening.
Trump made the announcement on his Truth Social account, explaining why DST needs to be eliminated and how it could help the American people.
“The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn’t! Daylight Saving Time is inconvenient, and very costly to our Nation,” Trump wrote.
The Daily Mail noted:
The sun sets Friday at 4:29 pm in New York. Had the nation stayed on daylight time, it would set at 5:30. (The sun rises at 7:13 am there on the 14th. Daylight time would have it rise an hour later).
Many Americans have expressed interest in the idea.
However, most support the idea of permanent DST, saying they’d rather it be darker later in the morning than earlier at night.
DST currently affects the majority of the country.
However, some exceptions include Arizona, which does not observe DST and sticks with standard time all year round.
In 2023, Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) highlighted the benefits of making DST permanent.
“There are enormous health and economic benefits to making daylight saving time permanent,” he said at the time.
He argues that it reduces car crashes and lessens the number of cardiac arrests.
Many across social media weighed in on the matter.
While many are expressing interest in the idea, some are also calling for exceptions for states like Florida and others.
🚨BREAKING: Trump and Republicans plan to put an end to daylight savings.
Daylight Saving Time (DST) was initially for energy conservation, but modern studies show negligible savings or even increased energy use.
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“Finally something we can all agree on! DST is the worst,” one X user wrote.
“Turning clocks twice a year makes zero sense and messes with everyone’s sleep.
“Trump might be onto something here.”
It’s unclear whether the push would be to keep DST or end it.
Either way, most Americans appear to be tired of the changes twice a year.
Only time will tell if Trump and Republicans can garner the support needed to pull it off.
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