Donald Trump, the president-elect, declared Friday that when he takes office, he and Republicans will work to end daylight saving time.
Trump stated in a TruthSocial post, “The Republican Party will do all in its power to end Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but powerful following, but shouldn’t! Daylight Saving Time is incredibly expensive for our country and cumbersome.
Eliminating time changes has also been suggested by two of Trump’s senior advisors, tech tycoon Elon Musk and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, whom the president-elect has appointed to head a new Department of Government Efficiency.
Musk tweeted on X last month, “It appears that people want to do away with the annoying time changes!”
In response, Ramaswamy wrote, “It’s inefficient & easy to change.”
The president-elect’s son, Donald Trump Jr., responded to Musk’s article as well, but he appeared to have a different stance than his father.
With multiple emojis of the number “100,” Trump Jr. replied, “Leave it daylight savings time always,” indicating his agreement with Musk.
The younger Trump’s stance aligns with a 2022 Senate plan that would have permanently instituted daylight savings time starting the following year.
After the plan faltered in the House, Sen. Marco Rubio, a Republican from Florida, supported it once more in 2023. Trump has declared that Rubio will be his choice for the position of Secretary of State. Although it’s unknown who would take his place if he is approved, the president-elect’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, has been mentioned as a possible contender.
Sens. James Lankford, R-Okla., Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., Rick Scott, R-Fla., Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., and Ed Markey, D-Mass. were among the bipartisan group of senators that co-sponsored the 2022 bill.
Questions from NBC News on whether Trump wants to abolish or make permanent daylight savings time were not immediately answered by the Trump campaign.
Originally implemented in 1918 to conserve energy during World War I, daylight savings time has been abandoned in some regions of the United States. Some areas of Arizona and Hawaii do not observe daylight saving time.
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