On Friday, President Trump renewed his push to overhaul daylight saving time, just a month after acknowledging that public opinion on the issue seemed too evenly divided to act.
Posting on Truth Social, Trump urged Congress to take action: “The House and Senate should push hard for more daylight at the end of the day. Very popular and, most importantly, no more changing of the clocks, a big inconvenience and, for our government, A VERY COSTLY EVENT!!!”
Despite repeated efforts from lawmakers to make daylight saving time permanent, such proposals have consistently stalled in Congress. Advocates argue that extending evening daylight would encourage outdoor activities and benefit industries like golf. However, opponents caution that it would mean darker mornings, potentially endangering children who travel to school early.
Last month, Trump noted the difficulty of moving forward with the idea due to the public being sharply divided. “It’s a 50/50 issue, and if something is a 50/50 issue, it’s hard to get excited about it,” he said. “It’s very even. And usually I find when that’s the case, what else do we have to do?”
Daylight saving time has been widely observed in the U.S. since the 1960s, though it was first introduced by President Woodrow Wilson in 1918.
