Trump Calls for Congress to ‘Push Hard’ and Make Daylight Savings Time Permanent

Americans who are tired of the twice-a-year ritual of adjusting their clocks for daylight savings may have found an ally in President Trump who recently urged Congress to make daylight savings permanent.

In post on Truth social last Friday, the president called upon the House and Senate to “push hard for more Daylight at the end of a day” calling the custom “a big inconvenience” and a very costly event for the U.S. government.

President Trump weighs in, favors more daylight at the end of the day. He urges Congress to pass a bill making Daylight Saving Time (DST) permanent. pic.twitter.com/oB1OdhLAjH

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) April 11, 2025

The president has been supportive of the change since his first term but seemed to soften his stance when he commented in March that the semi-annual clock change was a “50/50 issue” and “hard to get excited about.”

At that time, he told reporters, “I assume people would like to have more light later, but some people want to have more light earlier because they don’t want to take their kids to school in the dark … A lot of people like it one way. A lot of people like it the other way.”

Trump’s latest clarification followed a Senate hearing last Thursday where daylight savings was debated.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) referred to the practice of changing the clocks twice a year as “outdated and harmful” and suggested that such a policy may have made sense in the early 20th Century but has since been made obsolete by technological advances that have “drastically reduced the relative price of energy compared to the past.”

Advocates for year round standard time argue that more darkness during morning hours could lead to decreased safety and negatively impact mental health, particularly during winter months.

Permanent Standard Time is the healthiest, safest, prosperous way to end clock change. Permanent DST costs lives, money, and health, and fails each time tried.

Please tell your Congressional reps NO to DST, restore year-round Standard Time! Links below 🔗👇 pic.twitter.com/RJIXuDQ8m0

— Save Standard Time (@SaveStandard) April 8, 2025

Democratic Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) agrees that the time changes have a negative impact on Americans and said, “The back and forth between daylight savings time and standard time needs to change and needs to stop. We need to find a solution and stick with it.”

Congress has previously been unsuccessful in advancing the Sunshine Protection Act since it was first introduced in 2018.

The Act has been reintroduced this year in both the House and Senate by Florida Republicans Rep. Vern Buchanan and Sen. Rick Scott.

All but two U.S. states observe daylight savings with the exceptions of Arizona and Hawaii and a handful of U.S. territories including American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands.