Trump says daylight saving time is ‘costly’ and needs to go

US President-elect Donald Trump has announced plans to fix daylight saving time, calling it “inconvenient and very costly to our nation”. Speaking on Friday, Trump said the Republican Party “will use its best efforts” to end the process. “The Republican Party, which has a small but strong constituency, will do everything in its power to end Daylight Savings Time.”. President Joe Biden has never taken a public stance on the issue. In March 2022, the US Senate voted unanimously to make daylight saving time permanent, but the effort stalled in the House after lawmakers said they could not reach a consensus. In March, a bipartisan group of senators made a new push to make daylight saving time permanent. Proponents of remaining on Daylight Savings Time argueThat this would lead to brighter afternoons and evenings and more economic activity during the winter months. Critics say it will force children to go to school in the dark, as the move will delay sunrise by an hour. Proponents of ending daylight saving time altogether say the twice-yearly clock change causes sleep disturbances and health problems. Congress has not held a new hearing on the issue in more than two yearsAnd the Senate will need to take up the matter again. .Year-round daylight saving time was used during World War II and was reintroduced in 1973 to reduce energy use due to oil embargoes, but was unpopular and repealed a year later. was given Since 2015, nearly 30 states have introduced or passed legislation to end the biannual clock change., some states proposed to do it only if neighboring states do the same.