Trump not sold on push to change daylight saving time: ’50-50 issue’
President Donald Trump has expressed skepticism about changing the current daylight saving time system, labeling it a “50-50 issue.” As the nation transitions to daylight saving time, the topic of adjusting the system reignites public debate.Trump acknowledged mixed opinions on the matter, with some individuals preferring extended daylight in the evening, while others favor more sunlight in the morning for activities like school drop-offs.Despite previous calls for abolishing daylight saving time, he highlighted the lack of consensus on the issue, making action challenging. Lawmakers have attempted to legislate changes, including a prior unsuccessful effort to make daylight saving time permanent.
Trump not sold on push to change daylight saving time: ’50-50 issue’
President Donald Trump is not convinced of changing the current daylight saving time system, calling it a “50-50 issue” even as the modification has been floated by one of his top advisers.
On Sunday morning, the country, with the exceptions of Arizona and Hawaii, will move from standard time to daylight saving time as part of the biannual time adjustment. The changeover typically renews the debate on whether standard time should remain permanent rather than changing the time twice a year.
Elon Musk, the de facto head of the Department of Government Efficiency efforts in the White House, has previously expressed a desire to abolish the “annoying” change. Trump has also called for an end to daylight saving time in the past. When asked about getting rid of daylight saving time in the Oval Office on Thursday, Trump changed his tone, noting that there is no clear consensus.
POTUS on Daylight Savings: “It’s a 50/50 issue and if something is a 50/50 issue, it’s hard to get excited about it. 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… pic.twitter.com/ytn6C0AMRS
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“This should be the easiest one of all, but it’s a 50-50 issue, and if something’s a 50-50 issue, it’s hard to get excited about it,” Trump said. “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.
“And it’s very much — it’s a little bit one way — but it’s very much a 50-50 issue. It’s something I can do, but a lot of people like it one way, a lot of people like it the other way. It’s very even. And usually, I find when that’s the case, what else do we have to do?”
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Lawmakers have attempted to change the dynamic through legislation. In 2022, then-Sen. Marco Rubio’s effort to make daylight saving time permanent passed in the Senate, but the House of Representatives did not vote on his bill, and it died before getting to the president’s desk.
While most lawmakers proposed making daylight saving time permanent, Trump’s proposal in a December 2024 Truth Social post would make standard time permanent.
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