Trump Announces GOP Will End Daylight Saving Time, Making Standard Time Permanent

Dec 13, 2024, 08:20 PM

President-elect Donald Trump announced on his social media platform that the Republican Party will work to eliminate Daylight Saving Time in the United States, calling it 'inconvenient and very costly to our Nation.' He noted that while Daylight Saving Time has 'a small but strong constituency,' it should be abolished. This move would make Standard Time permanent, ending the biannual clock changes.