President-elect Donald Trump stated Friday he is in favor of eliminating daylight saving time, calling it “inconvenient” and “very pricey” as his Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE) administrators additionally push for motion on the matter.
“The Republican Occasion will use its finest efforts to get rid of Daylight Saving Time, which has a small however robust constituency, however should not! Daylight Saving Time is inconvenient, and really pricey to our Nation,” Trump posted on Reality Social Friday.
Whereas Trump tweeted, “Making Daylight Saving Time everlasting is O.Ok. with me,” in 2019, he seems to be altering course now. This comes as his DOGE administrators, Tesla and X CEO Elon Musk and Republican businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, have advocated for the time change to be eradicated.
“Appears to be like just like the folks wish to abolish the annoying time change,” Musk posted in response to a ballot on X calling for DST to be abolished.
“It’s inefficient & straightforward to alter,” Ramaswamy responded.
Any modifications would have to be handed by Congress, and laws on the problem has been thought-about earlier than lately.
