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22-03-2025 Vol 19

Donald Trump, Elon Musk participate in the debate over daylight with saving time

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Disturbed sleep patterns. Annoying clock reset. Savings time can be trouble and politicians have responded by calling for the ritual to be removed.

The political debate has existed for decades. Lately, both Elon Musk and Donald Trump have weighed in, and the legislation is awaiting in Congress to remove the two -year time change.

Change to daylight saving time in the spring and standard time in the fall generates strong opinions, but has proved difficult to change.

Here’s what to know about the political debate.

Does Trump want to quit summer time?

Trump seemed to come out in favor of removing the time change in a social media post in December.

“The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate summer time, which has a small but strong constituency, but should not!” Trump wrote. “Payment time is inconvenient and very expensive for our nation.”

But on Thursday, Trump seemed less eager to make the change. Trump, who turned to the debate while signing executive orders, called Trump in daylight saving time “to a large extent a fifty triggered topic.”

“It’s something I can do but many people like it in a way many people like it the other way,” Said Trump.

Saving time on daylight results in the sun rising and setting an hour later in the day. It has consequences for morning and evening activities that Trump noticed.

“I guess people want more light later, but some people want more light earlier because they don’t want to take their children to school in the dark,” Trump said.

Musk conducts a poll

Billionaire Elon Musk jumped into the debate on daylight -saving time Wednesday with a poll of X, the social media platform he owns.

Musk asked X users What they preferred if the time change is canceled, one hour earlier or later.

More than 1.3 million people responded, with 58% said later and 42% said earlier.

Where does this stand in Congress?

US Senator Rick Scott, R-FLA., And the US rep. Vern Buchanan, R-FLA., introduced legislation in January to “lock the clock” and end the time change.

The legislation Would maintain daylight savings time year round. However, the bill has struggled to attract enough support. The Cleared the Senate By 2022 but never passed the house.

Florida leads the road

In 2018, Florida became the first state that passed legislation – Sunshine Protection Act – to remain permanently at daylight saving time. No more changing watches forward or back.

The Sunshine Act was approved by Scott, Florida’s governor at the time.

What other states have considered this?

In 2018, Florida became the first state that passed legislation – Sunshine Protection Act – to remain permanently at daylight saving time. No more changing watches forward or back.

Almost every state, since 2015, has considered several time zone bills but none of the meanings went until 2018, when Florida became the first state that passed legislation permanently observed DSTAccording to the National Conference of State Legislators.

Over the next six years, 20 states have adopted legislation or adopted decisions to arrange year round in daylight If the congress should allow such a change and in some cases if the surrounding states adopt the same legislation. “

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