Donald Trump said Friday on his Truth Social platform that he wanted to end the biannual time changes upon his return to power, scheduled for January 20. “Summer time is inconvenient, and very costly for our country,” he said. This measure, according to him, aims to simplify the lives of citizens and reduce the costs linked to this system.
Elon Musk, recently appointed by Donald Trump to head a commission responsible for reducing public spending, had already opened the debate in November. On X, he shared a survey where more than 80% of voters were in favor of abolishing summer time. “It seems people want to abolish annoying time changes! “, he wrote.
Disagreement with the Republican camp
However, Donald Trump’s proposal appears at odds with his own party’s past position. In 2022, Republicans proposed making daylight saving time permanent, a measure unanimously adopted by the Senate, but blocked in the House of Representatives. Florida Senator Marco Rubio, author of this project, defended the idea by emphasizing that “changing time is an outdated concept, which is a source of frustration and confusion”. He highlighted studies linking time changes to an increase in “heart attacks and car accidents.”
Ironically, Donald Trump himself supported this initiative in 2019, tweeting: “Making DST permanent is OK with me! “. Historically, the system was put in place to align the hours of human activity with the hours of sunlight, to reduce energy consumption. But today, its detractors denounce negative impacts on biological rhythms, particularly in children.
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