Trump Backs Permanent Daylight Saving Time Bill
A presidential push to make Daylight Saving Time permanent and a sweeping endorsement in Oklahoma dominated Trump's Truth Social posts Wednesday, with the former president also pressing Senate Republicans to advance the Sunshine Protection Act. He paired the domestic policy pitch with a full-throated backing of Mike Mazzei in Oklahoma's governor's race and a blistering attack on Mazzei's runoff opponent, Gentner Drummond. The posts blended a kitchen-table issue familiar to many voters with a familiar Trump campaign theme: loyalty tests, cultural fights and praise for job-creating industry.
Permanent Daylight Saving Time Bill
DomesticTrump said the House has passed legislation to make Daylight Saving Time permanent and urged Senate Republicans to move quickly on the Sunshine Protection Act. He argued that ending the twice-yearly clock change would improve safety, health, family life and the economy.
This is a classic Trump effort to attach himself to a broadly popular, non-ideological issue and claim credit for solving a long-running annoyance. By framing the bill as something that cuts across party lines, he is positioning himself as a practical dealmaker rather than a purely partisan fighter, while also reinforcing a familiar populist message that Washington has ignored common sense for too long. The health, crime and business benefits he lists are also designed to make the proposal feel bigger than a timekeeping reform, turning it into a broader argument about public safety and economic efficiency. Politically, it lets him appeal to voters who may not follow congressional procedure but dislike the inconvenience of changing clocks.
"For many years, the vast Majority of Americans have asked to make Daylight Saving Time permanent, but no Administration has been able to get it properly done, until now."
"I am asking Republican Senators to PASS THE SUNSHINE PROTECTION ACT, ASAP."