Trump pushes permanent daylight saving

President Donald Trump on Saturday appeared to share Sen. Tom Cotton's cellphone number on social media while pushing the Sunshine Protection Act, which would make daylight saving time permanent nationwide.

Trump calls it the No More Changing of Clocks Act

Trump wrote early Friday that Republicans in the Senate must pass what he calls the No More Changing of Clocks Act, officially known as The Sunshine Protection Act.

Trump says clock changes cost the country

The president claimed the twice-annual American tradition of changing clocks costs the country a fortune and is bad for crime, stress on people, sports and just about everything else.

“costs our Country a fortune, is bad for Crime, stress on people, Sports, and just about everything else you can imagine”

Trump accuses Cotton of blocking the bill

Trump wrote that Cotton, an Arkansas Republican and friend of his, is holding up the Sunshine Protection Act. He said in the Senate it only takes one senator to stop a bill.

“it only takes one”

Trump posts Cotton's phone number

In Saturday's post, Trump appeared to include Cotton's cellphone number and urged Arkansans to call the senator and tell him to support the bill as a bipartisan win.

Trump posts about Cotton a third time

Later Saturday, Trump posted again, saying if Cotton were putting Arkansas first, he would give them an extra hour of daylight and spare them from changing clocks twice yearly.

Cotton opposes permanent daylight saving

Cotton responded on X, saying Congress has enacted permanent daylight saving time multiple times before and repealed it each time once Americans experienced absurdly late sunrises in winter.

“Arkansans don't want their kids going to school in the pitch dark, and I'll always put Arkansas first”

Cotton cites health and well-being concerns

The senator has previously opposed establishing permanent daylight saving time, saying dark winter mornings negatively affect Americans' health and well-being.

Cotton points to the nineteen seventies reversal

In a two thousand twenty-five floor speech, Cotton said Congress instituted permanent daylight saving time in the nineteen seventies but eventually reversed course after public opinion tanked.

“If permanent daylight savings time becomes the law of the land, it will again make winter a dark and dismal time for millions of Americans”

House passed the bill in July

The House passed the Sunshine Protection Act in July with a bipartisan vote, sending it to the Senate, which has not yet taken up the measure.

Trump pledged action after twenty twenty-four election

Following his election to a second term in two thousand twenty-four, Trump pledged to make eliminating the need to change clocks twice a year a key part of his policy agenda.

Trump cited PGA Tour support for the bill

Trump highlighted support from Brian Rolapp, the CEO of the PGA Tour, saying he needs permanent daylight saving time for the completion of golf tournaments in winter when they run out of sunlight.