Donald Trump has pledged to abolish Daylight Saving Time.
The president-elect called the practice, which involves setting the clocks forward an hour in the warmer part of the year, a waste of time and money.
“The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn’t!” Trump posted on Truth Social.
“Daylight Saving Time is inconvenient, and very costly to our Nation.”
Daylight Saving Time was standardized by the Uniform Time Act of 1966, with the aim of saving energy increasing productivity.
Studies suggest this is not the case, however. The use of Daylight Saving Time has been linked to health risks including increased risk of heart attacks, injuries in the workplace and sleep disturbances, all of which are thought to cost the US economy hundreds of millions of dollars a year.
According to The New York Times, over $400 million is lost every year because of sleep disturbances and workplace injuries caused by changing the clocks.
Trump’s pledge has the support of Elon Musk, Donald Trump Jr. and Vivek Ramaswamy.
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