Trump says he will seek to eliminate daylight saving time

He was quoted out of context. He wants to separately eliminate daylight, savings, and time.

I don't know who chose that headlining image of him pointing (and looking) at the sun, but it's perfect.

To avoid confusion, all of the US will be on DTT (Donald Trump Time), which will vary based on where he currently is.

This is one policy I would like to see followed through with.

Every time this topic comes up I wonder how many computer systems this will break. Maybe we find out soon if this is really realized.

If I remember correctly, the issue last time is that they wanted us on permanent Daylight Savings Time, instead of Standard Time. So I expect Trump to force the U.S. onto permanent DST, just because all science says it would be worse for us than going to Standard.

Will y'all shut the fuck up and act like you don't want this? You're going to ruin it.

We absolutely need to start protesting this so he makes it a priority.

Seeing a lot of talk on here about keeping Standard or DST.

Oh my God for the love of all that's holy just let them pick one!

I don't care if the sun comes up at 2:00am or 2:00pm or even if the sun fuckin' sets at 12:00 noon. Just pick a time and stick with it. Holy shitsnax.

This was on the docket to be voted on in 2023 (i think, could have been 2022) and it never made it to the floor. Why? His cronies. They just let it fall by the side, probably so they could do it now. I’m so sick and tired of this shit show if a govt. Failed fucking state.

Finally something even the left can get behind.

Can we get rid of timezones and switch to UTC please

I want it to stay sprung forward, can't remember if that's DST or non. I feel like I'm in the minority, but fuck if I care if it's dark in the morning I want sunlight for longer once I'm done working...

It’s weird how I watched VEEP last year and here it is coming true.

God I hope he doesn’t ruin this long overdue improvement.

Well, good.

Aotus says a lot of things including how he would like to bang his daughter.

I mean, I have no great love for DST, but I have no faith that they can do anything but completely fuck it up somehow. Whatever results will be at best, no measurable improvement, but at least a monumental pain in the ass for those who have to do the work to keep shit on schedule during the morass.

“Oh, yum! I found a chocolate chip in this bucket of catshit that the ruling class is shoveling down my throat!”

Lol trump doing something i actually support

Broken clock.

They say even a blind squirrel finds a nut from time to time.

We need to keep daylight savings and eliminate standard time. We're on standard time right now. I hate it getting dark at 5pm.

The far-right former brasilien president did the same

A bill has been floating in the house and senate for a few years. Trump could have got it done back in 2019. So why is this the only thing he can pass?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_Protection_Act

Great policy. Misogynistic, racists, liar will say anything for attention, tho.

In other news, RFK has recommended extending this to eliminate both daylight and time.

Fuck, I hate it when he's right.

I wonder how he'll make it worse.

Oh, I guess he’s ok then.

This sucks because it means he absolutely definitely will not do this.

I find going on and off DST to be kind of a nuisance, but I don't have strong feelings about it one way or the other. It seems like the experience varies from place to place, and your region's distance to the equator is an important factor. The closer you are to the equator, the less necessary DST is.

Historically, some of the regions that went off of DST much prefer it that way, and never looked back. But others regretted opting out of it, and went back to doing it again after everyone complained about it.

I'm sure 47 will make it all about him, whatever he does. And it will probably be a chaotic mess of software patches when they try to implement it. There will be far worse problems to deal with during the Stupid Ages, but throw this one on the pile I guess.

Probably the only good thing he'd ever do, look forward to seeing how they fuck it up.

The EU parliament had a vote to abolish DST, and it passed. They just forgot to hammer out the details, then COVID and Ukraine happened, so focus shifted.

I hope they'll pick up the ball again at some point.

Good

Good

wow that guy has my vote! 😀

Based

If he doesn't, I'll shoot him myself. Canada will probably come up with some other shitty excuse once they can't say they do it for US trade any more though.

Didn't that little rascal George Bush 2 try this and fail? Expecting the same results.

It's funny because extending DST is the only productive thing W. did too

Gonna piss off the farmers, until they get their subsidiary check for growing corn (for high fructose corn syrup) instead of feeding the population.

“Oh, yum! I found a chocolate chip in this bucket of catshit that the ruling class is shoveling down my throat!”

This has been bugging me of late so I'll ask here even though FTR I hate that I agree with Trump:

Why don't we just split the difference and offset by 30 min for the whole year/permanently?

Permanent Standard Time people are weird. I do not give a shit if its dark when I'm going to work, but seeing the sun going down at 3pm fucks with my mental health. Winter is miserable purely for that reason, I can deal with the cold, not that.

It’s too confusing for him.