The President of the United States, Donald Trump, expressed his frustration this Wednesday about it getting dark too early following the recent time change and once again urged the Senate to pass a law that would eliminate the requirement to set the clocks forward and back twice a year.
"It's a shame that the Senate has not yet approved the Sunshine Protection Act, or the 'I Don't Want to Change My Clocks Anymore' Act," Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social profile, where he questioned why Americans have to readjust to standard time again.
The president drew on a personal experience to express his dissatisfaction with the change that came into effect on Sunday, November 1.
“It's getting dark too early. The sun set at 5:06 PM and by 5:31 it was already dark. Isn't that ridiculous?”, wrote the president.
Trump recalled that just a few days earlier there was still natural light at that same hour and complained that people had to change the clocks in their homes and other establishments once again.
His proposal is to permanently maintain daylight saving time, so that the United States would stop turning the clocks back in November and moving them forward in March.
With that system, there would be an extra hour of natural light in the afternoons during winter, although it would also dawn an hour later.
The president directly blamed the Senate for the lack of progress on the initiative and reminded that the House of Representatives had already approved it with broad support from both parties.
The House sent it to the Senate with strong bipartisan support, numerous times (308-117), but the Senate did not address it, he reproached.
The vote mentioned by Trump corresponds to July 14, 2026, when the House of Representatives approved bill H.R. 139 by a vote of 308 in favor and 117 against.
On July 15, it was received by the Senate and referred to its Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, where it remains without a final approval.
"I didn't want to make a big deal out of this before the elections because I didn't want certain senators to lose their races by a landslide," he explained, without identifying the lawmakers he was referring to.
The leader concluded his post by acknowledging that there are more important issues for his Government, although he insisted that he will not abandon the initiative: “We have much greater priorities, but I will continue to fight for this!”.
The post is striking given the political moment: Trump decided to once again call on the Senate regarding the time change this Wednesday, less than a day after the elections in which the Republicans lost control of the House of Representatives and the Senate to the Democrats.
The president, who during the campaign had endorsed Republican candidates and urged his supporters to back them, chose to focus this new address on an everyday issue that affects millions of Americans.
At the same time, he made it clear that he had deliberately moderated his criticisms of certain senators to avoid harming them electorally.
On that same Wednesday, Trump also responded to questions about the possibility of facing a third impeachment following the Democratic victory in Congress.
"No, no, not even a little," he assured when a journalist asked if he was concerned about another impeachment process. The president added that such an attempt would harm the Democratic Party and questioned what reasons could justify it.
The new political balance will complicate Trump's relationships with Congress when the elected lawmakers take office in January 2027.
Until then, the outgoing Senate remains responsible for deciding whether to put the daylight saving time bill to a vote.
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