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Trump Blasts Senate Over Daylight Saving Time, Jokes It Makes Him Late
Trump says permanent daylight saving time would bring more evening light, reduce crime and spare churches and municipal buildings from clock changes.
- President Donald Trump urged the United States Senate to pass the Daylight Saving Bill on Monday, warning that Americans have only days to act before clocks fall back on November 1.
- Passed by the House earlier this year, the Sunshine Protection Act remains stalled in the Senate, meaning daylight saving time will end as scheduled to the disappointment of many Americans.
- At a rally in Corinth, Mississippi, Trump argued that more evening daylight could prevent crime and called the clock change "ridiculous" and "dangerous" for churches and buildings using cranes.
- Trump dismissed claims that clocks change automatically, insisting that Americans "don't want to have to go all over the place changing their clocks." He urged lawmakers to act immediately.
- Critics mocked Trump's comments on social media, with Journalist Robert Lusetich calling him "the dumbest person in America," while Keith Olbermann questioned his cognitive awareness.
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