Trump backs permanent daylight saving time. Could it lead to a change? – National [Video]

U.S. President Donald Trump has picked a side in the long-standing debate over daylight saving time, saying Friday he wants to see clocks in the U.S. permanently sprung forward.

Trump posted his take on Truth Social a day after U.S. senators held a hearing on eliminating the twice-annual time change and whether to keep more daylight in the morning or evening hours.

“The House and Senate should push hard for more Daylight at the end of a day,” Trump wrote. “Very popular and, most importantly, no more changing of the clocks, a big inconvenience and, for our government, A VERY COSTLY EVENT!!!”

The new comment marked a change from last month, when Trump declined to weigh in on the debate, calling it a “50/50 issue.”

“If something is a 50/50 issue, it’s hard to get excited about it,” he told reporters in the Oval Office in March. “I assume people would like to have more light later, but some people want to …