Top Ten Reasons Trump Wants to Eliminate Daylight Savings Time (Part 2)

Top Ten Reasons Trump Wants to Eliminate Daylight Savings Time—Part 2

Vlad says it would help stop the war in Ukraine, and Trump doesn't see any reason why his good buddy Putin would pull his leg
The concept of a "Daylight Savings Time" superhero for his NFT collection just doesn't seem cool
Unfortunately, he's lost interest in DST, so he's going to make it go away by appointing it to be the ambassador to Greece
Trump is certain it's a key reason that windmills harm whales
Elon Musk has convinced Trump that without DST he'll be able to sell lots more Teslas
Trump once dated a woman named "Daylight," but she wasn't worth saving
Several of his supporters recommend it (including Pete Hegseth, Lex Luthor, Tulsi Gabbard, Hannibal Lecter, and RFK Jr.)
He prefers to achieve his savings goals through lower interest rates, thank you very much
Hopes it will make the price of eggs go down. Please, Mr. Postman?
Wants to wait 17 years before upsetting the cicadian rhythms again

Posted December 22, 2024

Commentary

Daylight Savings Time has long been a topic of debate. The linked Wikipedia article covers the history of the practice, as well as pros and cons.

Rather than engaging in a serious discussion of the pros and cons, however, we've decided to make up reasons why U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump wants to get rid of Daylight Savings Time. Why? Because that would be fun. This resulting funny top ten list is the second in a series of two lists on the topic of Daylight Savings Time. Here's a link to Part 1.

Some of the items are riffs on various Trumpisms, such as believing whatever Russian President Vladimir Putin tells him (item 10), insisting that windmills harm whales (item 7), and merchandising his NFT collection of Trump-themed superheroes (item 2). Item 1 is a jumbled reference to the fact that the DST time changes upset people's circadian rhythms, but we rather slickly changed "circadian" to "cicadian" and threw in 17 years as a wacky reference to the Brood X cicadas from 2021. (C'mon, admit it—you laughed, didn't you?) Some of the reasons are just plain ridiculous or silly (e.g., item 5).

This image of "a working-class blonde woman with a T-shirt that says 'Daylight' surrounded by windmills" was created by Klugmeister using artificial intelligence software. The image was reviewed by Klugmeister before posting on this web page.