‘Enough is enough’: Donald Trump divides with daylight savings plan

Mr Trump, who will become president of the United States again in January, has attacked the daylight savings system.

In America, daylight savings begins in March, when clocks are set ahead one hour, and ends on the first Sunday in November.

In Australia, it works much the same for the states that use it. Daylight savings begins on March 31, the clocks are turned forward, and it ends in October.

The Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia don’t bother with daylight savings at all.

Daylight savings was first implemented by Germany in 1916 to conserve energy and power during World War 1, and then Europe and the United States followed suit.

The idea was pretty simple.

If there was more daylight during the hours people are typically awake, there’d be less need to use power resources. The added bonus is that people would get more recreational time to enjoy sunlight.

The system has existed for decades, but Mr Trump has vowed to change it.

“The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate daylight saving time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn’t,” he wrote.

“Daylight saving time is inconvenient, and very costly to our nation.”

Mr Trump’s claim that daylight savings costs money isn’t baseless.

A study by Chmura Economics and Analytics estimated daylight savings time costs the US more than $430 million a year.

The study claimed that daylight savings was more than just a “lost hour of sleep” and that it can lead to an increase in “heart attacks, workplace injuries in the mining and construction sectors,”.

It can also reduce productivity for people who work in offices, and ultimately costs America money.

Mr Trump’s statement immediately caused a debate, with some in complete agreement with him and rubbishing the system.

“Hopefully, the whole world will follow. Most of the people I asked said they hate daylight saving,” one shared.

“My Dad will thank you for this! He is upset since they changed the hours and he has to walk while it’s dark at 4pm!!”

Someone else replied to Mr Trump’s statement and said, “Great,” another wrote, “Thank you,” and one said they “fully support” axing daylight savings.

“Daylight Savings Time is pure nonsense,” another claimed.

“Yes! Enough is enough,” one cheered.

“It is so inconvenient anyhow! Plus the loss of financials because of it,” one mused.

Not everyone supported Mr Trump’s plan, though. Many pointed out that daylight savings gives them more work/life balance.

“I’ve voted for you three times. If you make standard time permanent it will be the biggest disappointment ever,” one person wrote and warned Trump not to take “away” his golf time after work.

“The problem is that during the winter, people will be going to work and kids will be going to school in the dark,” one pointed out.

“This means winter darkness continues and long summer’s nights get cut,” someone else wrote.

“I just want it to be light when I go to work and when I get home,” one said.

“Please, please keep daylight savings all year! We get way longer days, and we need the sunlight. When we go back to standard time during the winter, we get tons of seasonal depression,” one begged.