Trump posts GOP lawmaker’s phone number amid spat over Daylight Saving Time

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President Donald Trump railed against Sen. Tom Cotton in a series of posts on Saturday, accusing the Arkansas Republican of holding up a bill that would make Daylight Saving Time permanent and encouraging people to call the senator at his cellphone number.

“Everybody in Arkansas, Tom Cotton, a friend of mine, is holding up a very important Bill. It’s called, ‘The Sunshine Protection Act’ or, ‘We Don’t Want to Change Our Clocks Twice a Year Act,’” Trump posted on Truth Social.

“To the Great People of Arkansas, please let your Senator know it would be a GREAT Bipartisan WIN for the United States Senate, and for America, itself,” Trump said, including the senator’s phone number.

Cotton’s voicemail box was full when CNN called the number. Later, the phone rang three times before an automated voice said the “wireless customer” was not available. CNN has reached out to Cotton’s office for comment.

House members overwhelmingly supported a measure that would establish year-round Daylight Saving Time nationwide, passing legislation over the summer by a 308 to 117 vote. But the Senate has not moved on the issue since.

Trump has long criticized the semiannual clock change, though his position on whether the country should remain on standard time or Daylight Saving Time year-round has shifted over time.

Cotton, meanwhile, has opposed altering the status quo. In 2025, he objected to a bipartisan group of senators who sought unanimous consent to pass a similar Daylight Saving Time measure.

“No one likes changing the clock, me included, but Congress has enacted permanent Daylight Savings Time multiple times before and repealed it each time once Americans experienced absurdly late sunrises in the winter,” Cotton posted on X shortly after Trump’s first post. “Arkansans don’t want their kids going to school in the pitch dark, and I’ll always put Arkansas first.”

Trump then responded to Cotton in another post on Truth Social.

“If Tom Cotton were putting Arkansas first, he would give them an extra hour of daylight and, more importantly, they wouldn’t have to run all over their houses, farms, work places, and everywhere else, twice a year, having to change their Clocks, and often forgetting to do so,” Trump wrote, attaching a letter from PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp sent to him this week expressing “the Tour’s strong support for the Sunshine Protection Act.”

Proponents of making Daylight Saving Time permanent argue it would spare Americans from having to change their clocks, disrupting young children’s sleep schedules and arguably causing more seasonal depression. But critics say it could have economic consequences , particularly for farmers who would have to wrestle with later sunrises. If Daylight Saving Time were made permanent, the sun could rise after 8 a.m. in several major US cities during the winter months.

“TAKE THE WIN TOM, JUST TAKE THE WIN!” Trump wrote. “YOU NEED IT, AND SO DOES OUR BELOVED REPUBLICAN PARTY!”

It’s not the first time Trump has revealed a sitting senator’s number. He read out Sen. Lindsey Graham’s personal cellphone number to a crowded rally when the two were running in the 2016 GOP presidential primary.

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周六，唐纳德·特朗普总统在一系列帖子中猛烈抨击参议员汤姆·科顿，指责这位阿肯色州共和党人阻挠一项将使夏令时永久化的法案，并鼓励人们拨打这位参议员的手机号码。

“阿肯色州的每个人，包括我的朋友汤姆·科顿，都在力挺一项非常重要的法案。它叫做‘阳光保护法案’，或者叫‘我们不想一年调两次时钟法案’，”特朗普在Truth Social上发帖说。

“致伟大的阿肯色州人民，请告诉你们的参议员，这将是美国参议院和美国本身的一次伟大的两党合作胜利，”特朗普说道，并附上了这位参议员的电话号码。

CNN拨打科顿的电话号码时，他的语音信箱已满。之后，电话响了三声后，自动语音提示“无线用户”暂时无法接听。CNN已联系科顿的办公室寻求置评。

众议院以压倒性多数通过了一项法案，该法案将在全国范围内实行全年夏令时，投票结果为308票赞成、117票反对。但参议院此后一直没有就此问题采取任何行动。

特朗普长期以来一直批评一年两次的时钟调整，尽管他对美国是否应该全年保持标准时间或夏令时的立场随着时间的推移而发生了变化。

与此同时，科顿一直反对改变现状。2025年，他反对一个由两党参议员组成的团体寻求一致同意通过一项类似的夏令时法案。

“没人喜欢调整时钟，包括我，但国会之前多次通过了永久夏令时法案，但每次都因为美国人在冬天经历了极其漫长的日出时间而废除了它，”科顿在特朗普发布第一条帖子后不久在X网站上发帖说。“阿肯色州人不想让他们的孩子在漆黑一片中上学，我永远把阿肯色州的利益放在首位。”

随后，特朗普在 Truth Social 上的另一篇帖子中回应了 Cotton 的言论。

“如果汤姆·科顿把阿肯色州的利益放在首位，他就会给他们多一个小时的日光，更重要的是，他们就不用每年两次跑遍家、农场、工作场所和其他所有地方去调整时钟，而且他们还经常忘记调整，”特朗普写道，并附上了 PGA 巡回赛首席执行官布莱恩·罗拉普本周发给他的一封信，信中表达了“巡回赛对阳光保护法案的坚定支持”。

支持永久实行夏令时的人认为，这将使美国人免于调整时钟，避免扰乱幼儿的睡眠规律，并可能加剧季节性抑郁症。但批评者指出，这可能会带来经济后果，尤其是对农民而言，他们将不得不应对日出时间推迟的问题。如果永久实行夏令时，冬季几个月里，美国几个主要城市的日出时间可能会在早上8点以后。

“汤姆，拿下这场胜利，一定要拿下这场胜利！”特朗普写道。“你需要这场胜利，我们挚爱的共和党也需要！”

这并非特朗普第一次公开在任参议员的电话号码。2016年，他和林赛·格雷厄姆参议员竞选共和党总统初选时，他曾在一次人山人海的集会上念出了格雷厄姆的私人手机号码。