Trump shares Republican senator’s phone number in feud over time switch

U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton walks through the Senate Subway on the way to a vote on the Stop Insider Trading Act on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday. | REUTERS

Reuters

Oct 4, 2026

Dayton, Ohio – U.S. President Donald Trump shared online the supposed phone number of a Republican U.S. senator on Saturday in an escalating dispute over making daylight saving time permanent.

In a social media post, the president urged people to call a phone number he said belonged to Senator Tom Cotton, an Arkansas Republican who opposes the Trump-backed Sunshine Protection Act. The act would end the twice-yearly practice of changing clocks by one hour.

Trump says most Americans want more afternoon sunlight, but Cotton has argued the change would plunge early risers into darkness in winter.

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