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senseandsensibility

(21,781 posts)
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 02:22 PM 8 hrs ago

This ought to help with his tanking poll numbers

Today trump signed an executive order demanding that all truckers "be able to speak English". They really have their fingers on what's important to the American voter, don't they?

And that's one reason we don't have to worry about his poll numbers improving. He and his administration will do nothing but dig in on what is NOT working

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This ought to help with his tanking poll numbers (Original Post) senseandsensibility 8 hrs ago OP
This should help with recruiting/hiring much needed truckers. underpants 8 hrs ago #1
Won't be needed when there is nothing to ship. AllyCat 6 hrs ago #27
Just curious..is that a requirement for joining the military? BattleRow 5 hrs ago #31
I'm pretty sure it is or was when I was in underpants 5 hrs ago #33
And all people who harvest our fruits and vegetables BOSSHOG 8 hrs ago #2
Don't give them any ideas! senseandsensibility 8 hrs ago #4
I'm curious JBTaurus83 8 hrs ago #3
Someone probably told him they heard a trucker speaking Spanish louis-t 8 hrs ago #5
One assumes it's aimed at trucks coming up from Mehico. maxsolomon 6 hrs ago #29
Is "Fuck You Donnie" English? Ping Tung 8 hrs ago #6
Not if said with a Mexican accent. AloeVera 7 hrs ago #8
Hmmm, I've met some Trump voters who speak in a pretty undecipherable southern accent-- viva la 8 hrs ago #7
Side effects of meth mouth? BattleRow 5 hrs ago #30
Well the MAGABILLIES are screwed. Duncanpup 7 hrs ago #9
Rofl Joinfortmill 7 hrs ago #16
Is there a test for "speaking English"? Where I grew up about half the people would fail and that is their only language twodogsbarking 7 hrs ago #10
Next he will be telling you what you can or can't dream. xuplate 7 hrs ago #11
Layoffs Dwild 7 hrs ago #12
Wow, he's lost that group flamingdem 7 hrs ago #13
He appeals to worst inside people Johonny 7 hrs ago #14
Well, when there is nothing good inside of a person, they can only relate to what's bad in others. wnylib 5 hrs ago #35
He's a demented puppet. Gonna get a lot worse Joinfortmill 7 hrs ago #15
Here in Colorado DENVERPOPS 7 hrs ago #17
Words come out of Trump's mouth, just not in the correct order. rickford66 6 hrs ago #18
It's a variety of the language, commonly referred to as Trumglish. Abolishinist 6 hrs ago #19
I'm not too sure the words come out of his mouth Grim Chieftain 6 hrs ago #20
We must demand... DingleBerryNW 6 hrs ago #21
God bless the United Schhatesh LW1977 6 hrs ago #26
Hay from Quebec justaprogressive 6 hrs ago #22
Is this a form of stick it where the sun don't shine? senseandsensibility 3 hrs ago #41
Just because the MAGAts can speak English doesn't mean they meet the requirements to drive a truck. They'll iluvtennis 6 hrs ago #23
How could this be enforced? underpants 5 hrs ago #34
He could have ICE be at the weigh stations on highways and do some type of "English" speaking test. Could iluvtennis 4 hrs ago #39
He declared English the official language in an EO underpants 4 hrs ago #40
Wow on both points. n/t iluvtennis 3 hrs ago #42
Disrupt trade from Mexico to Canada Blue Full Moon 6 hrs ago #24
It is a ball of nothing. Scruffy1 6 hrs ago #25
I suspected that it might be something like that senseandsensibility 2 hrs ago #43
His base is eating this up and asking for more. Keeping them happy is enough for him, regardless of what America thinks. LonePirate 6 hrs ago #28
And how does he propose to enforce that nonsense? Idiot. Scrivener7 5 hrs ago #32
I think it's just for the FAUX crowd senseandsensibility 5 hrs ago #36
Cab drivers may be next. FPGramma 5 hrs ago #37
You can count on Rat Face Miller to keep feeding his need to hate. Buddyzbuddy 5 hrs ago #38

AllyCat

(17,845 posts)
27. Won't be needed when there is nothing to ship.
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 04:37 PM
6 hrs ago

The photos and live cams of empty ports are worrisome.

maxsolomon

(36,403 posts)
29. One assumes it's aimed at trucks coming up from Mehico.
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 04:41 PM
6 hrs ago

They've been wound up about that for years.

Unless they have an issue with the Sihk drivers coming down I-5 from BC? Pretty sure they all speak English...

AloeVera

(2,560 posts)
8. Not if said with a Mexican accent.
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 02:51 PM
7 hrs ago

He forgot to add "Latino, Arabic, Haitian or African -accent-free".

But we know what he means.

viva la

(4,070 posts)
7. Hmmm, I've met some Trump voters who speak in a pretty undecipherable southern accent--
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 02:43 PM
8 hrs ago

And let's say the grasp on grammar and syntax was minimal.

BattleRow

(1,562 posts)
30. Side effects of meth mouth?
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 04:51 PM
5 hrs ago

Missing teeth make for muddled speech ...

Whoa, are they taxing sin,now?

twodogsbarking

(13,465 posts)
10. Is there a test for "speaking English"? Where I grew up about half the people would fail and that is their only language
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 03:06 PM
7 hrs ago

wnylib

(25,246 posts)
35. Well, when there is nothing good inside of a person, they can only relate to what's bad in others.
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 05:03 PM
5 hrs ago

DENVERPOPS

(11,884 posts)
17. Here in Colorado
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 03:47 PM
7 hrs ago

we would be happy if the LEOs would just check driver's licenses at the weigh stations, to make sure they have a CDL driver's license.

Two of the most horrific Semi accidents here in Colorado recently, were caused by immigrant drivers that had no training in the 18 wheelers, and no required CDL...........Turns out the Trucking company had 20-40 other drivers they employed that had no CDL's, working for them....

Trump is a master at going after things that excite his crowd..........It used to be that the Republicans, a couple of months before presidential elections, always used the GAYS/GUNS/GOD to excite their voters, now Trump does it 24/7, with Fox "News" as his media propaganda outlet

DingleBerryNW

(43 posts)
21. We must demand...
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 03:59 PM
6 hrs ago

That all presidents of USA are capable of speaking the English language with Complete and Coherent Sentences. Slurring one’s words is grounds for impeachment! 🤬

iluvtennis

(21,164 posts)
23. Just because the MAGAts can speak English doesn't mean they meet the requirements to drive a truck. They'll
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 04:02 PM
6 hrs ago

need training to drive the truck. I have two brothers who drive the big rigs, the trucking companies can't find enough drivers, and now this will make it worse.

TSF is an imbecile.

underpants

(190,159 posts)
34. How could this be enforced?
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 05:00 PM
5 hrs ago

Would states require it for licensing?
I see that Virginia requires it to take the hazmat test but you can take the CDL in all kinds of languages

iluvtennis

(21,164 posts)
39. He could have ICE be at the weigh stations on highways and do some type of "English" speaking test. Could
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 06:24 PM
4 hrs ago

also setup various checkpoints throughout cities and town and have ICE pull over truck drivers to do the "English" tests.

Just an asinine policy. There is no official language of the US. As long as they can pass their CDL and associated road/safety tests, Don the Con shouldn't have any say on it.

(note: I know nothing about trucking, so this is just all my opinion based on my life experiences)

underpants

(190,159 posts)
40. He declared English the official language in an EO
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 06:44 PM
4 hrs ago

I know someone in trucking. The margins are very tight and it’s way more complicated than you could imagine.

Scruffy1

(3,435 posts)
25. It is a ball of nothing.
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 04:29 PM
6 hrs ago

To get a CDL you already have to read English. We have a lot of Trucking companies in El Paso and the bridges are constantly busy. All of the Mexican drivers have to show their CDL at the crossing.

LonePirate

(14,079 posts)
28. His base is eating this up and asking for more. Keeping them happy is enough for him, regardless of what America thinks.
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 04:37 PM
6 hrs ago

senseandsensibility

(21,781 posts)
36. I think it's just for the FAUX crowd
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 05:05 PM
5 hrs ago

and something to yell about at his rallies. They're still playing to the base 24/7.

Buddyzbuddy

(773 posts)
38. You can count on Rat Face Miller to keep feeding his need to hate.
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 05:27 PM
5 hrs ago

I'm pretty sure Rat Face is the muse for the Felon's continual thirst for racial animosity and need to punish. I think Rat Face considers himself the puppet master. He speaks here and it comes out there. Rat Face probably didn't imagine the power he would one day have to control and punish.
Someday he needs to answer. Hopefully sooner rather than later.

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