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senseandsensibility

(21,878 posts)
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 02:22 PM Monday

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 Monday OP
This should help with recruiting/hiring much needed truckers. underpants Monday #1
Won't be needed when there is nothing to ship. AllyCat Monday #27
Just curious..is that a requirement for joining the military? BattleRow Monday #31
I'm pretty sure it is or was when I was in underpants Monday #33
And all people who harvest our fruits and vegetables BOSSHOG Monday #2
Don't give them any ideas! senseandsensibility Monday #4
I'm curious JBTaurus83 Monday #3
Someone probably told him they heard a trucker speaking Spanish louis-t Monday #5
One assumes it's aimed at trucks coming up from Mehico. maxsolomon Monday #29
it's the kind of stuff white supremacists worry about Skittles Tuesday #44
Is "Fuck You Donnie" English? Ping Tung Monday #6
Not if said with a Mexican accent. AloeVera Monday #8
The best kind RainCaster Tuesday #47
Hmmm, I've met some Trump voters who speak in a pretty undecipherable southern accent-- viva la Monday #7
Side effects of meth mouth? BattleRow Monday #30
LOL-- viva la Tuesday #55
I know what you mean. It's not like they haven't hear "proper English" on the TV and radio. SharonAnn Tuesday #53
Well the MAGABILLIES are screwed. Duncanpup Monday #9
Rofl Joinfortmill Monday #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 Monday #10
Next he will be telling you what you can or can't dream. xuplate Monday #11
Layoffs Dwild Monday #12
This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Tuesday #45
Wow, he's lost that group flamingdem Monday #13
He appeals to worst inside people Johonny Monday #14
Well, when there is nothing good inside of a person, they can only relate to what's bad in others. wnylib Monday #35
He's a demented puppet. Gonna get a lot worse Joinfortmill Monday #15
Here in Colorado DENVERPOPS Monday #17
Cheaper labor costs and to hell with safety-another crass fail of capitalism-basic evil Stargazer99 Tuesday #50
He is already getting rid of any "Safety Agencies" at the Federal Level DENVERPOPS Tuesday #51
Words come out of Trump's mouth, just not in the correct order. rickford66 Monday #18
It's a variety of the language, commonly referred to as Trumglish. Abolishinist Monday #19
A proficient speaker of Trumglish must be able to: Prof. Toru Tanaka Tuesday #49
Perfect! I can tell you have a deep understanding of Trumglish! Abolishinist Tuesday #52
I'm not too sure the words come out of his mouth Grim Chieftain Monday #20
We must demand... DingleBerryNW Monday #21
God bless the United Schhatesh LW1977 Monday #26
Hay from Quebec justaprogressive Monday #22
Is this a form of stick it where the sun don't shine? senseandsensibility Monday #41
Just because the MAGAts can speak English doesn't mean they meet the requirements to drive a truck. They'll iluvtennis Monday #23
How could this be enforced? underpants Monday #34
He could have ICE be at the weigh stations on highways and do some type of "English" speaking test. Could iluvtennis Monday #39
He declared English the official language in an EO underpants Monday #40
Wow on both points. n/t iluvtennis Monday #42
Disrupt trade from Mexico to Canada Blue Full Moon Monday #24
It is a ball of nothing. Scruffy1 Monday #25
I suspected that it might be something like that senseandsensibility Monday #43
performance for the racist base Skittles Tuesday #46
His base is eating this up and asking for more. Keeping them happy is enough for him, regardless of what America thinks. LonePirate Monday #28
And how does he propose to enforce that nonsense? Idiot. Scrivener7 Monday #32
I think it's just for the FAUX crowd senseandsensibility Monday #36
Cab drivers may be next. FPGramma Monday #37
You can count on Rat Face Miller to keep feeding his need to hate. Buddyzbuddy Monday #38
NEXT: Trump signs executive order to require truckers to wear shoes dalton99a Tuesday #48
Unlike his other Executive Orders.... Dem4life1970 Tuesday #54

AllyCat

(17,865 posts)
27. Won't be needed when there is nothing to ship.
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 04:37 PM
Monday

The photos and live cams of empty ports are worrisome.

maxsolomon

(36,456 posts)
29. One assumes it's aimed at trucks coming up from Mehico.
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 04:41 PM
Monday

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

(2,571 posts)
8. Not if said with a Mexican accent.
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 02:51 PM
Monday

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

But we know what he means.

viva la

(4,075 posts)
7. Hmmm, I've met some Trump voters who speak in a pretty undecipherable southern accent--
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 02:43 PM
Monday

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

BattleRow

(1,563 posts)
30. Side effects of meth mouth?
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 04:51 PM
Monday

Missing teeth make for muddled speech ...

Whoa, are they taxing sin,now?

viva la

(4,075 posts)
55. LOL--
Tue Apr 29, 2025, 07:47 PM
Tuesday

I think accents are a lot about vowel sounds.
And I heard a home renovator talking about how they needed new "tahl"... I really had to listen to context to know it was "tile".

I do like accents and dialects, but people who are learning English as a second language, well, they have at least 1 more language than most Americans!

SharonAnn

(14,034 posts)
53. I know what you mean. It's not like they haven't hear "proper English" on the TV and radio.
Tue Apr 29, 2025, 01:20 PM
Tuesday

twodogsbarking

(13,508 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
Monday

Response to Dwild (Reply #12)

wnylib

(25,250 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
Monday

DENVERPOPS

(11,974 posts)
17. Here in Colorado
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 03:47 PM
Monday

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

DENVERPOPS

(11,974 posts)
51. He is already getting rid of any "Safety Agencies" at the Federal Level
Tue Apr 29, 2025, 01:09 PM
Tuesday

DOT, OSHA, etc etc etc

Prof. Toru Tanaka

(2,585 posts)
49. A proficient speaker of Trumglish must be able to:
Tue Apr 29, 2025, 12:28 PM
Tuesday

Last edited Tue Apr 29, 2025, 01:14 PM - Edit history (1)

Pull “alternative facts” and nonexistent statistics out of their ass at a moment’s notice

Be able to constantly repeat bullet talking points so that they can conveniently change the subject when asked a question they don’t understand or are unable to lie about.

Like a MAGAt truck “rolling coal”, be able to instantaneously create a smokescreen of lies and bullshit so thick that the listener eventually feels like they are trying to find their way out of a labyrinth in total darkness.

Inject high volume blasts of verbal diarrhea into a conversation to drown out dissenting voices. This skill is particularly useful in a debate situation when they are feeling the heat.

Be able to convince listeners that they know everything and then be able to simultaneously claim to know nothing. This is a vital skill that comes into play when the clueless toadies the Trumglish speaker has under them fuck up to the point where it becomes national news.



Abolishinist

(2,473 posts)
52. Perfect! I can tell you have a deep understanding of Trumglish!
Tue Apr 29, 2025, 01:10 PM
Tuesday

“Nobody’s ever done what I’ve done—everybody says so—but if anything went wrong, I didn’t know about it, and actually it was perfect, better than perfect, and the fake news just doesn’t want to admit it, believe me.

I hire the best people, everybody knows that—so if something went wrong, I had nothing to do with it, and actually, it was a tremendous success, even the media said so privately. But I knew everything that was happening, except the things I wasn’t told, which were probably lies anyway."

DingleBerryNW

(47 posts)
21. We must demand...
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 03:59 PM
Monday

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

(21,178 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
Monday

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

(190,263 posts)
34. How could this be enforced?
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 05:00 PM
Monday

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

(21,178 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
Monday

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

(190,263 posts)
40. He declared English the official language in an EO
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 06:44 PM
Monday

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

Scruffy1

(3,441 posts)
25. It is a ball of nothing.
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 04:29 PM
Monday

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

(14,080 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
Monday

senseandsensibility

(21,878 posts)
36. I think it's just for the FAUX crowd
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 05:05 PM
Monday

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

Buddyzbuddy

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

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.

Dem4life1970

(816 posts)
54. Unlike his other Executive Orders....
Tue Apr 29, 2025, 02:07 PM
Tuesday

this one is sure to lower prices for ordinary Americans. It's what every Trump 2024 voter voted for....

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