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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis 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

underpants
(190,263 posts)🙄
AllyCat
(17,865 posts)The photos and live cams of empty ports are worrisome.
BattleRow
(1,563 posts)underpants
(190,263 posts)BOSSHOG
(42,200 posts)Must speak English and drive teslas.
senseandsensibility
(21,878 posts)
JBTaurus83
(300 posts)how many people this would even effect? I have never heard of this "problem" until now.
louis-t
(24,293 posts)and he freaked out.
maxsolomon
(36,456 posts)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...
Skittles
(163,851 posts)yes indeed
Ping Tung
(2,272 posts)AloeVera
(2,571 posts)He forgot to add "Latino, Arabic, Haitian or African -accent-free".
But we know what he means.

RainCaster
(12,760 posts)viva la
(4,075 posts)And let's say the grasp on grammar and syntax was minimal.
BattleRow
(1,563 posts)Missing teeth make for muddled speech ...
Whoa, are they taxing sin,now?
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)Duncanpup
(14,406 posts)Joinfortmill
(17,919 posts)twodogsbarking
(13,508 posts)xuplate
(86 posts)Dwild
(11 posts)Could they be expecting layoffs and use language as a reason to dismiss Latinos?
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flamingdem
(40,398 posts)Thinking this one is for Eloon. He's pushing his driverless trucks.
Johonny
(23,493 posts)And can't inspire the best.
Be Worse should be the motto
wnylib
(25,250 posts)Joinfortmill
(17,919 posts)before the Republicans finally kick his ass.
DENVERPOPS
(11,974 posts)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
Stargazer99
(3,187 posts)DENVERPOPS
(11,974 posts)DOT, OSHA, etc etc etc
rickford66
(5,836 posts)Is that considered English ?
Abolishinist
(2,473 posts)Prof. Toru Tanaka
(2,585 posts)Last edited Tue Apr 29, 2025, 01:14 PM - Edit history (1)
Pull alternative facts and nonexistent statistics out of their ass at a moments notice
Be able to constantly repeat bullet talking points so that they can conveniently change the subject when asked a question they dont 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)Nobodys ever done what Ive doneeverybody says sobut if anything went wrong, I didnt know about it, and actually it was perfect, better than perfect, and the fake news just doesnt want to admit it, believe me.
I hire the best people, everybody knows thatso 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 wasnt told, which were probably lies anyway."
Grim Chieftain
(115 posts)A bit lower perhaps...
DingleBerryNW
(47 posts)That all presidents of USA are capable of speaking the English language with Complete and Coherent Sentences. Slurring ones words is grounds for impeachment! 🤬
LW1977
(1,503 posts)justaprogressive
(3,497 posts)(how do you say "put it over there. in Quebecois French?)
senseandsensibility
(21,878 posts)
iluvtennis
(21,178 posts)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)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)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)I know someone in trucking. The margins are very tight and its way more complicated than you could imagine.
iluvtennis
(21,178 posts)Blue Full Moon
(2,101 posts)Scruffy1
(3,441 posts)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.
senseandsensibility
(21,878 posts)Just another dog and pony show.
Skittles
(163,851 posts)fucking disgusting
LonePirate
(14,080 posts)Scrivener7
(55,552 posts)senseandsensibility
(21,878 posts)and something to yell about at his rallies. They're still playing to the base 24/7.
FPGramma
(7 posts)Buddyzbuddy
(778 posts)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.
dalton99a
(88,407 posts)Dem4life1970
(816 posts)this one is sure to lower prices for ordinary Americans. It's what every Trump 2024 voter voted for....