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Trump plans to sign an executive order requiring commercial truck drivers to speak English. (www.rawstory.com)

submitted 1 day ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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MAGA fans are rejoicing on social media in favor of President Donald Trump's plan to sign an executive order requiring commercial truck drivers to speak English.

Breitbart News reported that Trump would sign the order Monday evening because "President Trump believes that English is a non-negotiable safety requirement for professional drivers." Last month, Trump designated English as "the official language of the United States."

"This is such a big deal! So grateful for this, the roads will be much safer. Like many, I have seen many accidents or near accidents from unqualified drivers," posted @coffeegirlvegas.

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[–] nomugisan@lemmy.dbzer0.com 71 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

I have a CDL, Class A with X endorsement.

This changes nothing. CDL manuals, exams, and paperwork are all in English. What I think Trump thinks he's doing is banning Mexicans from driving trucks in the US, but this is controlled by a reciprocity agreement between the US and Mexico. Surprise, Mexicans don't have to take American exams for a CDL when they can have a license issued by the Mexican government.

Basically all this is is white supremacist virtue signaling.

[–] Tetragrade@leminal.space 12 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Nah you're still thinking about it within the the UN/long peace legal framework. They can just do a decree that says no mexicans, and their extrajudidical thugs will take the signal to harass and murder truck drivers.

B-but that's illegal ☝️🤓

Are you going to stop them?

[–] nomugisan@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Are you going to stop them?

Truck drivers aren't the most progressive, but if they see fellow drivers getting harassed/attacked by four wheelers you can bet your ass they're gonna go Mad Max on their asses for that

[–] Tetragrade@leminal.space 1 points 1 hour ago

I hope so 🙏

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 14 points 13 hours ago

I would love to see the US go a month without Mexican truck drivers. The UK pulled the same stunt with Polish truck drivers. People were rejoicing at empty shelves and overflowing garbage bins.