Trump plans to sign an executive order requiring commercial truck drivers to speak English.

"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.

Oh yea? You and many others have witnessed many accidents that were due to a truck driver’s inability to speak English?

You dumb bitch.

Won't this disqualify half his illiterate base

This is just an excuse for ICE to pull people over. And since they're a part of the executive branch, they care less about due process and laws.

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.

CDL drivers have been required to speak English since 1936, though.

That'll surely fix our surplus of truck drivers! /s

yet another thing that has no legal standing and only exists to make the idiots think trump is accomplishing something

Good thing we won't need so many of those when supply chains dry up from tariffs!

So the party of small government is going to administer english tests to truck drivers? maybe create some kind of language registry with proficiency levels? sounds kinda woke

Trump can't even speak English.

Not sure about other states, but in mine, the ability to read and understand English is a requirement for getting a license...

Now you could make an argument that's not the same as speaking English, and my rebuttal is "should we ban mute, or speech-impared people from getting a CDL"?

As always another trump "policy" that'll backfire spectacularly

Executive orders are not laws. He can direct how the law in enforced, but he can't just unilaterally define new laws

Who the fuck is supposed to drive the trucks then? I live in (upstate) New York and it seems like even up there a significant population of Mexican truck drivers.

Ah yes, those unqualified drivers that are being hired as professional truck drivers. It's their lack of English skills that are the problem.

How was their totally legitimate and law abiding employer supposed to know about their lack of ability or driving licence? They are the real victims here, being forced to hire them and all.

I guess he's not wrong

However this is useless as you need to speak English to get a commercial license

The same people who said they would remove big government that tries to control everything and everyone

US economy crashing again in 3...2...1...

Which will be ignored like the rest of his Executive Orders that don't actually have anything to do with the Executive.

So cops pulling people over for a Language check?

Like many, I have seen many accidents or near accidents from unqualified drivers

Can anyone explain how knowing English would reduce traffic accidents? Is it because of detour signs?

Saying that quiet part out loud again. The obvious ingredient is racism

So if you happen to have a thicc Indian accent you need a second guy with you to translate English to English. Gotcha

I keep on thinking of the mad tv skit with the woman who says she can't understand people with accents.

Is there any such requirement for ships in international waters?

English seems a bit too narrow, but I could see one of maybe 10 languages being a requirement (English, Spanish, French, German, Arabic, Mandarin, Russian, Portuguese, etc)

Or perhaps, like the UN requires, at least three on this list.

Literally no trumpees anywhere can tell you their top three works of literature.

This is fact.

Later: "Okay, my executive order is in effect. But what the hell is a lorrie?"

So, they will arrest people for not obeying an executive order that, and IANAL, has no basis in law? How will they be identifying these drivers? What is the justification for pulling them over?

This is an unpresidented act

He's just trying to solve the issue he caused with the shipping slump.