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senseandsensibility

(24,185 posts)
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 01:22 PM Apr 2025

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 Apr 2025 OP
This should help with recruiting/hiring much needed truckers. underpants Apr 2025 #1
Won't be needed when there is nothing to ship. AllyCat Apr 2025 #27
Just curious..is that a requirement for joining the military? BattleRow Apr 2025 #31
I'm pretty sure it is or was when I was in underpants Apr 2025 #33
And all people who harvest our fruits and vegetables BOSSHOG Apr 2025 #2
Don't give them any ideas! senseandsensibility Apr 2025 #4
I'm curious JBTaurus83 Apr 2025 #3
Someone probably told him they heard a trucker speaking Spanish louis-t Apr 2025 #5
One assumes it's aimed at trucks coming up from Mehico. maxsolomon Apr 2025 #29
it's the kind of stuff white supremacists worry about Skittles Apr 2025 #44
Is "Fuck You Donnie" English? Ping Tung Apr 2025 #6
Not if said with a Mexican accent. AloeVera Apr 2025 #8
The best kind RainCaster Apr 2025 #47
Hmmm, I've met some Trump voters who speak in a pretty undecipherable southern accent-- viva la Apr 2025 #7
Side effects of meth mouth? BattleRow Apr 2025 #30
LOL-- viva la Apr 2025 #55
I know what you mean. It's not like they haven't hear "proper English" on the TV and radio. SharonAnn Apr 2025 #53
Well the MAGABILLIES are screwed. Duncanpup Apr 2025 #9
Rofl Joinfortmill Apr 2025 #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 Apr 2025 #10
Next he will be telling you what you can or can't dream. xuplate Apr 2025 #11
Layoffs Dwild Apr 2025 #12
This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Apr 2025 #45
Wow, he's lost that group flamingdem Apr 2025 #13
He appeals to worst inside people Johonny Apr 2025 #14
Well, when there is nothing good inside of a person, they can only relate to what's bad in others. wnylib Apr 2025 #35
He's a demented puppet. Gonna get a lot worse Joinfortmill Apr 2025 #15
Here in Colorado DENVERPOPS Apr 2025 #17
Cheaper labor costs and to hell with safety-another crass fail of capitalism-basic evil Stargazer99 Apr 2025 #50
He is already getting rid of any "Safety Agencies" at the Federal Level DENVERPOPS Apr 2025 #51
Words come out of Trump's mouth, just not in the correct order. rickford66 Apr 2025 #18
It's a variety of the language, commonly referred to as Trumglish. Abolishinist Apr 2025 #19
A proficient speaker of Trumglish must be able to: Prof. Toru Tanaka Apr 2025 #49
Perfect! I can tell you have a deep understanding of Trumglish! Abolishinist Apr 2025 #52
I'm not too sure the words come out of his mouth Grim Chieftain Apr 2025 #20
We must demand... DingleBerryNW Apr 2025 #21
God bless the United Schhatesh LW1977 Apr 2025 #26
Hay from Quebec justaprogressive Apr 2025 #22
Is this a form of stick it where the sun don't shine? senseandsensibility Apr 2025 #41
Just because the MAGAts can speak English doesn't mean they meet the requirements to drive a truck. They'll iluvtennis Apr 2025 #23
How could this be enforced? underpants Apr 2025 #34
He could have ICE be at the weigh stations on highways and do some type of "English" speaking test. Could iluvtennis Apr 2025 #39
He declared English the official language in an EO underpants Apr 2025 #40
Wow on both points. n/t iluvtennis Apr 2025 #42
Disrupt trade from Mexico to Canada Blue Full Moon Apr 2025 #24
It is a ball of nothing. Scruffy1 Apr 2025 #25
I suspected that it might be something like that senseandsensibility Apr 2025 #43
performance for the racist base Skittles Apr 2025 #46
His base is eating this up and asking for more. Keeping them happy is enough for him, regardless of what America thinks. LonePirate Apr 2025 #28
And how does he propose to enforce that nonsense? Idiot. Scrivener7 Apr 2025 #32
I think it's just for the FAUX crowd senseandsensibility Apr 2025 #36
Cab drivers may be next. FPGramma Apr 2025 #37
You can count on Rat Face Miller to keep feeding his need to hate. Buddyzbuddy Apr 2025 #38
NEXT: Trump signs executive order to require truckers to wear shoes dalton99a Apr 2025 #48
Unlike his other Executive Orders.... Dem4life1970 Apr 2025 #54

AllyCat

(18,443 posts)
27. Won't be needed when there is nothing to ship.
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 03:37 PM
Apr 2025

The photos and live cams of empty ports are worrisome.

maxsolomon

(38,073 posts)
29. One assumes it's aimed at trucks coming up from Mehico.
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 03:41 PM
Apr 2025

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

(3,939 posts)
8. Not if said with a Mexican accent.
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 01:51 PM
Apr 2025

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

But we know what he means.

viva la

(4,456 posts)
7. Hmmm, I've met some Trump voters who speak in a pretty undecipherable southern accent--
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 01:43 PM
Apr 2025

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

BattleRow

(2,075 posts)
30. Side effects of meth mouth?
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 03:51 PM
Apr 2025

Missing teeth make for muddled speech ...

Whoa, are they taxing sin,now?

viva la

(4,456 posts)
55. LOL--
Tue Apr 29, 2025, 06:47 PM
Apr 2025

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

(14,131 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, 12:20 PM
Apr 2025

twodogsbarking

(17,358 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, 02:06 PM
Apr 2025

Response to Dwild (Reply #12)

wnylib

(25,355 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, 04:03 PM
Apr 2025

DENVERPOPS

(13,003 posts)
17. Here in Colorado
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 02:47 PM
Apr 2025

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

(13,003 posts)
51. He is already getting rid of any "Safety Agencies" at the Federal Level
Tue Apr 29, 2025, 12:09 PM
Apr 2025

DOT, OSHA, etc etc etc

Prof. Toru Tanaka

(2,892 posts)
49. A proficient speaker of Trumglish must be able to:
Tue Apr 29, 2025, 11:28 AM
Apr 2025

Last edited Tue Apr 29, 2025, 12:14 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

(2,872 posts)
52. Perfect! I can tell you have a deep understanding of Trumglish!
Tue Apr 29, 2025, 12:10 PM
Apr 2025

“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

(69 posts)
21. We must demand...
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 02:59 PM
Apr 2025

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

(21,441 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, 03:02 PM
Apr 2025

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

(194,405 posts)
34. How could this be enforced?
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 04:00 PM
Apr 2025

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

(21,441 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, 05:24 PM
Apr 2025

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

(194,405 posts)
40. He declared English the official language in an EO
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 05:44 PM
Apr 2025

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

Scruffy1

(3,490 posts)
25. It is a ball of nothing.
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 03:29 PM
Apr 2025

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

(14,323 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, 03:37 PM
Apr 2025

senseandsensibility

(24,185 posts)
36. I think it's just for the FAUX crowd
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 04:05 PM
Apr 2025

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

Buddyzbuddy

(2,019 posts)
38. You can count on Rat Face Miller to keep feeding his need to hate.
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 04:27 PM
Apr 2025

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

(1,037 posts)
54. Unlike his other Executive Orders....
Tue Apr 29, 2025, 01:07 PM
Apr 2025

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

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