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

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

Oof that will crash the trucking industry.

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[–] [email protected] 203 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

"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.

[–] [email protected] 76 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

It’s already part of the federal commercial driver regulations too… so no. No they have not. The most they’ve seen is someone with a heavy accent and maybe broken English.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It does seem like an excuse to call ICE.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

No, they'll just add it as a requirement to do any work with federal jobs or something.

The executive office in the us has so many levers of power it can pull that they don't really need laws anymore.

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[–] [email protected] 112 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (12 children)

Won't this disqualify half his illiterate base

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