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

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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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[-] CBYX@feddit.org 1 points 3 months ago

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

[+] WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

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[-] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 months ago

I'm assuming it's just a way to sneak literacy tests into something. You can speak english, but can you speak it well enough to pass a subjective test administered by someone who hates you for being hispanic?

[-] head_socj@midwest.social 0 points 3 months ago

Classic authoritarian tactics:

Target a marginalized group with an issue that you've framed as ridiculous or politically suicidal to disagree with, get public opinion riled up by manipulating their grievances through exploiting their internal prejudices, and make everything an extension of preserving national security. Once you've manipulated enough people into giving you extralegal power, simply expand the circle of 'national security threats'.

In just a few months we've watched Trump:

steal the power of the purse and the power to enact tariffs from Congress,

create a precedent for the unconstitutional arrest, detainment, and removal of legal residents and dissenting citizens,

iterate his intentions to restart American expansionism into Canada and Greenland,

Successfully twist the arm of media companies, law firms, and universities into doing his bidding,

And his other executive order directs Dept. Of Homeland Security, DoJ, and DoD to create a plan for implementation of military and national security assets to "prevent crime and protect public safety".

Welcome to the 'find out' stage.

[-] Rhoeri@lemmy.world -2 points 3 months ago

You’re 100 percent dead-on.

And alongside this point, I really wonder how many of the kids that were shouting at everyone to not vote because of the “doing a genocide thing” would have done things differently if they had actually believed us all when we tried to tell them this shit would happen.

And I mean truly and honestly. Not the front they put up when they don’t want to publicly own their part in causing this to happen.

Because I can say that as a voter, I am not at all in the “find out” phase. I already knew this would happen. There was never anything to find out.

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[-] jsomae@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 months ago

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?

[-] darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 3 months ago

In the US, traffic signs with crucial information are often written in only English text, no symbols, pictograms or anything else that could make it possible to guess what the sign is saying without being able to read English.

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[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 0 points 3 months ago

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.

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[-] PanArab@lemm.ee -1 points 3 months ago

This is an unpresidented act

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk -1 points 3 months ago

*sniff sniff*

Smells like your food is about to cost even more.

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