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Alice B.

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18. I used to sit in meetings where men touted "driving truck" as the solution to anyone and everyone's unemployment

Thu Jul 16, 2026, 08:14 AM

18 hrs ago

... it really sent me, the notion that "anyone and everyone" had the aptitude for anything and everything.

And never mind the aptitude required for driving those rigs, there's also the health requirements, etc.

I used to want to ask how many people got frustrated driving to work that morning, and b*tched out other drivers? Did they think those people who cut them off or this or that should be behind the wheel of a tractor trailer, or any big truck for that matter?

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Trump Says He'll Seek to Replace Immigrant Truck Drivers With Veterans [View all] RandySF 20 hrs ago OP

Yes, and they'll be paid $.20/mile and no overtime and their lives will be just . . . . dreamy!! hatrack 19 hrs ago #1

Twenty cents? RandySF 19 hrs ago #6

Of course - but if Swift, Conway and Trump could get away with it, they'd do it in a heartbeat . . . hatrack 19 hrs ago #8

Be a lot more inexperienced truck drivers on the road. Emile 19 hrs ago #2

those jobs have been WIDE open, and going begging - for literally decades now ... - - - - - -(nt)- stopdiggin 19 hrs ago #3

Exactly. Many if not most of the trucks have advertisements on them. underpants 19 hrs ago #5

Yep...literally every one of them. I'm up and down I35 several times per year Bengus81 19 hrs ago #9

Yes. agree..Help wanted is posted on many hugh trucks--for years and years. riversedge 15 hrs ago #35

CDL? This is like the Vet DD-214 gun waivers underpants 19 hrs ago #4

I have a DD-214 from my 4 years in the Air Force nurse corps. 3catwoman3 15 hrs ago #38

Yeah, that's who I want driving trucks on our nation's highways: currently unemployed veterans Prairie Gates 19 hrs ago #7

What makes him think vets don't want to use their Ilsa 18 hrs ago #10

This Administration is trying to suppress those ambitions. ColoringFool 18 hrs ago #17

Trump thinks vets are "suckers and losers" Johnny2X2X 18 hrs ago #19

I teach in a college that enrolls many veterans viva la 15 hrs ago #33

Just what we need: vets with PTSD driving semis in heavy traffic. sinkingfeeling 18 hrs ago #11

If people die: Mission Accomplished! (Newsflash: He's a psychopath.) ColoringFool 18 hrs ago #16

Not sure experience with "a heavy truck" is the same as a semi. flvegan 18 hrs ago #12

Don't worry; Trump's just talking out of his ample arse. ColoringFool 18 hrs ago #15

I used to sit in meetings where men touted "driving truck" as the solution to anyone and everyone's unemployment Alice B. 18 hrs ago #18

It's definitely a skill that not everyone has Johnny2X2X 18 hrs ago #21

All of this! 200%! Alice B. 17 hrs ago #22

My BIL tried his hand at truck driving after he got out of the Navy Ex Lurker 7 hrs ago #58

It's not the same GCG 15 hrs ago #27

What bullshit. Solly Mack 18 hrs ago #13

Sure, Jan. If there's one demographic that Trump cares about, it's our veterans. 🤣😅🤣🤪🤪🤣🤣😅 ColoringFool 18 hrs ago #14

One of the jobs my husband once had was OTR truck driving. ProudMNDemocrat 18 hrs ago #20

The asshole doesn't even know that veterans preference is a type of affirmative action or "DEI." valleyrogue 16 hrs ago #23

Well, mediocre white men make up most of his cabinet. Dulcinea 12 hrs ago #47

Camo 18-wheelers, coming to a hiway near you! RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 16 hrs ago #24

The Town Drunk could do something RIGHT NOW that he won't do jmowreader 16 hrs ago #25

What an ignorant asshole. Scrivener7 15 hrs ago #26

Are there an overwhelming JBTaurus83 15 hrs ago #28

He sounds like an idiot. Really. viva la 15 hrs ago #29

He doesn't just sound like an idiot. 3catwoman3 15 hrs ago #39

So is he saying ICE is going to be cutting off semis on the interstate with their measly SUV's? The Madcap 15 hrs ago #30

Hmmmm... I've never been in combat, but I would think that hamsterjill 15 hrs ago #31

I doubt there are very many veterans who want to be truck drivers. patphil 15 hrs ago #32

You have to remember that with Trump, it is permanently 1985 MikeyDi 15 hrs ago #34

So he is going to lobby congress to fund Johonny 15 hrs ago #36

Government control Mz Pip 15 hrs ago #37

Doesn't sound very safe to me.... walkingman 15 hrs ago #40

If The Veterans Wanted Those Jobs... ProfessorGAC 14 hrs ago #41

You're right about the shortage of drivers kimbutgar 13 hrs ago #42

There are certain states that allow triples on their roads like these states: MarineCombatEngineer 13 hrs ago #45

Thanks I have never seen a triple one and it kind of scared me seeing so many containers. kimbutgar 13 hrs ago #46

Just wait till you see what is next! OldBaldy1701E 9 hrs ago #53

I'd much rather replace Trump with a competent president. Initech 13 hrs ago #43

Do the veterans have a choice? Is this what they want? Martin68 13 hrs ago #44

Hold on a minute... Abolishinist 12 hrs ago #48

Isn't it up to the trucking company or the manufacturer of a product to figure who to hire to drive the trucks? Botany 10 hrs ago #49

Good luck with that! shanti 9 hrs ago #50

Sure sedwin 9 hrs ago #51

Most states already allow this Boo1 9 hrs ago #52

Railroads had great unions and local truckers too Captain Zero 8 hrs ago #54

And give up disability payments? No sir! Klarkashton 8 hrs ago #55

And Whiskey Pete will ensure that those vets have acceptable testosterone levels. 11 Bravo 8 hrs ago #56

What does he think is keeping veterans of the road now???? marble falls 8 hrs ago #57