Some truckers are saying that they will no longer haul loads to New York City after Trump was fined an absurd $350 million last week. Fox News. Trump was barred from operating his business for three years and fined $350 million for supposed fraud in a show trial. In response some truckers are saying they will boycott the city. Truckers said that the ruling against Trump is essentially election interference.
My Comment:
I haven't mentioned the fraud trial against Donald Trump since not only was it a kangaroo court where it would have been impossible for Donald Trump to win. The ruling was insane and made a mockery of justice. Only in New York City can a man be found liable for fraud with now actual victim.
I also think that the city of New York should be punished for this travesty. They voted for this nonsense and they should suffer the consequences. I would not be upset at all if their economy crashed because of this.
But will these truckers actually accomplish much? It really depends. There are millions of truckers in this country and if they all refused to haul loads to New York City it would cripple the city. Logistics makes the world go around and truckers actually have a lot of power.
Just look at what happened in Canada when the protest movement there cut off the capitol and managed to blockade highways. That was the end of the modern Coronavirus restriction movement, and despite the Orwellian reaction by the Canadian government the Canadian Trucker's convoy was a success.
But will this work in this case? Probably not. If these tuckers were blockading New York City they might accomplish something. As it stands right now all they are doing is refusing loads and there is no actual punishment for New York City. In theory if enough truckers do that then New York will face shortages and higher prices but will enough truckers go along with it?
My guess is no. There are a lot of conservative truckers out there, but most of them are middle aged or older. I work with truckers every day and I think there are a lot of old white guys out there that would go with this. Maybe even some of the old school black drivers. But I also know that there are a lot of 1st and 2nd generation immigrants working in trucking today.
Indeed, there are lot of drivers out there that completely refuse to drive to California due to various draconian restrictions that California has imposed on trucking. But my company sends loads to California every day, using companies that hire Indian and Hispanic immigrants. These folks don't care about Trump, many of them barely speak English, and they aren't going to have a problem delivering to New York City.
So will this have any impact at all? It's possible. Like I said, there are still a lot of old school drivers that are angry about this ruling. But there are a ton of immigrants and even leftist drivers that can pick up the slack. And they might not always have a real choice about it. Though truckers can refuse loads even if they aren't owner operators, they could possibly be fired for it.
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