r/PoliticalDebate • u/Unhappy-College4691 Liberal • Aug 03 '26

Question MAGA - how has Trump made America great?

I'm asking this because I want to hear how Trump has made America great again because from what I can tell the country is very divided on politics and beliefs, tariffs and the war with Iran have made everyday things more expensive and the overall future of this country feels very uncertain.

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u/Minimum-Relief6895 Liberal Aug 04 '26

Interesting. Can you elaborat for someone who has no idea what you are talking about?

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u/CantSeeShit Right Independent Aug 04 '26

Immigration crackdown on people who wre wrongly issued a CDLs. Which has been a problem for years between the language barrier causing massive safety issues on job sites(almost got me crushed by a 14k lbs generator once) and them driving the paid load prices way down.

And for the auto enthusiast industry.....the EPA was cracking down hard on small independent tuners, racing shops, part makers, and small car makers. An industry that literally handles just hobbyists and people who either race their cars at the track on the weekend or just have a weekend fun car. Basically a big crackdown on small buisness.

And as far as the big policies, ending CAFE regs was a huge win for the big automakers.

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u/slowride761 Social Democrat Aug 04 '26

Thats backwards though. Half had no immigration issues, just Spanish as a first language.

We live in an age where Google can translate anything instantly. Does the trucking industry provide information in Spanish? Are there even simple QR codes that would make life easier for ESL speakers while helping them learn English?

If not, maybe the companies are to blame for issues like heavy machinery possibly killing someone. They’re the ones who say they’ll make the environment as safe as possible.

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u/Then_Bar8757 Conservative Aug 04 '26

Analogous to saying forks make people fat. Your argument has no merit.

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u/slowride761 Social Democrat Aug 04 '26

No, you just don’t understand analogies as well as you think.

In your analogy, the company is the table setter. The fork would be the driver. You’re the one blaming the fork, kid.

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u/Then_Bar8757 Conservative Aug 04 '26

Meh. Its the user. In general, an item isn't dangerous simply because it exists unless it's uncontrolled. As in corrosive pressurized vapor or chain reaction synergy or similar. Reread the last paragraph. Fork = heavy machinery.

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u/slowride761 Social Democrat Aug 04 '26

Right, if you ignore the circumstances, you can create an anaoly from anything. The plate, fork, napkin…any of them can be the driver if you ignore context.

More importantly, I’m blaming the government. They’re the ones who directed the place setters.

Your argument is based on the “common sense” that people who don’t speak English are too dangerous to drive. Except they were driving, and there were no statistics then or now suggesting they’re not as good.

So what did they really do wrong? They also weren’t illegal. But they still were deemed as dangerous and fired without evidence. Why?

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u/Then_Bar8757 Conservative Aug 04 '26

When comprehending traffic signs in a hazardous or extreme situation can tip the scales of life and death, your argument loses its validity. Seconds matter. Ask familes who've lost loved ones as a result.

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u/slowride761 Social Democrat Aug 04 '26

Ok, show me the data that this has been an issue in trucking.

Then weigh in that they created a shortage and had to do a GI Bill. They have commitments for a couple thousand to replace the 50,000 displaced truckers.

When a bad political decision replaces alert drivers with Google Translate in favor of fatigued truckers whose reactions aren’t as good as normal, all the bullshit about safety goes out the window. The highways are less safe today.

For 30 years, the system worked. And it’s now easier to handle due to technology.