The Truckers Fight Back! By Charles Taylor (Florida)
Following on from the alarming New York lawfare decision against Donald Trump, where he is essentially bankrupted, to destroy his electoral bid, financial organisations and corporations have seen the writing on the wall, and concluded that they too are vulnerable to the ruling, if it stands. And the court is doing everything to prevent the natural justice of an appeal, requiring that the fine in full be put up as a bond. Things like this have not occurred before in the developed world, and indicate that the US has already begun the plunge to Third World levels, at least culturally.
Still, while the mainstream media is not covering this event, truckers are beginning to organise a boycott of deliveries to New York. While it is mainly to protest against the Trump decision, truckers also have specific grievances against New York, such as excessive tolls. It will be interesting to see how far this goes, because unlike with the Canadian trucker protests, there are no blockades, only a legal refusal to deliver. Most truckers are independent contractors, and do not have to deliver to New York if they do not want to.
"US truckers are up in arms against Manhattan Justice Arthur Engoron's decision to fine Trump $355 million. Former President has been accused of inflating his net worth by billions to dupe banks and insurers. Instigated by Trump supporting Truck driver, Chicago Ray's viral boycott call several truckers are now refusing to accept loads for New York city. Many have now come out to issue daring threat that their protest will paralyse New York.
"We're gonna stand for something man. We're gonna stand for Trump, man," one trucker said. "What I'm hearing over here, this is on man, this is on."
"It could shut New York City down," said Jennifer Hernandez, a trucker told News Nation. "If New York loses just 10% of the trucks that go in there, their prices are going to skyrocket on everything — from milk to eggs, to any type of goods that the consumer needs," she threatened.
It all started with right wing influencer and Trump fan Chicago Ray's boycott call, claiming that he has spoken to "at least" 10 truckers who will "start refusing loads" headed for New York City. Soon that video had over 7 millions views but was deleted over the weekend. Chicago came back to say many truckers are joining in.
Though there isn't an exact number to the protesting truckers but many of them are claiming growing support. Tim Jordan, a trucker posted on X, "I stand with @bigskyfit and all OTR truckers standing against this corrupt legal system in New York that attacked an innocent business man and a candidate running for president in 2024. Call your state bar against corrupt Judges and attorneys."
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