On Alaska's Already Bad Winter Roads, Trump Wants Former Soldiers To Drive Semi Trucks, Saying They're More Skilled Than Immigrant Truckers
President Says Immigrant Drivers Are Not Safe Drivers... But Military Personnel Are Says 'Any' American Soldier Who's Driven A...
President Says Immigrant Drivers Are Not Safe Drivers... But Military Personnel Are
Says 'Any' American Soldier Who's Driven A Truck Is Qualified To 'Automatically' Take Over Driving On The Roads
"...any American who has driven a truck for our military will automatically be eligible for a commercial driver’s license”
--President Donald J. Trump, July 2026
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| Army photo of a military trucker running off the road during construction of the Alaska Highway. |
The Country Journal Looks In The Archives To See If This Plan Might Work In Alaska
In Alaska, Commercial Semi Trucks & Military Vehicles Both Have An Unsettling Crash Rate On Alaskan Highways
From the recent archives of the Copper River Country Journal
SEMI & MILITARY CRASHES IN ALASKA
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| A 95' long Manh Choh ore truck, in a parking lot in Delta Junction. The rigs weigh 160,000 lbs when loaded, operate 24 hours a day, and run in a fleet that makes 60 trips a day on average, hauling Canadian ore 250 miles over the Alaska, Richardson and Steele highways to the Canadian Fort Knox mill, according to the Manh Choh website. The gold ore is mined on land belonging to Tetlin Village, 10 miles south of Tok on the ALCAN. (Photo, Country Journal) |
