And it’s probably going to be a success, because virtually every part of the “new” initiative has actually been in place for years. Trump and company simply aren’t calling attention to the fact that they’re rebranding programs first rolled out by Barack Obama and expanded upon by Joe Biden. OK, but those existing programs didn’t have this spiffy logo that photoshopped a Pontiac Trans Am’s “screaming chicken” hood emblem onto an outline of a truck. In revising the rule, the administration scraped up records of 17 fatal accidents involving noncitizen truck drivers in 2025. Yes, this is where we get accused of saying we want untrained foreigners to kill us all with big rigs.