President Donald Trump on Thursday announced a new initiative aimed at putting American veterans behind the wheel of big rigs while moving illegal alien truck drivers off the road, as reported by Breitbart.

The plan, called “Freedom Haul,” was unveiled outside the west facade of the West Wing and fits neatly into Trump’s broader push to restore order after years of open border chaos and bureaucratic nonsense.

Under the initiative, veterans who drove heavy trucks during military service will become automatically eligible for a commercial driver’s license within two years after leaving the service.

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For veterans who did not drive trucks in uniform, Trump said the government will create an expedited system to train and license them quickly, rather than trapping them in the usual maze of paperwork.

“They’re going to be given a very quick pass. We’re going to teach them. They’re going to learn,” Trump said, adding that he expects many to be ready in a matter of weeks.

“They’ll be licensed in a matter of a few weeks, I think it is. They’re going to take about three or four weeks of training,” he noted.

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Trump said 34 states have already joined the effort, a sign that plenty of leaders outside the left-wing bubble understand the obvious value of putting disciplined veterans into critical transportation jobs.

The president also pointed to data showing that veteran truck drivers account for 42 percent fewer accidents, a number that should matter to anyone who cares about highway safety more than political correctness.

Veterans already make up one in ten truck drivers in America, but the administration is now looking to expand that pipeline in a major way.

For conservatives who have watched Washington shower benefits on illegal aliens while veterans get shuffled to the back of the line, the message is not exactly subtle. Trump is making clear that Americans who served the country come first.

The president also took direct aim at the dangerous consequences of allowing illegal aliens to operate massive trucks on American roadways despite obvious concerns over licensing, language, training, and accountability.

“For many years, American highways and roadways have been terrorized by unqualified illegal aliens, dangerously driving big rigs… You have to have a knowledge, you have to have a talent for it, and these people don’t have that, ” he said.

Trump argued that radical left officials at the state level have handed out commercial driver’s licenses to people who never should have received them in the first place.

He also said many illegal alien drivers do not understand English, do not care to learn it, and cannot read American road signs. That is not a small technical problem when the vehicle involved can weigh tens of thousands of pounds.

“In many cases, they’ve engaged in reckless driving that has caused many, many preventable deaths,” Trump noted, citing a deadly crash last August in Florida involving an illegal alien making an unlawful turn on a highway.

The president also cited the recent death of a Pennsylvania state trooper who was killed by an illegal alien from Haiti driving a large truck.

“Just a few weeks ago, a Pennsylvania state trooper was killed by an illegal alien from Haiti driving a semi truck. He was let in by Joe Biden and the open border policy of the Biden administration,” he added.

According to the figures cited in the announcement, illegal alien truck drivers were tied to 20 deaths in 2025. For families who lost loved ones, that is not a statistic. It is a brutal reminder that failed border policy has real victims.

In May 2025, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy signed an order enforcing English proficiency requirements for truck drivers. Trump said Thursday that his administration has already removed 24,000 drivers from the roads because they cannot speak English.

“We’ve also forced states to cancel more than 28,000 commercial drivers’ licenses unlawfully issued to illegal aliens. They were given illegally,” he added.

The Freedom Haul initiative is more than a workforce program. It is a law and order statement aimed at cleaning up an industry that leftist officials treated like another playground for their immigration experiments.

The bigger message is simple. Veterans who know discipline, responsibility, and the consequences of failure are being welcomed into a vital American industry, while illegal alien drivers who should never have been licensed are finally getting the boot.

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