A Somali truck driver who couldn’t read basic road signs was caught driving an 80-ton commercial truck the wrong way down a Missouri highway for miles, creating a nightmare scenario that could have killed dozens of innocent Americans. The terrifying incident proves exactly why President Trump’s English-only mandate for commercial drivers is saving lives across America.

According to the New York Post, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirmed the dangerous trucker has been removed from service after Missouri State Highway Patrol discovered the driver failed English proficiency tests and couldn’t identify basic road signs. The driver was barreling south in northbound lanes on Highway 61 near Troy at 8 a.m. Wednesday, captured on video that shows just how close we came to a catastrophic disaster.

This is exactly the kind of preventable tragedy that Trump’s decisive leadership is stopping. While the driver held a valid Minnesota commercial license, he couldn’t complete basic English proficiency requirements that should have disqualified him from operating massive commercial vehicles on American roads. Missouri troopers found no signs of impairment – this was purely a language comprehension failure that put countless families at risk.

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