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Truckers protest outside the White House: Trump said it was a 'sign of love'

Truckers have been protesting near the White House for a week now; they even interrupted the briefing of US President Donald Trump on Friday, May 15. But the head of state said that these were “honks of support, not protest.” Writes about this USA Today.

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“These are the truck drivers who are always with us,” Trump said. “They are protesting for President Trump, not against him.”

The horns continued as Trump held a briefing to announce the start of Operation Breaking Speed, an effort to produce and distribute a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of 2020. The President himself drew attention to the protesters.

“This is a sign of love, not a typical protest,” Trump explained. “So I want to thank our great truckers: they like me and I love them.”

But truck drivers appeared for several weeks in downtown Washington, DC, to protest the low cost of shipping, which they say threatens to get them out of business in the face of the ongoing economic downturn.

“The services provided by truck drivers are currently in high demand, but at the same time, many small trucking companies are far from confident that they will survive the current economic downturn. With rates at historic lows, truckers' small businesses are struggling,” Independent Truckers Association President Todd Spencer said in a letter to members of Congress.

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After the booming demand for the delivery of goods at the beginning of quarantine, now truck drivers are faced with a lack of work as such or with payment offers that they consider too low.

Therefore, they require greater price transparency between brokers and road carriers, urging brokers to disclose how much shippers paid them and how much they then paid to carriers. The organization representing the brokers replied: they say that rates are constantly changing and are related to the current state of the market.

Trump agreed with truck drivers, saying they were "tricked."

“All they want is justice,” Trump said. “And we will treat them fairly.” We will take care of them."

According to White House spokeswoman Alissa Farah, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows attended the demonstration.

“Donald Trump and the people of the United States stand with American truckers,” Farah tweeted.

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One of the protesters wrote on his blog what truckers are trying to achieve and why they went to the rally. His message was published by Bazaar.

“We have gathered here not to demand exorbitant prices for unknown reasons, but for the sake of business transparency, which should minimize the unfair attitude of brokers towards truck drivers. All information on a cargo, including financial information, must be made available to the interested party before a contract for the same cargo is signed. “We also want to take away from brokers the opportunity to bypass government regulation 49 CFR 371.3,” the author writes. — In other words, a broker should not hide how much he earned. Our contract should include two lines: how much the shipper paid and how much of this the broker paid us.”

The trucker noted that there are already results.

“We already have first successes. President Trump wrote about us on his Twitter, and the presidential administration is negotiating with us. We are moving in the right direction,” the author sums up.

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