Trucking industry protesters disrupted a press briefing in the White House rose garden on Friday by honking their horns. Donald Trump said the sound was truckers ‘showing support’, but the honking may have been a protest. Earlier this month, the Washington Post reported a convoy of trucks in Washington DC blasted their air horns to protest low shipping rates, which truckers say threaten their livelihoods.
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The Canadian Trucker Protest or Freedom Convoy began on 9th January 2022 in protest against vaccine mandates following the Covid-19 Pandemic. The blockade of trucks has gridlocked Ottawa and several other cities and key routes.
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Donald John Trump was the 45th President of the United States. Before entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality. Trump was born and raised in Queens, a borough of New York City, and received a bachelor’s degree in economics from the Wharton School.