{"id":7432,"date":"2026-01-18T10:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T16:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/?p=7432"},"modified":"2026-01-14T00:07:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T06:07:06","slug":"trump-to-fire-all-via-drivers-amid-government-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/18\/trump-to-fire-all-via-drivers-amid-government-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump to fire all Via drivers amid government shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WASHINGTON, DC &#8211; President Donald Trump has announced another set of measures to be taken by the federal government amid the ongoing government shutdown, taking aim at an unexpected target: Via drivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a post on Truth Social, Trump described his frustration with Via during a recent visit to UChicago. \u201cI had to go from the Robinstein library to Batchinson Commons. I ordered a Via and it took 20 MINUTES to arrive! UNACCEPTABLE! Illegal immigrants are destroying our own American drivers. Under my administration I will fire all Via drivers the crooked Democrats hired, replace them with American drivers, and make American Vias fast again!\u201d Trump announced on Truth Social.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The full text of the executive order to lay off Via drivers has not been released yet. However, rumours suggest drivers will be fired using a sliding scale of compensation, depending on their skin color. Additionally, new drivers will be vetted by a thorough procedure, including driving exams, real-life driving tests, and adherence to American values.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to reports, PragerU will have a crucial role to play in these new tests. We reached out to Dennis Prager for a response, and he replied: \u201cMexicans make burritos. They lead purposeless lives so they need to make burritos. I actually punched an Asian kid.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI had to go from the Robinstein library to Batchinson Commons. I ordered a Via and it took 20 MINUTES to arrive! UNACCEPTABLE! Illegal immigrants are destroying our own American drivers. Under my administration I will fire all Via drivers the crooked Democrats hired, replace them with American drivers, and make American Vias fast again!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2090,"featured_media":7433,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-life","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2090"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7432"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7434,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7432\/revisions\/7434"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}