“The answer is yes,” Biden insisted, “if we can’t move the….increase the number of truckers, which we’re in the process of doing.”
After the interview, the White House walked the president’s answers back claiming. “We are not actively pursuing the use of the National Guard on a federal level.”
No one is certain when, or if, any Biden directive will take effect.
Ports crisis causes #EmptyShelvesJoe to trend.
Although there is a backlog at most of the US’s ports, the logjam is worse at the two largest (Los Angeles and Long Beach) where 1/3 of all goods come through.
The 105 stalled ships are up from 96 in the same situation on Tuesday of last week.
When the ships are unloaded in the ports, there is a shortage of truckers waiting to get the containers removed from the docks. The Washington Post reported Tuesday that nearly half of the 2,000 available appointments for truckers at APM Terminals’ Pier 400 in Los Angeles went unfilled on Friday.
Officials in both ports made announcements of emergency measures they are taking to begin Nov. 1.
