Nicole Lewis, The Washington Post
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“I’m the one that saved coal. I’m the one that created jobs.” — President Trump, in an interview with the New York Times, Dec. 28, 2017
As a candidate, President Trump vowed to end the “war on coal” and put miners back to work. And over the first year of his presidency, Trump and his administration have moved quickly to overturn several Obama-era regulations on mining and energy production. Most notably, in October, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt declared the end of the “war on coal” when he signed a rule overturning the Clean Power Plan.
Since the administration’s opening salvo to save coal country, Trump has repeatedly claimed that the industry is starting its comeback. Most recently, during a rally in Pensacola, Fla., Trump assured his supporters that there is “1,000 years” worth of coal buried in the ground, insisting that miners are “back to work” tapping into the reserves. But Trump’s estimate of the coal supply seemed too good to be true, especially because he paused briefly while searching for the figure. Still, his estimate was met with applause.
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