• Asafum@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    So naturally the question becomes what coal billionaire prick is paying Trump or his family for this?

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      21 hours ago

      “In addition, Trump will receive the inaugural ““Undisputed Champion of Coal”” award on Wednesday from the Washington Coal Club, a pro-coal group with ties to the fossil fuel industry…”

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      Very few, I’d imagine. At best, this is propping up failing parts of their empire - a lot of mining companies have switched to something easier than coal because coal is getting harder to mine, and a lot of energy companies are diversifying because of the slowdown of effective mining. This seems to simply be “because I can”.