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Donald Trump: “Germany is opening up a coal plant a week.”

Featuring: Donald Trump, Republican | President of the United States | National

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White House Meeting: President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu Discuss Trade, Iran, and Middle East Peace

Published | Video Starts at 21:41

We have more of every kind of energy, every form of energy from oil and gas to coal. And people talk about, I call it beautiful clean coal. As you know, Germany is opening up a coal plant a week. They tried the windmills and it didn't work. Work. They tried all the other solutions and they were ready to go out of business. Now they're doing a coal plant a week. (21:41–21:45)

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Asserts that Germany is opening one coal plant per week.

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