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Trump's Speech on Revitalizing the American Coal Industry

Published April 8, 2025 | Video Starts at 22:17

You think Joe Biden would have picked that up? I don't think so. Gee, they didn't mention West Virginia. I don't think so. I don't think he'd be standing up here either. The value of untapped coal in our country is 100 times greater than the value all the gold at Fort Knox. And we're going to unleash it and make America rich and powerful again. Under this order, I'm also directing Secretary Wright to use billions of dollars in federal funding to … (22:17–22:25)

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Asserts that untapped coal in the U.S. is valued at 100 times more than the gold at Fort Knox.

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“Half [of the 11,088 murderers] committed murder on more than two people.”
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“We have more coal than any other country.”
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“We've taken in almost $2 billion a day in tariffs.”
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“11,088 murderers came into our country [due to open border policies].”
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“The ocean will rise one quarter of an inch within the next 500 to 600 years.”
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“Germany was finished. They went to wind. The wind wasn't blowing too much.”
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“Now they're [Germany] back to coal. They're opening up coal plants all over Germany.”
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“We're ending Joe Biden's war on beautiful clean coal once and for all.”
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“All those [coal] plants that have been closed are going to be opened if they're modern enough, or they'll be ripped down and brand new ones…”
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“We need to more than double [the electricity] to be number one.”
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“You have among the best coal anywhere in the world.”
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“Making such a big move, such a bold move in energy.”
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“Decimate the industry for absolutely no reason.”
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“Joe Biden and congressional Democrats tried to abolish the American coal industry.”
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“We will rapidly expedite leases for coal mining on federal lands.”
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“We're going to unlock the sweeping authorities of Defense production act to turbocharge coal mining in America.”
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“The Department of Interior has approved the expansion of the Spring Creek Mine in Montana, supporting 280 coal mining jobs and unlocking…”
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“Pound for pound, coal is the single most reliable, durable, secure and powerful form of energy there is on earth today.”
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“I'm instructing the Department of Justice to identify and fight every single unconstitutional state or local regulation that's putting our…”
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