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Doug Burgum: “Coal assets in its raw form just on federal land...it's $8…”

Featuring: Doug Burgum, Republican | U.S. Secretary of the Interior | National

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Published | Video Starts at 05:11

… mainstream media, they would never say, oh, he just wiped $10 trillion off the balance sheet. Because that kind of an action restricting that when you shut down coal, the Coal assets in its raw form just on federal land...it's $8 trillion is what it's worth. $8 trillion is what it's worth. But if you just say, no, we're going to not touch that, we're going to touch this, you're effectively taking a resource away from the American people. (05:11–05:22)

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