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Ezra Klein: “He's much more interested in coal than he is in solar or…”

Featuring: Ezra Klein, Liberal | New York Times Columnist and Podcast Host | National

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Ezra Klein and Stacey Abrams on How Donald Trump Has Broken American Politics Forever

Published | Video Starts at 04:57

Although I think that isn't working out in part because Donald Trump is not authentically interested in what they think. He's occasionally interested and he definitely wants the crypto money, but he does not sit up thinking about futuristic technology. He's much more interested in coal than he is in solar or nuclear or advanced geothermal. And you could see that in the way his administration ends up acting. So I do think that, even more so than for normal presidents, Donald Trump's impulses have become … (04:57–05:03)

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