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AP: Coal CEO expected Trump help, but administration said no

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Shard

XBLAnnoyance
https://townhall.com/news/politics-...l-industry-ceo-claims-promise-broken-n2371655

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has rejected a coal industry push to win a rarely used emergency order protecting coal-fired power plants, a decision contrary to what one coal executive said the president personally promised him.

The Energy Department says it considered issuing the order sought by companies seeking relief for plants it says are overburdened by environmental regulations and market stresses. But the department ultimately ruled it was unnecessary, and the White House agreed, a spokeswoman said.

The decision is a rare example of friction between the beleaguered coal industry and the president who has vowed to save it. It also highlights a pattern emerging as the administration crafts policy: The president's bold declarations — both public and private — are not always carried through to implementation.

President Donald Trump committed to the measure in private conversations with executives from Murray Energy Corp. and FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. after public events in July and early August, according to letters to the White House from Murray Energy and its chief executive, Robert Murray. In the letters, obtained by The Associated Press, Murray said failing to act would cause thousands of coal miners to be laid off and put the pensions of thousands more in jeopardy. One of Murray's letters said Trump agreed and told Energy Secretary Rick Perry, "I want this done" in Murray's presence.

The White House declined to comment on Murray's assertion. A spokesman for Murray Energy, Gary Broadbent, also declined to comment on the letters.
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kmax

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Why do people still keep expecting things from Trump?

The guy will always find a way to fuck you over. In this instance, good riddance.
 
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Imperfected

Member
This fucking guy.

Now he's basically threatening to pick the pockets of thousands of his employees on top of everything else? I'm surprised he hasn't been drawn and quartered.
 
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EternalDarko

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The president's bold declarations — both public and private — are not always carried through to implementation.
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When has anything this lying piece of shit said been actually carried through to implementation?
 
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Strike

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Shadybiz

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I have SOME sympathy for the (probably very few) miners who may have seen through Trump's bullshit and not voted for him.

Other than that, I have none. Research the fucking candidate you vote for next time.

Edit; Ah, I seem to have misread.
 
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fredrancour

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Dude loves money almost as much as he hates Obama. You're losing on economic terms,not because of a liberal conspiracy. He doesn't care enough about the promises he made to shield your workers from that reality to try and prop you up.
 
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BigDug13

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Shadybiz said:
I have SOME sympathy for the (probably very few) miners who may have seen through Trump's bullshit and not voted for him.

Other than that, I have none. Research the fucking candidate you vote for next time.
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This sounds more like bullshit execs who take home millions threatening to strip their workers of pensions and jobs if the WH doesn't comply.
 
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Imperfected

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Shadybiz said:
I have SOME sympathy for the (probably very few) miners who may have seen through Trump's bullshit and not voted for him.

Other than that, I have none. Research the fucking candidate you vote for next time.
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Read the fine print on who's making this claim.

Murray's fucking human detritus and he's basically trying to use his employees as hostages to demand ransom for his own personal benefit. I'm pretty sure his layoff plans were already well-noted and weren't going to be influenced by any coal subsidies, anyway.

So yeah, don't even spare the modicum of sympathy.
 
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Shadybiz

Member
BigDug13 said:
This sounds more like bullshit execs who take home millions threatening to strip their workers of pensions and jobs if the WH doesn't comply.
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Imperfected said:
Read the fine print on who's making this claim.

Murray's fucking human detritus and he's basically trying to use his employees as hostages to demand ransom for his own personal benefit. I'm pretty sure his layoff plans were already well-noted and weren't going to be influenced by any coal subsidies, anyway.

So yeah, don't even spare the modicum of sympathy.
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Ah, thanks for clarifying guys; that's what I get for skimming.
 
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valkillmore

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RPGCrazied said:
When will people realize this man is a con man? I've know this since the 90's, and still people are unsure?
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In order to admit he's a con man, many who voted for him will also have to acknowledge they were wrong about his candidacy. Many who voted for the first time, or the first time in a long time, who may have felt 'forgotten' or dismissed by previous candidates and administrations. That's gotta be real tough. Just my thought.
 
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Chuck Norris

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As much as we want to dog pile Trump, I don't think this is at all contrary to the promise of bringing more coal jobs. This looks like a protection for the rich guys in the Coal industry that the Trump administration said no to
 
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Raylan Targaryen

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kmax said:
Why do people still keep expecting things from Trump?

The guy will always find a way to fuck you over. In this instance, good riddance.
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the dude admitted to this on national tv and people still think otherwise

americans are fucking retarded, it's actually kind of depressing.
 
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Imperfected

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Chuck Norris said:
As much as we want to dog pile Trump, I don't think this is at all contrary to the promise of bringing more coal jobs. This looks like a protection for the rich guys in the Coal industry that the Trump administration said no to
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Yeah. There's a lot of people Trump's screwed over who don't deserve it.

Murray isn't one of them. It's more a sign of Trump's incompetence that he hasn't managed to give this guy a backroom blowjob and a free ticket to being the EPA head.
 
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Steejee

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valkillmore said:
In order to admit he's a con man, many who voted for him will also have to acknowledge they were wrong about his candidacy. Many who voted for the first time, or the first time in a long time, who may have felt 'forgotten' or dismissed by previous candidates and administrations. That's gotta be real tough. Just my thought.
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That's pretty spot on - he's a con man, and it's really, really difficult to get someone to admit they've been conned. This is doubly true for Trump - people were shouting from the rooftops that he's a con man, and they voted for him anyways. Admitting to anything means they got conned while being told straight up, with evidence, that they were asking to be conned.

I'd almost expect people to turn on Trump faster if he was actually intelligent. At least then the people who got duped would feel like a slick smart salesman pulled a fast one on them, and it wasn't a total moron whose con most everyone could see from a lightyear away.
 
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Ithil

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"But he promised me!?" said about a compulsive liar with zero convictions that everyone told you was a compulsive liar with zero convictions.
 
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Culex

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Steejee said:
That's pretty spot on - he's a con man, and it's really, really difficult to get someone to admit they've been conned. This is doubly true for Trump - people were shouting from the rooftops that he's a con man, and they voted for him anyways. Admitting to anything means they got conned while being told straight up, with evidence, that they were asking to be conned.

I'd almost expect people to turn on Trump faster if he was actually intelligent. At least then the people who got duped would feel like a slick smart salesman pulled a fast one on them, and it wasn't a total moron whose con most everyone could see from a lightyear away.
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Most that voted for him will never admit now they voted for con man. At worst they will say they voted Republican and do not regret it.
 
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Chmpocalypse

Blizzard
LOL, get rekt trump supporters. He doesn't give a shit about you anymore than he does anyone else. You're being used like he uses everyone.
 
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Gattsu25

Banned
Why are all these people surprised that the left was right about the trustworthiness of Trump?

After how many examples will people on the right start to catch on?
 
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TheOfficeMut

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President Donald Trump committed to the measure in private conversations with executives from Murray Energy Corp. and FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. after public events in July and early August, according to letters to the White House from Murray Energy and its chief executive, Robert Murray. In the letters, obtained by The Associated Press, Murray said failing to act would cause thousands of coal miners to be laid off and put the pensions of thousands more in jeopardy. One of Murray's letters said Trump agreed and told Energy Secretary Rick Perry, "I want this done" in Murray's presence
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Best part about it (not including unfortunate consequence of people losing their jobs) because I understand Murray to be a gigantic POS.
 
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zelas

Member
I guess these fuckers will finally wake up and take the infrastructure investment and job training Dems have been offering them for years.

Lol, yeah right
 
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