Think that President Clinton Would Have Done This, Snowflakes?

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Maybe we can take our turn being the shithole that the devoloped world gets it's quiet, dirty energy from?  The people of rural appalachia have some experience in that regard.  Hell, it might even put actual human miners back to work..if we don't have to worry about whether or not we're killing those miners and the entire planet...-and- we don;t have to pay them as much as the operational cost of the mountaintop removal automation suite.  

Won't that be great?  Golly gee it'd be a swell negotiator that could make that deal a reality.  #MAGA!

Good points all.  Here's a further one:  Trump seems to think (though he hasn't explicitly said so) that ignoring emissions protocols - like the Paris Accord - is somehow going to magically bring back the US coal industry.  I find it hard to believe that no one in his inner circle hasn't explained to him that the demise of coal is due more to market forces than emissions standards.  Even if he rolls back everything he can regarding environmental protection, the corporations that produce electricity still aren't going to start buying coal until and unless the price of natural gas rises to the point where burning coal is more profitable.

You'd think that a man who is always bleating on about his business acumen would be able to grasp the concept of profit and loss.

Boru