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Now that the law firms gave him “a lot of money” (no doubt a reference to the dollar value of legal fees that law firms he bullied agreed to provide him), he will “use” them how he wants.

#trump #law #capitulation #USA
Trump speaking on 04/08/25 with coal miners (dressed in coal mining gear) standing behind him. Caption reads: Breaking News: Trump: Coal Most Reliable, Secure Form of Energy (Fox News)
Trump said, "Have you noticed that lots of law firms have been signing up with Trump?" (Trump pauses as the audience at the White House laughs quietly.) Trump continues, "A hundred million dollars, another hundred million dollars for...ah... damages that they've done, but they give you a hundred million, and then they announce, 'I've done nothing wrong. And I agree, they've done nothing wrong. But WHAT THE HELL, they give me A LOT of money considering they've done nothing wrong. (The audience laughs a little louder.) And, ah, we'll use some of those people, some of those great firms. They are great firms, too. They just had a bad moment. But, ah, we're gonna use some of those firms...I think they're gonna do a fantastic job." —US President Donald Trump at a White House press conference 04/08/25
#trump #usa #law #capitulation
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(I listened to a streamed broadcast and gathered a full quote. He was standing in front of coal miners today because he was announcing an executive order promoting the coal industry.)
Barbara Monaco
He can write EOs all day, from here to eternity, but coal is not coming back in any significant way. It will never again be a large scale employer.
I noticed the CORE patches on the uniforms. Looked it up. It's a corporation founded 3 months ago by merging two established companies. They specialize in "long wall" mining, a highly automated technique. It is also a disaster for the environment.
#coal
#environment
https://www.citizenscoalcouncil.org/longwall-mining.html

Longwall Mining

Longwall mining was first introduced in the United States in the early 1950s and was more frequently used in the late 1970s. Today longwall mining accounts for about one-third of total underground...
CITIZENS COAL COUNCIL
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So he is not just favoring a specific industry, but also a specific industry niche (and related companies).
Barbara Monaco
It seems to be connected to the steel industry.
Steel jobs are not coming back either. Back in the day my home town steel mill had 2500 employees. It became antiquated by modern standards and closed permanently in 2023.
Modern steel mills can be run by as few as 14 people.
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That’s very interesting—and he also talked about steel and the steel industry in his little speech today 👀

Fascinating that steel mills can be run by so few people. Commerce Secretary Lutnick and others have been talking about bringing factories ‘back’ to the US, but running them with robotics, not people (they would only be there, for the most part, to service the robotics).
Barbara Monaco
A family member works in a large automated German owned plant that makes car parts in the Midwest. He's a highly trained engineer who troubleshoots the equipment. The other employees are basically computer operators.
yianiris
Given a situation where cleaner hydrocarbons become scarcer, electric demands skyrocket, and massive nuclear r. construction is pointless, people will tend to underplay the environmental impact to protecting their lifestyles.

Solar/wind have already reached the limit of their hypothetical nonsensical value of "sustainable hell".

#coal may have one short little come back before the entire industrial revolution comes to completion.

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yianiris
By then democratic #communism better be "invented" to save all life forms from extinction and humanity from ultimate cannibalism.

Brecht's prophecy "one day the planet will turn red" is inevitable either way.

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