When Special Counsel Robert Mueller is testifying before Congress this Wednesday, Donald Trump will be the guest of a coal magnate in Wheeling, W.V. He will once again make the case for “big beautiful coal,” although the facts don’t bear him out: coal is failing at a faster pace under his watch than ever before.
It’s a pathetic con job: the president of the United States will promise demoralized coal miners that their way of life is just around the corner and that he is the “chosen one” to deliver them to the promise land. At the same time, he’ll mock climate change as a hoax while many parts of the United States and the global community are literally feeling the heat.
