'My friends were lied to': will coalminers stand by Trump as jobs disappear?
by Oliver Milman from Environment | The Guardian on (#58H9D)
The president vowed to help the industry, but it continues shrinking despite his cuts to regulations
Art Sullivan is considered something of a political heretic by other coalminers in south-western Pennsylvania, where a wave of support for Donald Trump based upon his flamboyant promises of a resurgence in coal helped propel the Republican to the US presidency.
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