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  • -As a candidate, Donald Trump repeatedly promised

  • that rural America, which he dubbed Trump country,

  • would improve under his presidency.

  • But is that really the case?

  • This is "The Check In."

  • [ Cheers and applause ]

  • [ Bell dings ]

  • Throughout his presidency, Trump has consistently claimed

  • that now he's in charge, everyone,

  • especially his supporters, are coming out on top.

  • -America now is winning again.

  • Some people are getting a little tired of winning.

  • The people of Missouri are gonna go to your governor,

  • and they're gonna say,

  • "Governor, please, go see the President.

  • We can't stand winning so much."

  • We are going to keep on winning.

  • We're going to win so much,

  • you're gonna get so tired of winning.

  • Just so tired.

  • -I'll give him credit for one thing.

  • He doesn't overwhelm you with details.

  • [ Laughter ]

  • Also, I don't think he gets how winning works.

  • You don't get tired of it.

  • I've never heard a New England Patriots fan

  • burning his Tom Brady jersey and moving to Cleveland.

  • "Enough's enough, Brady! I got January plans!"

  • [ Laughter ]

  • Trump loves to say that, thanks to this presidency,

  • farmers, coal miners,

  • and residents of red states are back.

  • But in November, "The Washington Post"

  • asked the question, "Is Trump country

  • really better off under Trump?"

  • And their answer was no -- it's falling further behind.

  • And there's no better example of that than West Virginia.

  • You might remember that when Trump visited West Virginia

  • in 2016, he made all kinds of impossible promises

  • and even pretended to be a coal miner.

  • -I'll put it on, right?

  • [ Cheers and applause ]

  • -I've never seen someone so proud of his ability

  • to put on and take off a hat.

  • [ Laughter ]

  • He took off that hat like a dove was gonna fly out of it.

  • "Ta-da!"

  • Also, whoever picked his hard-hat size

  • did not take into account Trump's giant ego.

  • [ Laughter ]

  • I know next to nothing about coal mining,

  • but I'm pretty sure that's not how you do it.

  • Unless I'm wrong, coal is generally not located

  • under 4 to 6 inches of loose dirt on the surface.

  • I think he's mistaking coal mining

  • with clearing the driveway after a light snowstorm.

  • But Trump didn't just act like a coal miner,

  • he also promised he'd put coal miners back to work,

  • and as president, he claimed he'd succeeded.

  • -It's really happening. We are back.

  • The coal industry is back.

  • We've ended the war on beautiful, clean coal.

  • I will tell you, you will look back,

  • and you will say it was the single greatest vote

  • you ever cast, and you are gonna be very proud.

  • And for those miners, get ready, because you're gonna be

  • working your asses off, all right?

  • -So there you go. Trump says he's ended

  • the war on coal and that coal miners

  • would be working their asses off,

  • but based on the actual facts,

  • it sounds like their asses are still firmly on.

  • -Coal mines are closing faster than ever.

  • -A bleak outlook tonight on the coal industry.

  • A brand-new report from CNN suggests more coal plants

  • have closed during the first two years

  • of the Trump administration

  • than the first four years of the Obama administration.

  • It's not because of regulations but competition

  • with cleaner, cheaper forms of energy.

  • Another 20 plants are expected to close this year.

  • -In fairness, it isn't Trump's fault

  • that the mines are closing.

  • It's just the march of time.

  • It's the same reason it's hard to find work

  • as an abacus operator.

  • [ Laughter ]

  • And instead of facing the reality that coal plants

  • are closing faster under his presidency

  • than they did under Obama's,

  • Trump keeps insulting coal miners

  • by insisting that they're incapable

  • of doing anything other than dig for coal.

  • -Remember, I was here just before the election?

  • And I brought a couple of guys into a room, and I said,

  • "Fellas, supposing we teach you a new skill.

  • Supposing we teach you, like,

  • how to make little widgets or gidgets or gadgets or...?"

  • These are big, strong coal miners.

  • They said, "Sir, we want to dig coal."

  • I said, "I agree with you! I agree."

  • -Well, maybe they would've answered differently

  • if you had said, "We'd like to train you

  • to transition to another field of energy development

  • that's cleaner and safer

  • with better long-term prospects,"

  • instead of, "Do you fellas wanna make widgets and gidgets?"

  • [ Laughter ]

  • "Giguh-guh-uhhh! Wigi-gigi-guh."

  • [ Laughter and applause ]

  • Also, they told you they didn't want to learn new skills?

  • Are you sure it wasn't just an assumption you made

  • like you did in an interview with "Playboy" magazine

  • back in 1990 when you proclaimed,

  • "If had been the son of a coal miner,

  • I would've left the damn mines,

  • but most people don't have the imagination

  • or whatever to leave their mine. They don't have it."

  • Which is? "'It' is an ability to become

  • an entrepreneur, a great athlete, a great writer.

  • You're either born with it or you're not."

  • And by "it," he, of course, means

  • a wealthy father who cheated on his taxes.

  • [ Laughter ]

  • And don't take it from me.

  • Even experts on coal mining in states like Pennsylvania

  • and West Virginia said that Trump's lies

  • are actually hurting the coal miners

  • he claims to be saving.

  • -He's lying to them.

  • -For 52 years, Art Sullivan worked in

  • and consulted on mines around the world.

  • And he bristles every time he hears the President

  • claim to be the savior of coal.

  • -And that really disturbs me,

  • because these are really good people.

  • -Do you feel the President gave these communities false hope?

  • -In my opinion? Absolutely.

  • I mean, I'm an expert. He's not.

  • If you spend several years working coal mines,

  • you're going to come to understand electricity,

  • hydraulics, mechanics.

  • I see no limitation on the average coal miner's ability

  • to transition into any other field.

  • -That's right. Coal miners are qualified

  • in electricity, hydraulics, and mechanics.

  • Meanwhile, Trump isn't even qualified to be the canary.

  • [ Laughter ]

  • So, Trump promised that cutting regulations on power plants

  • would help bring back jobs in rural America.

  • He also promised that cutting those regulations

  • would not impact the quality of the air and water.

  • -We want a clean environment.

  • We want a strong, beautiful, clean environment.

  • I want clean air, I want crystal-clean water.

  • And we've got it.

  • We've got the cleanest country in the planet right now.

  • There's nobody cleaner than us.

  • And it's getting better and better.

  • -Can we start by cleaning you off first?

  • [ Laughter ]

  • You can't claim we're the cleanest country

  • when the President looks like he just lost a challenge

  • to eat the world's hottest jalapeño pepper.

  • [ Laughter ]

  • "Don't worry -- my stomach can handle --

  • Oh! I'm shvitzing right away."

  • So, there you go. Coal mines might be

  • closing faster under Trump, but at least they still have

  • clean air to breathe and clean water to drink, right?

  • -The Environmental Protection Agency

  • is considering rolling back regulations on mercury.

  • It's a neurotoxin that can lead to brain damage,

  • learning disabilities, and other birth defects in children.

  • -The Environmental Protection Agency announced

  • the proposal today, saying that the cost

  • of these regulations outweighs the health benefits.

  • Remind us again why we care

  • about mercury getting into the air.

  • -It's a powerful neurotoxin.

  • There are also other hazardous air pollutants

  • that are emitted along with mercury.

  • -So you might have expected Trump to neglect the blue states

  • that didn't vote for him.

  • I wouldn't be surprised if he started dumping mercury

  • over New York out of Air Force One.

  • "Don't breathe in, losers!"

  • But this is Trump country.

  • These are people he promised to help,

  • and if this keeps up, Trump might need a shovel

  • to dig himself out of this hole.

  • This has been "The Check In."

  • [ Cheers and applause ]

  • [ Bell dings ]

-As a candidate, Donald Trump repeatedly promised

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ザ・チェックイントランプの国 (The Check In: Trump Country)

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    Jingjiang Li に公開 2021 年 01 月 14 日
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