Trump’s Coal Money Grab: Taxpayers Prop Up Dying Industry with $$ From Clean Energy Funds 6/5/26

About this episode

The episode discusses Trump's controversial funding of coal power plants and features political commentary and entertainment recommendations.

Trump is using wartime presidential authority to hand $700 million to coal-fired power plants in the US to prop us what he calls “clean, beautiful coal”, despite it being the dirtiest of fossil fuels. The funds will be used to bring a new coal export terminal online in Oakland, California, and to restart an existing facility in Maryland. That's in addition to plants across 10 states: West Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Indiana, Tennessee, Arkansas, Arizona, Oklahoma, North Dakota and Wisconsin. Trump says "Each of those 10 states voted for Trump, We won them all.” The two new coal plants will be in Alaska and West Virginia. We welcome Mo Kelly & Michael Shure for This Week in Politics - a look at the biggest stories, including election results, a new "Trump Promenade" and more. Keep your hands in the car as we cruise into Friday Fabulous Florida - you never know who has a machete! Plus, The Culture Blaster, Michael Snyder brings the details on all the good movies and shows to see this weekend.

People in this episode

Host: Mark Thompson

Guests: Mo Kelly, Michael Shure, Michael Snyder

Topics covered

• Trump administration
• coal industry
• clean energy funds
• political commentary
• movie recommendations
• current events

Keywords

• Trump
• coal
• clean energy
• politics
• movies
• current events
• California
• Maryland

Mentioned in this episode

Places: California, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Indiana, Tennessee, Arkansas, Arizona, Oklahoma

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