Coal industry jobs are plummeting in conjunction with a massive industry turn towards renewable energy. (NY Times)

Perception is alway more important than substance as the article correctly points out with this Administration. It is not important that the coal jobs the Administration hung their hats on bringing back have not come back but in fact declined. Just putting it out in the universe that he is the person who WANTS to bring the coal jobs back is good enough for his supporters even as the coal region falls further into an ecomonic abyss.