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From Trump Live: President Announces $700M Clean Coal Plan · · FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth

“China, by the way, last year built 52 coal plants. They built about two two windmills. You know, the only time they build a windmill is when they're trying to sell them to stupid people from the United States and the suckers. And and by the way, and all over Europe, they sell the windmills, but they don't use them. I wonder why. They use coal plants and other things.”

Donald Trump
45th and 47th U.S. President, US Executive Branch & The Trump Organization
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On , Donald Trump, 45th and 47th U.S. President at US Executive Branch & The Trump Organization, spoke about energy policy during Trump Live: President Announces $700M Clean Coal Plan on FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth.

Trump Live: President Announces $700M Clean Coal Plan
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Trump Live: President Announces $700M Clean Coal Plan
FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth
Watch on YouTube at 7:42
President Trump invokes the Defense Production Act, committing $700 million to fund U.S. coal plants and a new California export terminal.
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45th and 47th U.S. President · US Executive Branch & The Trump Organization

On June 10, 2026, Trump signed the Secure America Act, a $70 billion bill funding the Department of Homeland Security, ICE, and Border Patrol through the end of his term. During the signing ceremony, he praised Republican congressional leaders and criticized Democratic opponents, accusing them of supporting open borders and other policies he described as harmful. He also claimed that crime in Washington, D.C., had fallen to its lowest level in 58 years and that the city had become one of the safest in the country, attributing the improvement to his administration's actions. On June 11, Trump spoke from the Oval Office and at a White House event, stating that a deal with Iran to prevent it from obtaining a nuclear weapon could be signed within days. He said the U.S. had been conducting nighttime strikes on Iranian ships, destroying dozens over the previous month, and that oil prices had remained stable as a result. Trump also discussed fishing policy, claiming his executive orders had expanded access to fishing grounds and boosted the economy, and asserted that $18 trillion had been invested in the U.S. during his term. He expressed reluctance to renew the USMCA trade deal with Canada and Mexico, arguing the U.S. did not need their products.

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