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      They’re all participation trophies, as he can’t win anything of real value.

      FIFA peace price of “at least you tried”. Renewable energy price of “didn’t understand the task, but cried when he didn’t get a medal”.

      He’s such a weird snowflake

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    Its just so fucking stupid on its face. How anyone thought calling it “clean coal” was anything besides dumb as fuck is beyond me.

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      Then you should visit Colstrip, Montana or similar coal towns. The propaganda works very well when it’s taught from before birth and everyone goes along even if they don’t agree!

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        See, I understand that. What I dont understand is why every other non-coal town trump supporter didn’t immediately understand that this was a stupid as fuck grift immediately after hearing it.

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        Can you explain for everybody who doesn’t want to fly into the USA to visit a coal town in Montana what one will see there?

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        The propaganda works well when it the smog goes into the air and comes down as a natural occurrence beyond our control, especially when it disproportionately affects those eastward in the Jetstream. You know, the north/mid Atlantic coastal elites (just don’t mention Appalachian Pennsylvania)

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    This was such a comical read! It’s like reading a joke made into a serious article:

    President Donald Trump has added another shiny award to his cabinet of trophies that have just been invented

    "I’m thrilled to welcome to the White House the men and women who light our cities, and you know, you do things that people don’t even understand, so much, you do so much. You heat our homes, fuel our factories and turn natural resources into American riches and dreams. Our amazing coal miners.”

    “I ended the war on coal,”

    It is not the first time Trump has been the “inaugural recipient” of an award presented by those looking to curry his favor.

    a bronze statue of a coal miner on the top and was engraved with “Undisputed Champion of Beautiful Clean Coal.”

    Infantino also handed Trump “a beautiful medal for you that you can wear everywhere you want to go,”

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    At this point I’m convinced they’re inventing shiny stuff to keep the drooling senior happy until it’s time to replace him.

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      Agree! It basically says so in the first sentence of the article!

      President Donald Trump has added another shiny award to his cabinet of trophies that have just been invented

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    Meanwhile China is positioning itself as a leader in the energy sectors of the future.

    It’s depressing to watch these displays, but even more depressing in the knowledge that our nation’s power is (as usual) being squandered to make a demented old man feel like a big boy and for keeping a handful of billionaires marginally richer with money they’ll never actually live to spend anyway.

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    He can put it on the mantle next to Melania’s FIFA Oscar for Best performance by a whore in a documentary.

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    Someone should offer to present him with “America’s most talented child molester” award. At this point he’ll probably be dumb enough to accept it, and brag about it