Trump plans $700 million to build coal plants, export site

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. How can *exporting* coal possibly be painted as "needed for national security"?

If there was a need for coal for "national security" (I mean, there isn't for electricity production; coal is still a standard part of steel production, so there's an argument to be made there), then the important thing would be to hang on to the amount the country needs internally, not to sell it to others.