{"id":2610703,"date":"2026-06-04T15:03:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T19:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-trump-to-announce-700-million-in-coal-support\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T15:04:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T19:04:52","slug":"watch-live-trump-to-announce-700-million-in-coal-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-trump-to-announce-700-million-in-coal-support\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH LIVE: Trump to announce $700 million in coal support"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-live-trump-to-announce-700-million-in-coal-support%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2610703&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump is expected to announce about $700 million in support for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/6-takeaways-from-bidens-g7-speech-from-fulfilling-a-40-trillion-need-in-other-nations-to-gaffes\/\" title=\"6 Takeaways From Biden\u2019s G7 Speech: From Fulfilling A \u2018 Trillion Need\u2019 In Other Nations To Gaffes\">coal-fired power<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-wants-to-buy-100-million-metric-tons-of-coal-from-russia\/\" title=\"China Wants to Buy 100 Million Metric Tons of Coal from Russia\">coal exports<\/a> on Wednesday. The plan would use Cold War-era Defense Production Act authorities to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >boost private industrial production viewed<\/a> as vital to U.S. security. The piece notes that coal\u2019s share of U.S.energy has fallen over the past two decades,and it also points to the Environmental Protection Agency rolling back some Biden-era anti-pollution rules amid growing energy demand.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> is expected to announce roughly $700 million in support for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/coal\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"946\">coal<\/a>-fired power and coal exports on Wednesday at 3 p.m. from the Oval Office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/4594905\/trump-defense-production-act-boost-coal-plants-exports\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/4594905\/trump-defense-production-act-boost-coal-plants-exports\/\">TRUMP TO USE WARTIME POWERS TO SPEND $700 MILLION TO BOOST COAL PLANTS AND EXPORTS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/4594905\/trump-defense-production-act-boost-coal-plants-exports\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump to use wartime powers to spend $700 million to boost coal plants and exports<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/4594873\/dc-water-recommends-residents-reduce-water-usage-region-drought-watch\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>DC Water recommends residents reduce water usage as region sees drought watch<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/4593795\/usda-screwworm-cases-texas-border\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>USDA defends response to screwworm as cases of parasite inch closer to Texas border<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coal power was once the nation\u2019s dominant <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/\" type=\"category\" id=\"36\">energy<\/a> source, but it has declined over the past two decades. Trump is expected to use powers from the Cold War-era <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/4536476\/trump-orders-boost-domestic-energy-production\/\">Defense Production Act<\/a>, which allows the president to boost private industrial production deemed important to U.S. security.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/environmental-protection-agency\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"293\">Environmental Protection Agency <\/a>has rolled back various Biden-era anti-pollution measures to meet rising energy demands from artificial intelligence and lower costs from the war in Iran.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump to announce ~$700M support for coal power and exports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4195,"featured_media":2610704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26154730494185.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4428,4486,4133,5894,3634],"class_list":["post-2610703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-coal","tag-energy","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26154730494185.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2610703"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2610707,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610703\/revisions\/2610707"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2610704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2610703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2610703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2610703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}