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A comment from a long-time friend and political commentator goes like this - "There goes Trump's promise of coal jobs down the sluice as the coal industry collapses and dumps worker pension and medical funds in bankruptcy.  Demand for coal worldwide is shrinking fast as nations gear up for renewable energy.   Coal will never recover and soon lots of ghost towns will exist in the coal mining areas with fatality rates skyrocketing just as rural hospitals shut down and Medicaid vanishes.  Lots of trump voters will suffer and die in misery caused by their hero."
"Pray for them and millions more..."
I hate to say this; but I have to be honest.  I have, literally, no sympathy for anyone who voted for this imbecile; and it is those voters who will, and should, have to take personal responsibility for having damaged our nation in the process.

My only hope, in this situation, is that it is the Trump Supporters who are the first in line to see their benefits vanish and their lives destroyed.  At least, in that small measure, they can personally feel the pain of millions in our nation who will have their lives damaged or destroyed by this President; and the mutant Republican Party who supports him.
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