TRUMP: -- "to me a market force is a beautiful force."

[kpete]

LEIGH PATERSON (Inside Energy reporter): Mr. Trump, you've said multiple times that you would bring coal mining jobs back. And I'm a reporter in Wyoming, the largest coal --

DONALD TRUMP: I know. I see it. By far. I was very impressed.

PATERSON: So but, one of the main factors those jobs are going away and the mines are closing is because of low natural gas prices. Poor decision making by coal companies.

TRUMP: And by government.

PATERSON: And also because of slowing international demand. So do you believe you have power as the president to actually bring those jobs back?

TRUMP: I do. Because I think ultimately coal will be very inexpensive and it's got to get -- you got to get rid of some of the regulations. I spoke to some of the mine owners, and they were surrounded by some of their miners. And they were showing me some of the regulations where it is on a daily basis going in checking, checking, checking. And they have people that do nothing but deal with regulators and it is out of control. It's gotten out of control.

PATERSON: And what would you do about those market forces?

TRUMP: Well, the market forces are going to be whatever they are. You know, all I can do is free up the coal which I'm going to totally do. Get the companies back to work, market forces, that's something I don't want to get involved in, that's a beautiful -- to me a market force is a beautiful force.

http://mediamatters.org/video/2016/05/26/wyoming-reporter-just-threw-cold-water-trumps-coal-fantasy/210607?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MediaMattersForAmerica-All+%28Media+Matters+for+America%29

[no_hypocrisy]

1. "Get rid of regulations"

like blowing up mountaintops, take the coal, and leave communities and the environment in ruins.

[saltpoint]

2. Trump might have answered,

"Global market demand for coal? I don't know shit about it. I never did and I never will, because frankly, I'm wealthy enough that I don't have to worry about who works where for a living or does what. I got mine, and fuck everybody else."

[ronnie624]

3. The "force" that drives the market is greed, and there ain't nothing beautiful about it

It's actually a rather ugly expression of humanity.

[Bluenorthwest]

4. 1907 saw the most deaths in the coal mines, 3,342 people.

This link has a chart showing the number of deaths for each year. Clearly the regulatory process caused a massive decrease in coal mining death and injury. 1900-2014
http://arlweb.msha.gov/stats/centurystats/coalstats.asp

This one offers more detail on that data
http://arlweb.msha.gov/MSHAINFO/FactSheets/MSHAFCT2.htm

[beachbum bob]

5. lol...and using eminent domain to steal people's properties....oops thats not market force but

financial/political bullying.....I am sure trump doesn't want to talk about his record on that will he?

[kentauros]

6. If the price of coal has tanked (even -with- current regulations),

then no amount of saying "market forces" again and again will bring those prices up.