Quote Originally Posted by Xiahou View Post
I know this is only a small point from your post, but I felt the need to point out Obama almost single-handedly killed the coal industry in the US by regulating coal powered electric plants out of existence. I lived in coal country for a couple years and it was sad to see all the workers incrementally getting laid off, knowing that their livelihoods weren't coming back.

I think this probably fed somewhat into Hillary's defeat too. Dems long took union support for granted. These were life-long union workers that were losing their jobs because of Democrat policies. Their anger and frustration is understandable.
Over here in the UK, Thatcher killed the British coal mining industry because its workers voted Labour and were inclined to strike. Industries like that were closed and replaced by service industries whose workers tend to vote Conservative.