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President Donald Trump recently visited West Virginia for the fourth time since taking office. He’s more popular there than in any other state, partly because of his avowed passion for coal and coal miners. Presidential politics And it’s been like that for at least 60 years. But, Kennedy said: “He hasn’t been to West Virginia. The first American to receive this government benefit was an unemployed West Virginia coal miner. Robert Kennedy replied that if Ayers visited West Virginia, he would find many eligible white people. The Department of Interior's Stream Protection Rule, which was signed during the final month of the Obama administration, "addresses the impacts of surface coal mining operations on surface water, groundwater, and the productivity of mining operation sites," according to the Congress.gov summary of the resolution. Furthermore, a growing number of people living near surface mines complained about the dust clouds, water pollution and flooding and demanded new regulations. The organization framed regulations as threats, according to Bell and York, to “men’s status as the sole breadwinners.” After Barack Obama’s 2008 election, the West Virginia Coal Association said that by imposing environmental regulations on the industry, his administration was waging a “war on coal,” rhetoric that conservative politicians soon adopted. While the War on Poverty promised government programs to help miners through temporary unemployment, the “war on coal” framing cast government as the cause of their joblessness.