Hey, I'm Kelly McEvers.

And I'm Chris Benderov.

And this is embedded.

And these episodes about coal and jobs during the first year in Change of Donald Trump's

administration are in order.

So if you haven't, go back and listen from the beginning.

So at this point, we are still in the early months of the administration.

And some people in the coal counties where we're spending time are feeling pretty good about coal.

There's Kyle, the young guy who really wants to be a coal miner, even though most people say it's

dying industry. And Gary, the mine operator who was about to fold and put more than 20 people

out of work and who's starting to hire again. As for why this is happening, some people say it all

started when Trump got elected.

It was like overnight, everything just started to rise, you know, the coal price went up.

I've never seen as many coal trucks as I have. Just driving around as just as he's got elected.

Without Trump, we wouldn't want to be, we wouldn't want to have a job.

Actually, the day that he was an argue right on, I started back to work.

So...

But like we said, it is not just about Trump.

And some people talk about that too, like Joe Street.

Joe owns a company that makes conveyor belts for mines. It's in Buchanan County, Virginia.

And in early 2017, we go to CM. And while he's eating breakfast, he tells us how great business has been.

Right now, we are backed up in order.

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