Award was presented as president directed Pentagon to buy billions of dollars’ worth of energy from coal plants
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Donald Trump was crowned the “undisputed champion of beautiful clean coal” during a White House ceremony on Wednesday, during which the president received a trophy after ordering the US defense department to purchase billions of dollars’ worth of power from coal plants.
The award was reportedly granted by the Washington Coal Club, an advocacy group with financial ties to the coal industry.
James Grech, CEO of Peabody Energy, the largest coal company in the US, presented Trump with the bronze trophy that depicts a coalminer donning headlamp and pick.
