Mr. Trump characterized the Clean Power Plan as a threat to coal miners. Mr. Trump claimed the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines would create thousands of jobs. Mr. Trump took credit for job growth in the first two months of 2017. “We’ve already created a half a million new jobs in the first two jobs reports of my administration.”Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThis is misleading. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyNeither of Mr. Trump’s memos greenlighting the Keystone and Dakota Access pipelines includes language requiring American steel.

Source: New York Times March 29, 2017 01:07 UTC