But that is far different from saying that energy jobs or energy prices for consumers saw disastrous trends over the last eight years. Trump claimed in Detroit that Obama-era energy policies have cost a large number of energy jobs. Moreover, although Trump says coal jobs have been lost, he never mentions that vast numbers of clean energy jobs have been gained, and indeed, this has been part of the whole goal of Obama energy policies. Not only does Trump not mention renewable energy — he also didn’t mention the struggling nuclear sector in his speech. “The Obama-Clinton war on coal has cost Michigan over 50,000 jobs,” Trump charged.

Source: Washington Post August 08, 2016 20:55 UTC