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70 to 100 full-time job, it is welcomed in an industry devastated with decline. >> 70 to 100 families. >> reporter: trump mentioned the new mine as he withdrew the u.s. from the paris climate accord. his famous pittsburgh, not paris speech. >> unheard of. for many, many years, a brand-new mine hasn't happened. they asked me if i'd go. >> reporter: trump didn't go but sent video congratulations. >> as long as i'm the president of your great country, each and every day, i'm fighting for you. >> reporter: to hear the president tell it, coal is on a roll, and it is all due to him. the bureau of la...

>> that industry is maybe at a temporary point of stability. >> reporter: that hardly describes a boom. more like a bump, as in a bump up, and not even a trump bump. sullivan says the new mine has been in the works for some time, long before trump took office. >> the planning was done during the obama administration. the permitting was done during the obama administration. the financing was done during the obama administration. >> reporter: this is not a donald trump coal mine? >> no, it is not. it is a coal mine. we have another 70 jobs. >> reporter: the new mine produces coal used to make st...