Trump plans $700 million to build coal plants, export site

[AZJonnie]

3. They think they're going to force OAKLAND, CA to accept massive shipments of coal through W. Oakland

via fucking executive fiat, leveraging the 1950 Defense Production Act, so that it can be EXPORTED to freaking Asia?

I thought to myself this is absolutely upside down and backwards, but then I was able to find the following:

In an April 2026 memo on natural gas, the administration framed LNG export and transmission capacity as essential for “allied energy security and defense readiness,” arguing that insufficient export capacity leaves partners exposed in crises.

Oh, oh, right. So the same would apply to COAL exports as well, naturally. EXPORTING our energy is critical to our NATIONAL DEFENSE, because otherwise our "allies" might not have enough energy to fight our enemies, I guess? Which Asian countries are set to fight which of our "enemies", exactly?

75% of people in Oakland are already against coal moving through the city to a new export terminal (aka OBOT) at the old Army base , and local groups have been fighting this possibility for 10 years.

If Trump turns around and tries to FORCE Oakland to let this terminal be built, and the coal to flow? Katie bar the door. The Bay Area will be fucking FURIOUS. There could even be outright sabotage as things are being built. 100's of people will camp out on the freaking tracks in protest. Shit will go OFF over this. Truth is, it might have actually happened eventually if he DIDN'T try to pull this shit. Now, it will not.

I would add that this is also obviously meant to piss off Newsome, a Bay Area native.