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The Most MAGA Place On The Planet: The State Of West Virginia

West Virginians love Trump—and he's screwing them anyway

West Virginia is one of the Trumpiest states in the country, with President Donald Trump winning the state by a whopping 42 percentage points in the 2024 election. So you’d think—having delivered for Trump so big—that they’d be winning all sorts of victories.

And yet …

According to the Des Moines Register, Trump’s plan to revive shipbuilding in the United States by charging massive fees for China-linked ship visits to U.S. ports is causing coal inventory to swell, stoking uncertainty in the already embattled agriculture industry as exporters struggle to find ships to send goods abroad.

As a result, West Virginia coal mines are preparing to lay off miners as unsold coal piles up.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/3/23/2310864/-West-Virginians-love-Trump-and-he-s-screwing-them-anyway