On the campaign trail and at post-election rallies, Donald Trump promised over and over to revive the dying coal industry in this country. Later, he bragged that he had fulfilled that promise, saved the coal industry and it was here to stay. And it now looks like he has flopped about as badly as he could. Read Jonathan Chait. Trump has never quite grasped the concept that claiming you accomplished something is not the same thing as actually accomplishing it.