President Donald Trump said he is authorizing his administration to ramp up energy production with “beautiful, clean coal” in an effort to blunt the strides China has made.

Trump’s post to Truth Social on Monday wasn’t clear on what specific authorizations he intended to give, and the White House didn’t elaborate on Tuesday, telling The Hill only that Trump’s post was one of several to come on coal.

“After years of being held captive by Environmental Extremists, Lunatics, Radicals, and Thugs, allowing other Countries, in particular China, to gain tremendous Economic advantage over us by opening up hundreds of all Coal Fire Power Plants, I am authorizing my Administration to immediately begin producing Energy with BEAUTIFUL, CLEAN COAL,” Trump said in the post.

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