Van Jones: ‘Incredibly Disappointing’ To See Trump Throw American Industry Under the Bus

‘What this deal would have done and still has a chance to do is turn 190 countries into 190 customers for American clean energy firms’

RUSH EXCERPT:
JONES: "It is incredibly disappointing to see an American president essentially throw American industry under the bus. The clean energy in the United States is one of the fastest growing if not the fastest growing part of the American economy. We have more people working in solar industry than coal miners and same with wind and smart batteries. What this deal would have done and still has a chance to do is turn 190 countries into 190 customers for American clean energy firms. Instead of us staying at the table and pushing forward we now have an American president who does not want America to be first in clean energy, doesn’t want us first in innovation, doesn’t want American workers and there are tens of thousands of them to be at the front lines. It’s bizarre to have someone say he wants to make America great again and then leave the rust

Video files
Full
Compact
Audio files
Full
Compact