ap news regulars amble dawn claim usual table one next old box television play news mute.steven whitt fire coffee pot flip fluorescent sign window frosty freeze diner look sound smell open half-century ago coffee 50 cents cup refill 25 cents pot sit counter payment base honor system.people like way think remind time world seem stray away coal king value nation seem value god country small county isolate foothills appalachian mountains.everyone town come diner nostalgia homestyle cook recently news reporters come world puzzle politics elliott county blue-collar union stronghold vote democrat every presidential election 147-year existence.until donald trump come along promise wind back clock hope wait guy rid white horse new energy everybody say whitt still see despite president dismal approval rat lethargic legislative achievements remain profoundly popular mountains region badly batter collapse coal industry become symbolic heart trump white working-class base.the frenetic churn national news ceaseless twitter taunt daily declarations outrage scroll soundlessly across bottom diner television screen rarely register trump shoulder blame allegiance emotional economic.it mean god gun patriotism say merry christmas happy holiday mean validation indignation change nation gay marriage immigration factories move overseas mean tear political system neglect favor big cities feel world away.on count believe trump deliver even promise blue-collar renaissance yet materialize punch people let long presidential embodiment discontent already do enough get vote without doubt question wes lewis retire pipefitter one whitt regulars declare deal day first hand cards.he think mine factories soon roar back life believe would democrats republicans media crook barrel fishhooks get way lewis trump belief president pull people like one thing hear lot nobody gon na push corner say whitt 35. fighter think like bluntness plop empty table next card game drop stack mail onto lap begin flip envelop bill bill bill report wife chesla arrive relieve restaurant run together need run home change frosty freeze uniform first several work ensembles wear day put second suit tie also own local funeral home county coroner elect democrat.the whitts like many people cobble together live couple job sometimes work 12 15 hours day many options good minimum wage school system prison pretty much outside town population 622 roads wind past roll farm use grow tobacco industry crumble hill appalachia spectacular natural beauty grind poverty come define region american imagination.whitt slide medical bill across table look like one new helmet say wife tear envelope open report debt 3,995 add grow pile already surpass 40,000 since son bear nine months ago rare condition skull shape like egg bone fuse together place tommy baby boy big blue eye outgrow three helmets require wear surgery bone grow back together like should.they pay 800 month insurance take baby surgeon cincinnati learn network in-network hospitals offer invasive surgeries opt pay pocket hospital tell insurance program poor would free.this represent crack america institutions drive whitt lifelong democrat support president barack obama buy make america great cap still keep top hutch many welfare-dependent neighbor believe stay trap cycle handouts poverty hardworking taxpayers like wife stick tab get ahead fairness asks.but whitt blame trump failure year repeal health care law replace something good blame brick wall washington politicians see block everything trump propose small people like small place like leave languish.a third people live poverty percent adults college degree always make backbreaking labor workers travel dozens miles neighbor counties state job get hard find.many blame global trade agreements war coal environmental regulations design obama administration curb carbon emissions decline mine manufacture job trump bemoan american carnage lose factories lose faith feel like talk people appalachian hill scrap dozens regulations horror environmentalists say mean job way embrace him.coal tick since trump take office mine company add 1,200 job across country since inauguration 180 kentucky industry analysts say tie largely market force dismiss trump repeat pledge resuscitate coal industry pie sky coal decline many decades many reason outside regulation far cheap natural gas mechanization thin appalachian seam opposition think pull plow pretty good offer wes lewis card table months ago say saw four brand-new coal rig go town long time obama saw truck pull wreckers people turn belly go break lewis say hear friends friends call back work notice new truck people driveways take evidence neighbor feel confident futures tiny sign stack proof lewis fish tag bib overalls make mexico read trump bring back says.lewis register democrat trust trump trust value trust trump promise strongly think anything would shake faith factories mine come back blame opposition wall mexico border say trump try investigators find campaign collude russians many people determine bring down.go read entire story democrat stronghold county vote trump…and vote fighter…nobody gon na push corner video