Inside Trumpland | Wild Wonderful West Virginia | Autentic Documentary

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MUCH RESPECT to the hard working people of West Virginia

This ole world would be a much better place if we all treated each other like the good people in west Virginia always used to thats for sure i know speaking from experience i was treated better up there then ever in my life down here in my own hometown and that aint the way it should be so i will always speak highly of the good people in west Virginia they will always hold a special place in this ole girls ❤️

My grandpa was a coal miner. He had several accidents in the mine. I remember when I was about 10 a boulder fell on him. He was in the hospital for close to week. He is still going at 83 years old.

I live in Northeast Tennessee. Every time I hear the narrator pronounce “Appalachia” it’s like nails on a chalkboard.

God Bless these people, their families. I’m crying aloud. Our government needs to take care of these wonderful family’s.❤

I lived up there in Logan County for several years even though I'm not from there I'm originally from north Carolina but my daughters daddy was from there and worked in the mines from the time he was a teenager I was with him almost 19 years precious memories up there for me and some of the best people you'll ever meet I sure miss it sometimes much love to each and every one of you miners and your families may God bless yall love from down here in north Carolina ❤️ 💙

The ignorance around the politics of this region is heartbreaking.

Im a West Virginian, the union use to be what made sure you had a fair paying wage and they couldnt fire you for any reason. So this guy saying he dont care about the union, thats the crap that got the union to where it is now. I can tell you some stories about cabin creek miners. You didnt cross the picket line there, if you wanted to see tomorrow anyway.

Coal miners ❤ I appreciate you ALL!!! I know what hard work is. Not only is it hard work, it’s very dangerous and very confined. God will bless you. ❤

Very well-done film. I live in the southeastern part of West Virginia bordering Virginia. I live five miles from the state border and work in Virginia. My brother, dad, uncle, and many friends worked in the coal mines. Mr. Trump is hugely popular in our state. I am not getting into my opinion of him or politics at all. Just that this film showed decent, hard-working people. Our state is beautiful. Our people are mostly giving and caring folks. Poverty, addiction, environmental impacts, and adverse effects on the health of these hard-working men are some negative realities here, but there is so much more.

You know its mind blowing that those young men weren't wearing a respirator in the beginning. Seeing these old timers suffering from black and white lung should be enough for the new generation to demand a better breathing air.

Letting companies come in and bust up the union in WV was one of the dumbest things the miners ever let happen. They went from a we're in this together mentality, to an I'm in this just for me, my family, and that quick dollar. My dad was crushed in the mines in WV when he was 20 years old, had it not been for the UMWA my family would have starved to death and dad would have never survived. You heard these miners in this video talking about retiring from the mines right? The only way you retire from the coal mines now is if your become an artist and learn how to draw a disability check every month. Then there's Trump. He promised that he would loosen the regulations on coal mining and that all the coal miners will have their jobs back. All the while his coal baron buddies are making money hand over fist and taking every dime straight out of West Virginia. Wanna know why West Virginia is one of the poorest states in the US or why West Virginia has some of the lowest high school test scores in the US, or why West Virginia has been suffering a "Brain Drain" since the early 2000s? Coal, that's why. The state government has allowed outside companies to come in, deplete WV of her natural resources, then allowed them to take all the money they made and leave without a single dime going back into WV. West Virginia's population on average is older than every other state in the US. This is because you have mainly have two choices for careers in WV, The coal mines, or healthcare, so if you want to do something else after high school or college you have to leave the state.

I guess I am just an entitled A-hole surfer from California. I whine when it's cloudy and these guys work all day in the dark. However, they have something so many others don't have; loving families, their religion, and pride in a job well done. I wish them well and thank them for their service!

The coal companies only got away with this horrible treatment of their employees because of corrupt politicians. You can buy a politician for a lot less money than a unionized work force with health benefits and a pension. Damn those poor folks are the salt of the earth though.

My grandfather was 6’3” and he worked in the coal mines, lived in Minden, West Virginia. He walked the railroad tracks home and he was completely black. Died of black lung, my dad joined the army and went to Korea, he did not want to work the coal mines..Dad only went to 6th grade but worked as a medic in the war. I spent my summers there in the 60’s-70’s. There house was on stilts.

Not too many people are brave enough to work in a mine. I know I couldn't handle it.

I respect and feel bad for coal miners and those in WV. One said no union because he’s ok with it as long as he can work. Makes me feel bad that they do t have the confidence to do anything else that they would allow those safety restrictions to fall away and potentially harm them for their entire lives. I cannot help but to feel these ppl are stuck here because they don’t think they can do anything else and just take what’s given to them. God bless these guys. Much respect to them but there’s a world that is so much bigger. The young gal that’s a nurse could earn a great salary elsewhere to off their family a different living. I enjoy the area when I visit to ride ATVs but it’s almost sad to me to see how some ppl have to live out there.

I’m not from West Virginia but I travel there a couple of times a year and it has a special place in my heart , if I had traveled there when I was a younger man there’s no doubt that’s where I would have ended up, nothing like the country and the people there

People that work hard, are more appreciative on life.