Trump directs the Pentagon to purchase coal as part of an effort to revive the domestic coal industry. This represents a direct use of federal procurement to support a specific energy sector.
Track whether Pentagon coal purchases actually materialize and at what cost premium to taxpayers, while maintaining focus on the election nationalization proposal and Epstein document releases from the same week.
This scores low on constitutional damage (A=12) as it's a reversible procurement directive with modest corruption/capture implications but no fundamental institutional threat. However, it scores high on distraction (B=61) due to strong media-friendliness, clear timing overlap with higher-A events (election nationalization, Epstein revelations), and pattern-match to previous industrial policy announcements used to redirect coverage. The 49-point dominance margin clearly places this on List B.