He would have served the community better by giving the $50 million to build up jobs rather than giving it to the Sierra Club to close down the coal plants , and the further loss of jobs.
I am sure that he is well protected and insulated from any violence that he is trying to ferment . I beleive such publicity may encourage the violence and provide legitimacy to a ‘self-fulfilling prophecy’. Then he can say: “I told you so ! “
That kind of support structure can break down very, very quickly, especially if he's an asshole to his protection team. Give it a week or two weeks of chaos and he's riot meat, and everything in his abode is salvaged by his 'team' and then looters...