Donald Trump just declared all-out war on wind power — again — and this time he isn’t mincing words: under his administration, not a single new wind turbine will go up in the United States.
Speaking to reporters Sunday, Trump torched the wind energy industry as a “con job,” slamming turbines for ruining landscapes, guzzling subsidies, and enriching China, which dominates the global market for their production.
“We will not allow a windmill to be built in the United States,” Trump said. “They’re killing us. They’re killing the beauty of our scenery, our valleys, our beautiful plains. It’s the most expensive form of energy. It’s no good. They’re made in China, almost all of them.”
.@POTUS spits facts: “We will not allow a windmill to be built in the United States. They’re killing us. They’re killing the beauty of our scenery … It’s the most expensive form of energy. It’s no good. They’re made in China.” pic.twitter.com/5Rv7VDUBDs
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Trump delivered the remarks while seated next to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, a staunch supporter of renewable energy. He specifically cited Germany’s energy crisis under its “Energiewende” policy — a sweeping move away from fossil fuels and nuclear power — as proof that wind doesn’t work.
“In all fairness, Germany tried it, and wind doesn’t work. You need subsidy for wind, and energy should not need subsidy. With energy you make money, you don’t lose money,” Trump said.
And this wasn’t just policy talk — this was personal. Trump complained about a cluster of nine turbines visible from his Turnberry Golf Club in Scotland, griping that they marred the view. “You have the same thing all over, all over Europe, in particular. You have windmills all over the place,” he said. “Some of the countries prohibit it, but people ought to know that these windmills are very destructive. They’re environmentally unsound.”
This fight has been brewing for over a decade. Before his political career, Trump went to war against offshore wind projects near another one of his courses, Trump International Scotland, writing a 2011 letter to then-Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond warning about an “ugly cloud … hanging over the future of the great Scottish coastline.”
On Sunday, Trump took it a step further, mocking environmentalists who push wind as “hacks” and doubling down on his argument that true energy independence won’t come from sprawling turbine farms but from reliable, profitable energy sources that don’t need constant government lifelines.
