{"id":2467474,"date":"2025-07-27T20:52:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T00:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-continues-to-rage-against-wind-turbines-theyre-killing-us-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T20:53:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T00:53:36","slug":"trump-continues-to-rage-against-wind-turbines-theyre-killing-us-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-continues-to-rage-against-wind-turbines-theyre-killing-us-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump continues to rage against wind turbines: \u2018They\u2019re killing us\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-continues-to-rage-against-wind-turbines-theyre-killing-us-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2467474&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald Trump, during a trip to scotland, strongly condemned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-to-believe-when-experts-lie\/\" title=\"What to Believe When Experts Lie?\">wind turbines<\/a>, declaring that no new windmills would be allowed to be built in the United States. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-time-for-burgum-to-stop-defying-president-trumps-demand\/\" title=\"It...s Time for Burgum to Stop Defying President ...\u2019s Demand\">criticized wind energy<\/a> as destructive to natural landscapes and scenery, calling it the most expensive and ineffective form of energy. Trump described wind energy as a &#8220;con job,&#8221; citing the need for subsidies and pointing to Germany&#8217;s experience as evidence of it&#8217;s failure. Addressing European leaders, he urged them to stop installing wind turbines, claiming it was damaging their countries. This stance came amid a recently announced U.S.-EU <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-war-is-over-nigel-farage-on-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union-announcing-they-finally-have-come-to-an-agreement\/\" title=\"\u201cThe War Is Over\u201d \u2013 Nigel Farage On The United Kingdom and the ... Announcing They Finally Have Come to an Agreement\">trade deal<\/a> involving significant investments in the energy sector.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump continues to rage against wind turbines: &lsquo;They&rsquo;re killing us&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2174786\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> was firm on Sunday that he would not allow any more wind turbines to be built in the United States, calling them &ldquo;very destructive.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump made his comments during a four-day trip to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/scotland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Scotland<\/a>, where he just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3483413\/trump-announces-eu-trade-deal-with-15-percent-tariffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"announced \">announced <\/a>a trade deal with the European Union. As he took questions from reporters alongside European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, he directed his ire at wind turbines, some of which he saw while playing golf at his course in Turnberry.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3483413\/trump-announces-eu-trade-deal-with-15-percent-tariffs\/\">Trump announces EU trade deal with 15% tariffs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3483377\/lutnick-aug-1-tariff-deadline-ironclad-no-extensions\/\">Lutnick: Aug. 1 tariff deadline ironclad after prior postponements: &#8216;No extensions&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3482847\/trump-obama-forever-linked-history\/\">Trump and Obama, forever linked in history<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;We will not allow a windmill to be built in the United States. They&rsquo;re killing us. They&rsquo;re killing the beauty of our scenery, our valleys, our beautiful plains,&rdquo; Trump said, before describing what he saw in Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Today I&rsquo;m playing the best course, I think, in the world, Turnberry. Even though I own it, it&rsquo;s probably the best course in the world, right? And I look over the horizon and I see nine windmills. I said, isn&rsquo;t that a shame? What a shame you have the same thing all over all over Europe, in particular, you have windmills all over the place.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a> spits facts: &#8220;We will not allow a windmill to be built in the United States. They&#8217;re killing us. They&#8217;re killing the beauty of our scenery &hellip; It&#8217;s the most expensive form of energy. It&#8217;s no good. They&#8217;re made in China.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5Rv7VDUBDs\">pic.twitter.com\/5Rv7VDUBDs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1949506591205560425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Trump also trashed wind energy more broadly, calling it a &ldquo;con job.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The whole thing is a con job. It&rsquo;s very expensive, and in all fairness, Germany tried it and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-are-you-going-to-do-whoopi-goldberg-has-enough-shuts-down-the-view-co-host-whining-about-trump\/\" title=\"...What Are You Going to Do?...: Whoopi Goldberg Has Enough, Shuts Down ...The View... Co-Host Whining About ...\">wind doesn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t work. You need subsidy for wind, and energy should not need subsidy. With energy, you make money, you don&rsquo;t lose money,&rdquo; the U.S. president said.<\/p>\n<p>While seated next to von der Leyen, Trump had some advice for European leaders who have embraced wind energy.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I say two things to Europe. Stop the windmills. You&rsquo;re ruining your countries. I really mean it. It&rsquo;s so sad,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3482307\/trump-epstein-files-drama-scotland-trip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>TRUMP TRIES TO MOVE ON FROM EPSTEIN FILES DRAMA WITH SCOTLAND TRIP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >trade deal struck<\/a> with the EU earlier on Sunday includes large investments in the energy sector. <\/p>\n<p>Under the current framework, the EU will purchase $750 billion worth of American energy, as well as increase its investment in the U.S. by more than $600 billion above its current levels.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2174786\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2174786\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump vows to ban wind turbines, calls them destructive<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3960,"featured_media":2467475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/trump-rages-against-wind-turbines.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[36468,4542,3634,32076,60052],"class_list":["post-2467474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-energy-policy","tag-protest","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner","tag-wind-turbines"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/trump-rages-against-wind-turbines.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3960"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2467474"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2467478,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467474\/revisions\/2467478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2467475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2467474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2467474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2467474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}