President Trump has vowed that there will be no more development of wind energy infrastructure under his administration, calling huge windmills blighting the landscape “garbage” and “bullshit.”
“We’re not going to let windmills get built because we’re not going to destroy our country any further than it’s already been destroyed,” Trump said.
He continued, “You go and look at these beautiful plains and valleys and they’re loaded up with this garbage that gets worse and worse looking with time…What bullshit this is.”
Trump’s remarks came during a Thursday speech where he also announced that California’s phaseout of gas-powered cars in favor of electric vehicles by 2035 will be overturned.
Trump has regularly denounced wind energy, blaming monstrous turbines for mass deaths of birds and pointing out that turbines in the oceans are also potentially harmful to whales and other marine life.
? NEW: Trump absolutely roasts windmills. Get this man a Netflix special ?
— Autism Capital ? (@AutismCapital) April 9, 2025
“We’re screwing around with wind. Oh boy. Wind. These people are crazy. They say it’s great for the environment. Yeah, it kills all your birds. You want to see a bird cemetery, walk under a windmill… pic.twitter.com/qDErmB223x
Wind turbines, while promoted as a clean energy source, can have significant environmental impacts. Their construction requires vast amounts of concrete, steel, and rare earth metals, the mining and processing of which generate substantial carbon emissions and ecological disruption.
Turbines also pose a threat to wildlife, particularly birds and bats, with millions killed annually due to collisions with spinning blades.
The large land footprint of wind farms often leads to habitat fragmentation, displacing local species and altering ecosystems.
Additionally, the noise and vibrations from turbines can disturb both wildlife and nearby human communities.
At the end of their lifespan, decommissioned turbines create waste management challenges, as blades are difficult to recycle and often end up in landfills.
Trump also stated in January before taking office, “We’re going to try and have a policy where no windmills are being built. They don’t work without subsidy. You don’t want energy that needs subsidy.”
President-elect Trump says he wants "a policy where no windmills are being built."
— The American Conservative (@amconmag) January 7, 2025
"They only work if you get subsidy. The only people who want them are the people getting rich off windmills, getting massive subsidies from the US government."pic.twitter.com/dvKgdVcZ73
The President signed an executive order on the day he took office, halting approval of new wind projects until the government could study the costs and “the environmental impact of onshore and offshore wind projects upon wildlife, including, but not limited to, birds and marine mammals.”
Trump says he’s cancelling windmills and solar fields
— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) January 24, 2025
He says they destroy property values, barely offset their own carbon footprint, and kill animals
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I wanted to buy a house in a rural area of Washington state but part of the view was obstructed by dozens of these unsightly, bird-killing wind turbines. Sadly, I’m not buying the house. It’s been sitting there for months, even with the seller lowering the price.
“We’re not going to let windmills get built because we’re not going to destroy our country any further than it’s already been destroyed,” Trump said.
Fires destroy a country. Riots destroy a country. Power cuts destroy a country. People not being able to afford groceries destroy a country.
Windmills don’t destroy a country. That’s about as insane as saying that buildings destroy a country. Good stuff that provides people with things that they actually need don’t destroy a country.
Excuse me, and who is responsible for those fires, riots and energy bills if not demoncrats and their insane, anti-human policies?
Truth
Yikes… everything leading up to those radioactive monstrosities.
Yea, I used to think they would be like good ol windmills, like what farmers used but I educated myself & found out that they are wrong on all levels.
You can eat the “gummy bears” they want to turn those toxic things into since they can’t go in landfills.
Dumb people like YOU destroy a country.
Agree 100% Green Crap is just Crap.
President Trump – please tell Ed Miliband how useless these turbines and solar panels are. It’s costing us (UK) £billions and increased energy bills.
I agree 100% with Trump concerning BS windmills. Trump is such an enigma. He can make such good common sense on some subjects like this, but on others he seems so controlled by AIPAC and the Zionist lobby.