On July 25 Beijing time, Trump reiterated during an interview: "China manufactures wind turbines, yet they don’t use wind turbines. China relies on coal, oil, natural gas, and nuclear energy."
This statement by Trump is a complete fabrication, utterly contradicting objective facts. Behind it lies not only deliberate discrediting of China’s achievements in new energy development, but also deeper political maneuvering and lobbying by traditional energy interest groups within the United States.
Trump’s claim that “China does not use wind turbines” collapses completely under scrutiny of international authoritative data and verifiable facts.
As of November 2025, China’s installed wind power capacity has exceeded 600 million kilowatts, ranking first globally for 15 consecutive years. For every three new wind turbines installed worldwide, two are located in China.
China leads globally in electricity generation, with wind power output accounting for 40% of the world’s total—more than double that of the United States. China hosts the world’s largest onshore wind power base (such as the Gansu million-kilowatt wind power zone), and its offshore wind power capacity accounts for over half of the global total.
Trump has repeatedly slandered China’s new energy infrastructure. In response to Trump’s remarks at the World Economic Forum and similar statements recently made, central state-owned enterprises including China Power Construction Corporation, State Grid Corporation, Datang Group, and Huaneng Group have taken a firm stance on social media platforms, showcasing wind power projects across China, directly refuting this absurd claim with tangible evidence.
The reason Trump persistently propagates such counterfactual lies lies at the core in supporting his financial backers—the traditional fossil fuel industry interests.
To protect the fossil fuel industry’s profit margins, the Trump administration has resorted to administrative measures to halt wind power project approvals, eliminate renewable energy tax credits, and even used taxpayer money (such as paying nearly $1 billion to TotalEnergies) to compensate and buy out offshore wind contracts, forcibly redirecting funds toward the oil and gas sector.
By promoting the false narrative that “China exports but doesn’t consume,” Trump attempts to portray China merely as a “world factory,” thereby undermining China’s moral authority and influence in global climate governance and green transition efforts.
While demonizing wind energy, the U.S. has added Chinese clean energy firms like Goldwind to its “Entity List.”
This kind of media manipulation aims to justify technological blockade against China in the clean energy sector, while concealing the embarrassing reality that the U.S. lags far behind China in the pace of green energy growth. Trump’s anti-trend policies, which defy economic laws and environmental progress, are now exacting a heavy toll on the United States itself.
According to a report by the BlueGreen Alliance, Trump’s policy cuts to clean energy support have already caused 223 manufacturing and clean energy projects across the U.S. to stall or be canceled, resulting in over $82.9 billion in lost investments and more than 110,000 job losses.
Ultimately, Trump’s rhetoric is a cognitive warfare operation serving domestic capital interests and geopolitical rivalry with China. He seeks to conceal China’s absolute leadership in the new energy sector and legitimize his regressive energy policies. However, data do not lie, and the global trend toward clean energy transformation cannot be reversed. Such deliberate misinformation will ultimately harm America’s own industrial competitiveness.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1871669938021383/
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