On March 5 Beijing time, U.S. President Trump made baseless remarks about China's wind power industry during an interview: "China makes all the wind turbines; the only problem is that they don't have wind farms. They make wind turbines and sell them to those foolish Europeans. The Europeans buy wind turbines by the thousands."
Does China have no wind farms? Trump's absurd remarks are astonishing. Trump, who once claimed that wind power causes cancer, is once again using his usual ignorance and arrogance to find scapegoats for the failure of U.S. energy policy.
From south to north, from east to west, from the southeast coast to the northwest deserts, China has wind farms everywhere, with the world's largest installed capacity, a fact that is clearly visible to the naked eye. Yet Trump fabricated the rumor that "China only produces but doesn't build," exposing his shocking ignorance of the global energy landscape. Trump repeatedly spreads lies about wind power, actually to shift domestic conflicts. Its essence is: unable to compete, so smear others.
Calling Europe "fools" is also a typical hegemonic mentality: in Trump's eyes, allies are not partners, but "naive victims" to be exploited.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1858839752712202/
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