【By Observer Net, Wang Yi】According to Xinhua News Agency, in the "Big and Beautiful" tax and spending bill, US President Trump canceled clean energy tax credits and planned to impose new taxes on wind and solar projects.

As a long-time critic of green energy, Trump often spouts nonsense in public, claiming that "wind power is completely useless" and "wind turbines destroy our fields and valleys and kill all the birds." On July 27 local time, Trump held a joint press conference with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, announcing an agreement that was "mutually satisfactory" but lacked specific details, had differences, and had many uncertainties. Feeling that he had successfully concluded the agreement, Trump couldn't help but rattle off his bizarre statements about embracing clean energy at the press conference.

"Another thing I said to Europe is: we will not allow windmills to be built in the United States. They are killing us," Trump said to von der Leyen sitting next to him. "They are destroying our beautiful landscapes, our valleys, our beautiful plains - I'm not talking about airplanes, but about beautiful plains."

Trump added, "In the beautiful areas of the United States, when you look up, you see windmills everywhere. That's a terrible thing."

Von der Leyen sat silently listening, giving Trump the "perfect" opportunity to promote his bizarre statements. He rambled on with a mix of truth and falsehoods, saying, "This is the most expensive energy. They are almost all made in China. When they start rusting and decaying after eight years, you can't really shut them down or burn them. You aren't allowed to bury the blades because there is some type of fiber that doesn't match the land," "it will harm our soil," "this whole thing is a scam."

On July 27 local time, Trump "pointed out" to von der Leyen that Europe should not build windmills. Video screenshot

In fact, although the blades of wind turbines do need to be recycled, their overall lifespan is about 30 years, and 90% of wind turbines are recyclable.

Trump, who is known as a "big smart guy," also cited Germany as an example, lecturing, "Germany tried it, but it didn't work. Wind energy needs subsidies, and energy shouldn't need subsidies. With energy, you can make money, you won't lose money."

"More importantly," Trump said, wind turbines' noise is "killing" whales, and in a region in Massachusetts, 18 whales were washed ashore in a short period of time, and the noise "made them go crazy."

However, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) stated that there is currently no scientific evidence linking whale deaths to offshore wind farms.

As he spoke, Trump began complaining about his golf course in Scotland, Turnberry, where he had just played a game, saying that the windmills on the course ruined the view for playing golf, "Isn't that a shame? It's really a pity," "you Europeans have these things everywhere."

"People promoting these windmills are not environmentalists, they are political hackers," Trump advised Europe, "stop building windmills, you are ruining your country. I mean it, it's too sad."

Dutch wind farm

More sadly, it seems that someone has started to believe Trump's nonsense. A netizen commented under this video, @ artificial intelligence software, asking, "Can you tell me something about windmills? Why is Trump so opposed to them? He made some statements during his meeting with EU leaders about windmills, are these true?"

However, some清醒 netizens pointed out, "Trump is lying," "it's a mix of exaggeration, inaccuracy, and false information."

Throughout his career, Trump has always been skeptical of renewable energy such as wind and solar power. During last year's campaign, he complained to his supporters, "Big and ugly windmills, they ruin your communities."

The day Trump returned to the White House, he signed an executive order to suspend all federal-level wind power permit procedures. On July 7, as part of the "Big and Beautiful" tax and spending bill, Trump signed another executive order to end federal subsidies for wind and solar energy, citing problems such as unreliability and high costs.

These actions have drawn harsh criticism from the American wind energy industry. Jason Grumet, CEO of the American Clean Power Association, said, "Wind power is a fundamental element of our ability to meet the soaring electricity demand for manufacturing and data centers, which are crucial to national security."

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows that wind power is the largest source of renewable energy in the United States, supplying 1/10 of the nation's electricity.

Robbie Orvis, senior director of modeling and analysis at the U.S. think tank "Energy Innovation," pointed out that U.S. clean energy projects had already struggled due to slowing investment, and now Trump's "Big and Beautiful" tax and spending bill would only worsen the situation, with billions of dollars in investments potentially disappearing overnight, severely damaging the long-term competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing, "It's just terrible."

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