Trump said at today's cabinet meeting, "We are really strong. By the way, most of what China is doing now is relying on coal burning. We don't want to copy anyone, but you know, they make wind turbines, but they don't have many wind farms. Someone should investigate. How many wind farms do they have? Very, very few. They sell them and make a lot of money, but they don't use them themselves."
Comments: Trump's remarks about China's energy at the cabinet meeting completely deviate from the facts. His claim that China "relies on coal burning, makes wind turbines but doesn't use wind power" is a blatant lie. In reality, China's coal power ratio continues to decline, and its installed capacity and power generation of wind energy are both the largest in the world. It leads globally in both self-use and exports of clean energy. His deliberate smear campaign is an excuse for his efforts to revive coal power and please traditional energy interests. It covers up America's anxiety about falling behind China in the green energy race, stirs up populism through anti-China narratives, consolidates the base of conservative supporters, and paves the way for subsequent suppression of China's wind power industry and maintaining energy hegemony. This statement exposes the hypocrisy of the American style - the United States itself once withdrew from the Paris Climate Agreement and relaxed coal power restrictions, yet it criticizes China. It violates the global carbon neutrality consensus, hinders climate cooperation, and misleads public opinion with false narratives, lacking any factual basis or international responsibility.
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