During Saturday's speech to the conservative student group Turning Point USA, Trump admitted that he "never understood" the allure of wind power plants but instantly stressed that "he knows windmills very much".
“I never understood wind [...] I know windmills very much, I have studied it better than anybody. I know it is very expensive. They are made in China and Germany mostly, very few made here, almost none, but they are manufactured, tremendous - if you are into this - tremendous fumes and gases are spewing into the atmosphere. You know we have a world, right? [...] So tremendous, tremendous amount of fumes and everything. You talk about the carbon footprint, fumes are spewing into the air, right spewing, whether it is China or Germany, is going into the air”, Trump rambled.
Trump’s nuts rant about wind energy: “I never understood wind. You know, I know windmills very much... Gases are spewing into the atmosphere. You know we have a world, right? So the world is tiny compared to the universe. So tremendous, tremendous amount of fumes & everything.” pic.twitter.com/DvkJq9NbWg
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 23, 2019
Despite the seriousness of the issue - critics reportedly point to carbon emissions from manufacturers involved in the production of wind power farms as a reason against their further construction - netizens instantly took to Twitter to mock Trump's next suddenly-revealed talent. This time the flow of criticism, apart from being openly scathing, pointed to a possible "mental issue".
he is very much not all there pic.twitter.com/CN7COfzkJQ
— Al Stewart (@trawetsla) December 23, 2019
— Shea Rossomando (@Run_Fox_Run) December 23, 2019
I believe it's dementia. Too many earlier interviews with him when he was younger, and he didn't sound like this. He's got full blown dementia and the nuclear codes, and the GOP doesn't care.
— Cecilia (@Cechase) December 23, 2019
"I never understood wind."
— Samir (@PackersFavreFan) December 23, 2019
Ya, Trump never understood anything, about anything. This is the same guy that said you get cancer from windmill noise. 🤦♂️
Thank god this man was willing to let us in on these valuable facts. We have a world and the universe is big. Wow, now I can sleep tonight. I’m hoping tomorrow he will delve into why water is wet and why we can’t see air.
— CatTails (@AViewOfTheSwamp) December 23, 2019
Stable genius??? Yeah, right.
Keep waiting for the guys in white coats to come out & haul him away...But it doesn’t happen...
— O.P. YATES (@DaveMayberry335) December 23, 2019
Trump also claimed during his speech that wind power plants are responsible for killing birds, including bald eagles. A study earlier this year found that about 150,000 birds are affected by wind turbines in some way every year in the US, a number that remains far lower than the number killed by domestic animals each year, according to The Hill.
