Trump to Europe: We Will Not Allow a Windmill to Be Built in the U.S., the Whole Thing Is a Con Job

Trump: “And the other thing I say to Europe, we will not allow a windmill to be built in the United States. They’re killing us. They’re killing the beauty of our scenery, our valleys, our beautiful plains. And I’m not talking about airplanes. I’m talking about beautiful plains. Beautiful areas in the United States. And you look up and you see windmills all over the place, it’s a — it’s a horrible thing. It’s the most expensive form of energy. It’s no good. They’re made in China, almost all of them. When they start to rust and rot in eight years, you can’t really turn them off, you can’t bury them. They won’t let you bury the propellers, you know, the props, because there are certain type of fiber that doesn’t go well with the land. That’s what they say. The environmentalists say you can’t bury them because the fiber doesn’t go well with the land. In other words, if you bury it, it will harm our soil. The whole thing is a con job. It’s very expensive. And in all fairness, Germany tried it and wind doesn’t work. It’s — you need subsidy for wind, and energy should not need subsidy. With energy, you make money, you don’t lose money. But more important than that is, it ruins the landscape, it kills the birds. They’re noisy. You know, you have a certain place in the Massachusetts area that over the last 20 years had one or two whales Wash ashore. And over the last short period of time, they had 18. Okay? Because it’s driving them loco. It’s driving them crazy. Now, windmills will not come. It’s not going to happen in the United States. And it’s very expensive. And I would love to see — I mean, today I’m playing the best course, I think, in the world, Turnberry. Even though I own it, it’s probably the best course in the world, right? And I look over the horizon and I see nine windmills, like, right at the end of the 18th. I said, ‘Isn’t that a shame? What a shame.’ You have the same thing all over — all over Europe, in particular. You have windmills all over the place. Some of the countries prohibit it, but people ought to know these — these windmills are very destructive. They’re environmentally unsound, just the exact opposite. Because the environmentalists, they’re not really environmentalists, they’re political hacks. They’re — these are people that — they almost want to harm the country. But you look at these beautiful landscapes all over — all over the, you know, the world. Many countries have gotten smart. They will not allow it. They will not. It’s a worst form of energy, the most expensive form of energy. But windmills should not be allowed. Okay.”