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sl8

(13,822 posts)
Wed Apr 17, 2024, 07:04 AM Apr 17

Trump's Mar-a-Lago fundraising pitch to oil executives: I will kill wind

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/04/17/trump-wind-power-oil-executives/

Trump’s Mar-a-Lago fundraising pitch to oil executives: I will kill wind

At a fundraising dinner, Donald Trump doubles down on promises to derail a key form of clean energy that competes with fossil fuels

By Maxine Joselow and Josh Dawsey
April 17, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. EDT

Former president Donald Trump repeatedly ranted about wind power during a fundraising dinner with oil and gas industry executives last week, falsely claiming that the renewable-energy source is unreliable, unattractive and bad for the environment.

“I hate wind,” Trump told the executives over a meal of chopped steak at his Mar-a-Lago Club and resort in Florida, according to a person with knowledge of the meeting, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe a private conversation.

Trump’s comments reveal how he is wooing potential donors with his long-standing hostility to wind farms and pledges to halt this form of renewable energy if he returns to office. His stance poses a potential threat to one of the linchpins of America’s clean energy transition, according to more than a dozen Trump allies, energy experts and offshore wind industry officials.
Even if President Biden were to win reelection, experts say, opponents of offshore wind will remain emboldened by Trump’s stance and well positioned to challenge a new generation of projects in federal waters.

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Trump's Mar-a-Lago fundraising pitch to oil executives: I will kill wind (Original Post) sl8 Apr 17 OP
So he doesn't care at all about the birds and the whales? Walleye Apr 17 #1
Yes, given how much oil is used to make electricity, this totally makes sense!!! hatrack Apr 17 #2
Well Trump did tell Tim Cook of Apple about having to be ready for 5G. Botany Apr 17 #14
I think you mean "Tim Apple" Layzeebeaver Apr 17 #17
Think he actually meant "i will break wind" jcgoldie Apr 17 #3
The fumes from his anal orifice would be enough to power the country for decades. ProudMNDemocrat Apr 17 #4
Maybe it smells so bad when he does that it can kill Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 17 #30
Good point, Mama! ProudMNDemocrat Apr 17 #31
Actually I Heard His Real Quote Was..... global1 Apr 17 #5
" "I hate wind," Trump told the executives over a meal of chopped steak .." - CHOPPED STEAK? Bo Zarts Apr 17 #6
Probably McDonald's hamberders taken off the bun. Midnight Writer Apr 17 #8
tRump loves hot air he produces so much of it. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 17 #11
Hey, there was plenty of ketchup available to go with it! tanyev Apr 17 #13
Obviously, Trump is still upset over wind turbines spoiling the view from his Scottish golf resort. sop Apr 17 #7
It must be a very rough world NJCher Apr 17 #10
I got a copy of the prelim notes on his Saturday speech to the Amer. Meat Packing Association. 3Hotdogs Apr 17 #9
Wind blows his silly hair-do around. Harker Apr 17 #12
Damn wind. Botany Apr 17 #15
+1 dalton99a Apr 17 #25
Trump vows to break wind. Kid Berwyn Apr 17 #16
I was going to say, then he needs to shut up... Hugin Apr 17 #20
why is it always we have to go backwards? AllaN01Bear Apr 17 #18
Greed NameAlreadyTaken Apr 17 #19
Why aren't energy companies investing NameAlreadyTaken Apr 17 #21
Always chasing next quarters profits TexasBushwhacker Apr 17 #32
More like the stench of his wind will kill anyone downwind of him Martin Eden Apr 17 #22
Well, in MO you won't. By law we have to have a certain % of energy generated by wind and / or solar. You have SWBTATTReg Apr 17 #23
Blowhard! Jean Genie Apr 17 #24
The planet and humans on it mean nothing to these people. Irish_Dem Apr 17 #26
Trump needs to stare into the sun a little longer. C_U_L8R Apr 17 #27
About 15 years ago my uncle told me how the farm Delmette2.0 Apr 17 #28
Gotta pin? LeftInTX Apr 17 #29

Botany

(70,525 posts)
14. Well Trump did tell Tim Cook of Apple about having to be ready for 5G.
Wed Apr 17, 2024, 09:14 AM
Apr 17

Even though Apple makes the phones but it is carriers such as Verizon that “do 5G.” And you expect Trump to
understand that we burn coal & gas, have nuclear, hydroelectric dams, wind turbines & solar to make electricity?

global1

(25,253 posts)
5. Actually I Heard His Real Quote Was.....
Wed Apr 17, 2024, 07:30 AM
Apr 17

"I will break wind."

They say this was one of those times he actually told the truth.

Then he passed gas.


(sarcasm)

Bo Zarts

(25,399 posts)
6. " "I hate wind," Trump told the executives over a meal of chopped steak .." - CHOPPED STEAK?
Wed Apr 17, 2024, 07:56 AM
Apr 17

Chopped steak!? Classy joint. That should really impress those oil men.

sop

(10,208 posts)
7. Obviously, Trump is still upset over wind turbines spoiling the view from his Scottish golf resort.
Wed Apr 17, 2024, 08:01 AM
Apr 17

(BBC, 2019) "Donald Trump's Aberdeenshire golf resort must pay the Scottish government's legal costs following a court battle over a major North Sea wind power development...Mr Trump battled unsuccessfully in the courts to halt the project before he became US president...A total of 11 turbines make up the development off Aberdeen...Judges have now ruled Trump International Golf Club Scotland Ltd should pay the legal bills incurred....Mr Trump had argued the development would spoil the view from his golf course at Menie."

NJCher

(35,691 posts)
10. It must be a very rough world
Wed Apr 17, 2024, 08:21 AM
Apr 17

When you cannot accept change and have to battle everything in a court of law.

Isn’t this just one of life’s lessons? To learn to deal with whatever is lobbed your way?

He has this basic insistence that the world should be constructed according to his desires. It doesn’t matter one bit if it’s for the common good.

To a large extent, we can make our own world by how we think of it and react to it. This means he has never known a moment of peace.

3Hotdogs

(12,394 posts)
9. I got a copy of the prelim notes on his Saturday speech to the Amer. Meat Packing Association.
Wed Apr 17, 2024, 08:08 AM
Apr 17

Vegetarianism will be declared a religion that is hostile to the state. That'll be part of his first State of the Onion speech.

Kid Berwyn

(14,921 posts)
16. Trump vows to break wind.
Wed Apr 17, 2024, 09:27 AM
Apr 17

It must be true as people around SF have reported he smells like a mixture of cheeseburgers and flop sweat.

NameAlreadyTaken

(978 posts)
21. Why aren't energy companies investing
Wed Apr 17, 2024, 10:25 AM
Apr 17

in renewable sources instead of fighting them? Oil and gas are going to run out someday, then where will they be?

TexasBushwhacker

(20,205 posts)
32. Always chasing next quarters profits
Wed Apr 17, 2024, 05:59 PM
Apr 17

Why invest in greener energy sources when it won't produce as much profit NOW?

Martin Eden

(12,872 posts)
22. More like the stench of his wind will kill anyone downwind of him
Wed Apr 17, 2024, 12:42 PM
Apr 17

When Smelvis speaks
The atmosphere reeks

SWBTATTReg

(22,144 posts)
23. Well, in MO you won't. By law we have to have a certain % of energy generated by wind and / or solar. You have
Wed Apr 17, 2024, 04:24 PM
Apr 17

absolutely no say in how our energy is generated in MO, you moron.

Irish_Dem

(47,166 posts)
26. The planet and humans on it mean nothing to these people.
Wed Apr 17, 2024, 04:41 PM
Apr 17

Nothing at all.

Their addiction to money and power is all that matters.

C_U_L8R

(45,005 posts)
27. Trump needs to stare into the sun a little longer.
Wed Apr 17, 2024, 05:10 PM
Apr 17

I never knew an anal polyp could sprout legs and whine so much.

Delmette2.0

(4,168 posts)
28. About 15 years ago my uncle told me how the farm
Wed Apr 17, 2024, 05:49 PM
Apr 17

got along before they had the Rural Co-op 1930's
Each farm had their windmill that generated electricity and stored it in batteries. They had lights for the evening and early morning and hoped the wind blew the next day. It was almost always windy on the Rocky Mountain front.
Wind power is nothing new, just better batteries.

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