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For those unaware, Trump has been on a personal vendetta against any and all windmills since some were built (despite his legal challenge) in Scotland within vi

For those unaware, Trump has been on a personal vendetta against any and all windmills since some were built (despite his legal challenge) in Scotland within view of his golf course. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/24/trump-clean-energy-war-global https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/24/trump-clean-... Don't expect any of this to make sense.

ZeroGravitas 1y ago
It makes perfect sense. He literally asked fossil fuel interests for a billion dollars and said they'd make more than that back because of his changes. I don't know why we all have to pretend that this is some personal Quixotic quest of his rather than open corruption: > But Mr. Trump told executives they were not fighting hard enough. He also went on a rant about windmills, the attendees said. Mr. Trump has falsely claimed that wind turbines cause cancer and that offshore wind farms are “driving whales crazy.” > Mr. Trump did not request money in exchange for killing Mr. Biden’s climate regulations, the two people in the room maintained. Rather, the former president told executives that he was determined to squash what he considered anti-business policies, and that the oil industry should therefore want him to win and should raise $1 billion to ensure his success. > He told the executives that the amount of money they would save in taxes and legal expenses after he repealed regulations would more than cover a billion dollar contribution, the people said. From the New York Times
- dibujaron 1y ago
  Heh, both figuratively and literally quixotic. He's on a quixotic quest, but he's literally fighting against windmills.
- ryandvm 1y ago
  The problem is that it isn't corruption - at least, not legally speaking. The Citizen United decision made it possible for corporations to donate unspeakably large amounts of money to political candidates. This allows them to hand pick political candidates that will deliver the policies they want. This ultimately is the source of so many of the United States' problems. Trump actually saying it out loud sure seems corrupt because in spirit, it is. It's just that the US SCOTUS decided corruption was just fine. When you allow money in politics, politics becomes about money.

ZeroGravitas 1y ago

It makes perfect sense. He literally asked fossil fuel interests for a billion dollars and said they'd make more than that back because of his changes. I don't know why we all have to pretend that this is some personal Quixotic quest of his rather than open corruption: > But Mr. Trump told executives they were not fighting hard enough. He also went on a rant about windmills, the attendees said. Mr. Trump has falsely claimed that wind turbines cause cancer and that offshore wind farms are “driving whales crazy.” > Mr. Trump did not request money in exchange for killing Mr. Biden’s climate regulations, the two people in the room maintained. Rather, the former president told executives that he was determined to squash what he considered anti-business policies, and that the oil industry should therefore want him to win and should raise $1 billion to ensure his success. > He told the executives that the amount of money they would save in taxes and legal expenses after he repealed regulations would more than cover a billion dollar contribution, the people said. From the New York Times

dibujaron 1y ago
Heh, both figuratively and literally quixotic. He's on a quixotic quest, but he's literally fighting against windmills.
ryandvm 1y ago
The problem is that it isn't corruption - at least, not legally speaking. The Citizen United decision made it possible for corporations to donate unspeakably large amounts of money to political candidates. This allows them to hand pick political candidates that will deliver the policies they want. This ultimately is the source of so many of the United States' problems. Trump actually saying it out loud sure seems corrupt because in spirit, it is. It's just that the US SCOTUS decided corruption was just fine. When you allow money in politics, politics becomes about money.