“The wind, the wind, the wind is bullshit.”Trump abandoned conventional policy language to dismiss an entire energy technology.
Transcript location: 00:15:27
Campaign rally · 2024-10-09
Scranton: Trump Declares Wind Power “Bullshit”
About this speech
Trump interrupted a rally to attack wind turbines, describing them as unsightly and ineffective before improvising a fictional domestic conversation about watching television.
What stands out in this speech
The passage offers a vivid example of ridicule replacing detailed energy-policy discussion. His blanket claim that wind is the most expensive energy source is not established by the speech.
“The windmills aren’t wind. There’s no wind tonight.”Trump imagined a household unable to watch the president because wind turbines had stopped turning.
Transcript location: 00:15:50
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