“your house is worth less than half”The sweeping reduction was presented without supporting research.
Transcript location: 00:14:11
Inauguration-day arena address · 2025-01-20-arena
Capitol One Arena: Trump Blames Wind Turbines for Whale Deaths
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During inauguration-day remarks, Trump criticized wind turbines as expensive, harmful to property values and responsible for whale deaths.
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The speech presented dramatic claims about energy costs, property values and whale mortality without establishing the asserted causal relationships.
“you don’t want windmills either”Trump implied offshore wind turbines were driving whale deaths, a claim requiring evidence beyond the figures he cited.
Transcript location: 00:14:49
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