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Sunday, July 26, 2026

President Donald Trump asked Americans on Thursday if they remembered a massive television outage two years ago. That outage didn't happen. As he has before, the president who is fond of telling imaginary tales was explicitly asking people to recall something he had made up. This time, Trump's fictional story was about wind energy. He has for years railed against it, tried to thwart it and made false claims about it " including a phony anecdote about how, in places where wind power is used, people can't turn on their TVs when the wind isn't blowing.

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Enough of this fucking bullshit.

He denounced "the Green New Scam, where we were scammed." Then he said: "The whole country was " I wasn't scammed. I got it right from the beginning; I got it from the first minute when I heard this crap. You know? They were saying wind was so wonderful, so wonderful, except you couldn't watch your television. They wanted to watch the debate, Donald Trump against Sleepy Joe Biden. Nobody could watch it because the wind wasn't blowing. Remember that? Darling, we'd like to watch the debate tonight.' I'm sorry, the wind isn't blowing.'"

Uh, no.

Trump's wind story wasn't the only fictional tale he told at the Thursday event. He also claimed California has "brownouts and blackouts every weekend," which is simply not true; he has been making similar false claims about California for years.

A spokesperson for Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a Friday email that "there hasn't been a rolling blackout in nearly six years in California" and that "California's grid hasn't had to call for any emergency conservation through the Flex Alert program since 2022, which is proof that the state's investment in clean energy and battery storage is paying off."

And Trump lamented, twice, that he gets "no credit" for the US having received "$19.2 trillion" in investment in just his first 12 months back in office. He doesn't get such credit because the US hasn't actually received anywhere close to $19.2 trillion in investment during this presidential term, let alone take in that much during the first year of the term; as we've repeatedly explained, Trump's figure is a fabrication even the White House can't substantiate.

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... This time, Trump's fictional story was about wind energy. He has for years railed against it, tried to thwart it and made false claims about it " including a phony anecdote about how, in places where wind power is used, people can't turn on their TVs when the wind isn't blowing. ...

Pres Trump dislikes wind turbines (the correct name for what he calls "wind mills") because he apparently does not like to see them on the horizon.

Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee (2012)
www.parliament.scot

... The witnesses may begin by making a brief opening statement of two or three minutes.

Mr Trump, would you like to start?

Donald Trump Sr (Trump Organization)

Thank you. I very much appreciate the opportunity to speak. We are addressing a very serious problem. In my opinion, it is one of the most serious problems that Scotland will have or has had.

I am all for renewable energy -- I believe in wave technology and tide technology, and I believe that you have great opportunities for other forms of energy, such as hydro -- but wind turbines, made in China, will lead to the almost total destruction of Scotland's tourism industry.

Recently, a very unattractive wind turbine was put up right on the course at Royal Aberdeen Golf Club. The club did not know about it and the members are going absolutely crazy. I said, "And you haven't seen the worst. Wait till they turn it on and you hear all the noise." They do not know what to do. They did not know that it was going to happen; they were blindsided.

The fact is that I have built what I said I was going to build, except that it came out even beyond what I said. Everybody agrees with that, and I have brought some magazines that feature the course. I have spent a tremendous amount of money"the project is debt free; there is no debt on the property"building what many already consider to be the greatest golf course anywhere in the world. I do not want to see it destroyed by having 11 monstrosities built that loom over it, literally 1 mile away. The development is land based, not sea based, because when it is 1 mile away, we are talking about a land-based development. We do not want it to happen. ...

Chic Brodie

My question is this: where is the clinical evidence, not an opinion? I want an empirical assessment. Who has produced it? Will you share it with the committee?

Donald Trump

First of all, I am the evidence. You know what? I think that I am a lot more of an expert than the people who you would like me to hire, who are doing it to make a paycheck. I am considered a world-class expert in tourism. When you ask, "Where is the expert and where is the evidence?" I say: I am the evidence. ...




#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-26 07:54 PM | Reply

"but wind turbines, made in China, will lead to the almost total destruction of Scotland's tourism industry."

I was in Scotland last week. Lots of wind turbines. Lots of tourists.

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-07-26 08:02 PM | Reply

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