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The Real Reason Trump Hates ‘Windmills’

While Donald Trump occasionally rolls out new lines for his rally speeches and interviews based on a hot topic of the day, his rants have largely stayed the same for many years. One topic Trump has brought up at nearly every appearance is his hatred of wind turbines, which he calls “windmills.”

His obsession with wind turbines—which he blames for a variety of domestic and foreign policy ills—originates from a dispute he had with the Scottish Parliament over windmills near his golf course outside Aberdeen, Scotland, two decades ago.

Trump has floated many conspiracies and criticisms of “windmills,” most of them completely inane. He also does this even though it typically doesn’t provoke a strong reaction from his MAGA rally crowds—which is a bit unusual.

In a speech to the Republican National Congressional Committee on April 2, 2019, Trump blamed windmills for causing cancer. This wildly incorrect assertion is based on an obscure and false internet conspiracy theory that the sound from them mutates cells in the human body. In the same speech, he said that a windmill near your house or business causes the value of the property to drop by 75 percent.

One month before that, he gave a speech in Ohio where he said it would decrease values by 65 percent. (There have been many studies conducted on this claim, which show that property values are not significantly affected by nearby windmills.)

How do you keep a false narrative for the poorly educated engaged because you have an axe to grind about a golf course?
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