Trump's Brazen New Lie Leads To Prompt Truth-Examine On Social Media

[ad_1] President Donald Trump on Friday made a wild new declare about wind energy as he renewed his assaults on renewable power.

Trump complained that most of the elements utilized in wind generators are made in China, then urged that China itself doesn’t really use wind generators.

“I've by no means seen a wind farm in China,” Trump declared. “Why is that? Any person verify that out.”

In actuality, China is much and away the world’s main producer of wind power, with greater than triple the present U.S. wind capability.

Trump, nonetheless, has lengthy had points with renewable power ― particularly wind, which he has referred to as “bullshit” and “a hoax,” a grudge he has held since a dispute over an offshore wind farm close to one in all his resorts.

Now, Trump would possibly lastly get his approach as his “huge lovely invoice” will wipe out tax credit for wind and solar energy, probably decimating the trade. The Rhodium Group, a analysis agency, estimates the invoice will put a cease to between 57% and 72% of latest photo voltaic and wind tasks.

North America’s Constructing Trades Unions slammed the transfer as “the largest job-killing invoice within the historical past of this nation” as these tasks are cancelled.

“Essential infrastructure tasks important to that future are being sacrificed on the altar of ideology,” the group mentioned in an announcement.

New York Instances columnist Thomas L. Friedman mentioned China is “laughing” at america in consequence, writing:

“The Chinese language merely can’t imagine their luck: that on the daybreak of the electricity-guzzling period of synthetic intelligence, the U.S. president and his celebration have determined to interact in one of many best acts of strategic self-harm conceivable. They've handed an enormous invoice that, amongst different craziness, intentionally undermines America’s skill to generate electrical energy by renewables — photo voltaic, battery and wind energy particularly.”

Since Trump mentioned “any person verify that out” when railing towards wind energy, many individuals did precisely that ― and gave the president a fact-check: