President Donald Trump is ranting about wind power again, and a top Republican lawmaker is pushing back.
“Windmills, and the rest of this ‘JUNK,’ are the most expensive and inefficient energy in the world, is destroying the beauty of the environment, and is 10 times more costly than any other energy,” Trump posted on Truth Social. He added that renewables are mostly made in China. “It is time to break away, finally, from this craziness!!!” he wrote.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) quickly said that wind energy is a key energy source in his state — and cheap. “Iowans get 60% of their electricity frm wind energy It’s an important tool for America’s energy independence &2 keep Iowans’ utility bills low,” he posted on X.
Grassley, who is even older than Trump, has been a champion of wind energy since he pushed legislation incentivizing wind energy in 1993.
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