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Donald Trump: “Those windmills have a very short life, especially the ones…”

Featuring: Donald Trump, Republican | President of the United States | National

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Most of them are turned off, they're rotting, they're rusting. They're 30, 30 years old. 20 years old. And they have a very short life. You know, Those windmills have a very short life, especially the ones that are in the nice, salty Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean. where the salt just gets onto that steel and decimates it. Now, it's a horrible, horrible thing for our country. And I speak out. (55:30–55:38)

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Asserts that windmills have a short lifespan, particularly those in oceanic environments.

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