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Donald Trump: “Wind needs massive subsidy and you are paying in Scotland…”

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

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Donald Trump and Keir Starmer Discuss Humanitarian Aid, Trade Deals, and Energy at Turnberry, Scotland

Published | Video Starts at 58:53

And remember, a windmill has a life of eight years, especially when they're out in the salty sea and they start to rot and to rust. You're going to have to replace them. It's very hard to replace them. Wind needs massive subsidy and you are paying in Scotland and in UK and all over the place where they have them massive subsidies. to have these ugly monsters all over the place. So I've restricted windmills in the United States. Now a couple we have, you know, the poor stupid people at the beginning, they approve them, so they have their full approvals. (58:53–59:03)

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Asserts that wind energy requires substantial subsidies in the UK and elsewhere.

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