Overview

• On July 27 at his Turnberry golf course in Scotland, President Trump vowed to bar any new wind turbines in the United States and called wind power a “con job.”
• He criticized wind farms as costly, subsidy-dependent and largely manufactured in China that rot within eight years, creating disposal issues.
• He claimed turbines kill birds, generate excessive noise and are responsible for increased whale strandings in Massachusetts waters.
• His comments, delivered alongside European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, risk straining U.S.-EU trade discussions and complicating an upcoming meeting with Sir Keir Starmer.
• The stance reinforces the administration’s effective ban on new onshore wind projects and echoes his long-standing opposition dating back to a failed North Sea legal challenge.