Overview
- The president posted the picture late Tuesday with the caption, “Windmills are killing all of our beautiful Bald Eagles!”
- Mediaite and The Guardian reported that image searches linked the photo to Israeli news reports from 2017 and 2019, with credit to Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority.
- The image was taken by Hedy Ben Eliahou and Israeli outlets identified the bird as a falcon or kestrel rather than a bald eagle.
- Reporters also noted missing bald eagle markings and Hebrew writing on the turbine as visual evidence contradicting the claim.
- The episode fits Trump’s years of attacks on wind energy, even as reporting cited by The Guardian notes Israeli turbines kill about two dozen birds annually.