Moment 3 – Saying Windmills Cause Cancer
In 2019, Trump claimed wind turbine noise “causes cancer,” baselessly linking them to health risks. This tied into his long-standing opposition to renewables, calling them “bird killers” and unreliable.
Environmentalists and scientists debunked the claim, pointing to no evidence. It drew ridicule from clean energy advocates and became meme material. The statement reinforced his fossil-fuel bias, clashing with global climate efforts.
