The wind boom Trump couldn't stop

Deutsche Welle · 🇩🇪 public Germany · May 26, 2026 · 994 words · By Josh Axelrod

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The wind boom Trump couldn't stop May 26, 2026The US president makes no bones about his disdain for wind power, which over the years he's falsely blamed for cancer and whale deaths in the Atlantic Ocean.

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But his anti-wind sentiment has assumed new proportions since he took office.

Common ground

During that time, he has thrown up roadblocks to stop wind expansion at every turn: from pulling permits, issuing stop-work orders and paying energy companies to halt offshore projects in favor of oil and gas drilling.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Exaggeration / Hyperbole: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that The industry employs 133,000 people, compared to roughly 115,900 working in oil and gas exploration and extraction in 2024?
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Claim 1: “The industry employs 133,000 people, compared to roughly 115,900 working in oil and gas exploration and extraction in 2024”

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Claim 2: “The EDF estimated it saved ratepayers $2 million a day across the region”

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Claim 3: “the administration's tax cut legislation, the One Big Beautiful Act bill — which eliminated clean energy tax credits created under former president Joe Biden”

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Multiple web search results confirm the 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act' (or OBBBA) signed July 4, 2025, which phases out clean energy tax credits from the Biden-era Inflation Reduction Act.

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Claim 4: “he's falsely blamed for cancer and whale deaths in the Atlantic Ocean”

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The claim is reported by Deutsche Welle, but the provided Wikipedia entries for Donald Trump do not mention these specific claims regarding cancer and whales. No other independent sources in the evidence confirm this.

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Claim 5: “Wind projects also generate an estimated $2 billion annually in state and local tax and land-lease payments”

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Claim 6: “One is Norwegian energy company Equinor's Empire Wind project, located south of Long Island”

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The specific detail about Equinor's Empire Wind project location is reported by Deutsche Welle, but not corroborated by other provided sources.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — One is Norwegian energy company Equinor's Empire Wind project, located south of Long Island.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — One is Norwegian energy company Equinor's Empire Wind project, located south of Long Island.
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Claim 7: “In 2025, wind generated around 10% of US electricity, behind natural gas at 40% and nuclear at roughly 17%”

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Claim 8: “The top three onshore producer states — Texas, Iowa and Oklahoma — are all largely red”

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Claim 9: “Last December, a judge struck down Trump's wind ban, ruling it exceeded his authority”

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Multiple web search results confirm a judge (Judge Patti Saris) struck down the wind ban in December, ruling it exceeded authority and violated administrative law.

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web search NEUTRAL — Last December, a judge struck down Trump's wind ban, ruling it exceeded his authority. And while the administration is appealing, other courts have also ruled construction could restart on all five of…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Ruling: Court Says Federal Wind Freeze Violated Administrative Law. U.S. District Judge Patti Saris ruled that the federal government acted illegally when agencies implemented the Trump administra…
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Claim 10: “On the first day of his second term, he issued an executive memorandum freezing leasing on new wind projects”

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The claim is reported by Deutsche Welle. While Wikipedia confirms Trump's second term began in January 2025, it does not specifically mention the executive memorandum on wind projects.

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Claim 11: “In March, the administration handed nearly $1 billion (€854 million) to French energy giant TotalEnergies”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm the deal with TotalEnergies in March to halt wind projects off New York and North Carolina, with figures cited around $928 million to $1 billion.

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Claim 12: “Before the US president returned to power, BloombergNEF had projected 39 gigawatts of US offshore wind capacity by 2035”

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Claim 13: “Wind turbine service technicians are among the two fastest-growing occupations in the US this decade, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics”

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Claim 14: “utility-scale onshore wind and solar remain some of the cheapest new power sources in the US, according to financial advisory firm Lazard”

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Claim 15: “He then went on to issue stop-work orders on all five endorsed offshore initiatives under construction”

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cross reference SUPPORTS — He then went on to issue stop-work orders on all five endorsed offshore initiatives under construction
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cross reference SUPPORTS — He then went on to issue stop-work orders on all five endorsed offshore initiatives under construction
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Claim 16: “more than eight in 10 American voters support more renewable energy, including 77% of Republicans, according to polling from offshore wind advocacy group Turn Forward”

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Claim 17: “A month later, he offered payouts to two other companies totaling $885 million”

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Claim 18: “other courts have also ruled construction could restart on all five offshore projects issued with a stop-work order”

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cross reference SUPPORTS — other courts have also ruled construction could restart on all five offshore projects issued with a stop-work order.
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Claim 19: “Vineyard Wind — an almost complete offshore project off Massachusetts — was churning with strong winter ocean winds, displacing price-volatile natural gas”

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Claim 20: “New offshore wind farms are expected to add around six gigawatts to the grid by 2027”

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