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WATCH: Trump gets asked about Ukraine -- and he rants about windmills killing 'all the birds'
March 9, 2022 10:17PM ET
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The former president of the United States on Wednesday went into yet another rant about windmills during an interview with Canadian YouTubers.
Donald Trump was interviewed on the Nelk Boys podcast at his Mar-a-Lago resort.
During a discussion about rising gas prices and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the former commander-in-chief was asked how he saw the situation ending.
“I told [Putin], he can’t do it… This would have never happened… and we spoke about it,” Trump said. “Cus I knew that he had a love for it. Look, they took over Crimea under Obama – and Biden – but they took over Crimea like Grant took Richmond, okay? They took it over, it was very quick.”
“Under Bush, they took over Georgia,” the former president continued. “I don’t mean the Georgia we know and love, I mean the other Georgia. They took that over. And they took it over very easily without any repercussion. And now, they’re taking over the whole ball of wax under Biden and it’s really a disgraceful situation.”
“It would have never happened,” Trump claimed. “And we did talk about it. He definitely wanted Ukraine. Loved Ukraine. Would never have happened.”
“What do you see happening next then?” host Kyle Forgeard asked. “Because it seems like the tensions are high. How does this all end? Is this going to be like a long-term thing? How do you see it unfolding?
"Well, and I said this a long time ago, if this happens, we are playing right into their hands," Trump replied. "Green energy. The windmills, they don't work, they're too expensive, they kill all the birds, they ruin your landscapes, and yet, the environmentalists love the windmills."
"I've been preaching this for years, the windmills," Trump argued, saying that Europe had made itself too reliant on Russian exports.
"Until I came around, nobody knew what Nord Stream 2 was," he claimed. "I was telling [German Chancellor Angela Merkel] loud and clear and publicly, and in fact I sent her something as a little gift -- it was a white flag... I said Russia has you in a position that you've never been in before if you do this deal."
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In 2019, The Washington Post writer Karen Heller described windmills as Trump's "one true nemesis."
"He doesn’t like them the way the British feel about the French, the way Aaron Burr felt about Hamilton, the way everyone feels about the New England Patriots. Except the president’s persistent nemesis is inanimate," Heller wrote. "Trump is like Cervantes’s Don Quixote, who tilted at windmills — that is, jousted — believing they might be monstrous giants. What have wind turbines ever done to Trump?"
(Note: This article has been updated for clarity)
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