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Rhiannon12866

(258,193 posts) Tue Mar 24, 2026, 02:18 AM Mar 24

Trump to pay $1B taxpayer dollars to STOP wind farms - Rachel Maddow - MS NOW [View all]

Rachel Maddow shares the good news that the offshore Revolution Wind Farm is up and running and will ultimately power hundreds of thousands of homes at a cost savings of hundreds of millions of dollars.

This is particularly good news in light of the energy crisis Donald Trump has triggered with his war on Iran, which also makes it hard to understand why Trump has struck a deal to pay one billion dollars of taxpayer money to a French energy firm to cancel two new wind farms. - Aired on 03/23/2026.

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Trump to pay $1B taxpayer dollars to STOP wind farms - Rachel Maddow - MS NOW [View all] Rhiannon12866 Mar 24 OP

He is a fucking mad man and is burning America to the ground. Botany Mar 24 #1

And constantly lying to the American people about what's actually going on Rhiannon12866 Mar 24 #2

Trump doesn't like wind or solar because he is funded by the fossil fuel industries Botany Mar 24 #4

Most Republicans in Congress are afraid of his retribution, afraid for their families or of being primaried Rhiannon12866 Mar 24 #6

They (the republicans) have a choice they can either stand up for America by standing up to Trump or just Botany Mar 24 #7

And history will not be kind to them if they continue to give in to the felon-in-chief, if only they would realize that Rhiannon12866 Mar 24 #8

Some of them really do have legitimate safety concerns for themselves and their families Botany Mar 24 #9

He certainly has millions and billions to spend brer cat Mar 24 #3

He's broken every campaign "promise" he ever made, no big surprise coming from a liar and a cheat Rhiannon12866 Mar 24 #5