Now he is tilting at windmills

[skyeagle409]

No. But he's not a politician. He's a con man.

DITTO!!

Remember how supportive he was of the House health bill and then turned around call the bill, "mean?" Now, Donald "Don Quixote" Trump is attacking windmills.

Time to dump dumb Trump.

 

[pgwenthold]

Trump’s ideas on energy are not only stupid they are in fact just corrupt. Trump isn't going to bring back coal jobs. He might make his millionaire friends in the coal industry more money but nothing else.

Yep, the people in Iowa should be realizing they were sold a con-job. Trump tried to sell himself as a "man of the people", and his commitment to the coal miners was supposedly the example of that. Folks in Iowa saw that and thought, hey, he cares about people like me! He'll care for us like he cares for the coal miners.

Now they are realizing that, no, he didn't care about them. He is so committed to pleasing the coal miners that he just threw everyone else under the bus. He doesn't care about "people like the coal miners" it is only about the coal miners.

The windmill industry in Iowa creates a lot of jobs. From the manufacturing in Newton, to transport, to construction, to operation (we used to see pieces being shipped on the road all the time - an individual blade is an oversized load on a flatbed trailer; it was impressive). But he's happy for them to go out of business to save the coal miners in West Virginia.

I hope they wake up and smell the manure he's shoveling.

 

[bruto]

If Trump is Don Quixote, who is his Sancho Panza?

I would have said Pence (and I figure conspiracy theorists could do something with the closeness of the name), but my recollection is that Panza was not an idiot.

 

[Hlafordlaes]

Spain is doing quite well in the industry, by the way. Curiously, it is a smaller German firm in the field, Siemens, that is going to merge with larger and third largest, Gamesa, to up competitiveness. A Catalan firm, Ecotècnia, was bought by Alstom in 2007, then by GE, and is now second in turbines. Overall, a Dutch firm leads the industry.

Trump might as well have ranted about people walking and talking on newfangled cell phones at the same time. Like, rude!

 

[Roger Ramjets]

And Iowa GOP leaders were quick to disassocitate themselves from Trump's remarks.

Another nail in the coffin.

 

[Spindrift]

He's got something in common with Ted Kennedy, then.

Too bad Trump doesn't have the same current residence as Teddy.

 

[The Don]

Another nail in the coffin.

Only if their opposition extends beyond words - which I doubt it will...

 

[dudalb]

Yep, the people in Iowa should be realizing they were sold a con-job. Trump tried to sell himself as a "man of the people", and his commitment to the coal miners was supposedly the example of that. Folks in Iowa saw that and thought, hey, he cares about people like me! He'll care for us like he cares for the coal miners.

Now they are realizing that, no, he didn't care about them. He is so committed to pleasing the coal miners that he just threw everyone else under the bus. He doesn't care about "people like the coal miners" it is only about the coal miners.

The windmill industry in Iowa creates a lot of jobs. From the manufacturing in Newton, to transport, to construction, to operation (we used to see pieces being shipped on the road all the time - an individual blade is an oversized load on a flatbed trailer; it was impressive). But he's happy for them to go out of business to save the coal miners in West Virginia.

I hope they wake up and smell the manure he's shoveling.

Like when the people of River City woke up that Harold Hill was scamming them....

 

[fuelair]

Wait a sec... first he dislikes them when they want to put some up near his property. Then, during the 2016 election he praised them, even suggesting they deserve government subsidies. Now, he's against them.

Its like his opinion varies based on the way the wind is blowing.

Is there any politician who's opinion changes so much and so fast?

Not his opinion, his choice of presented facts/options. That meet his most recent thought (?) on the topic!!!!!

 

[fuelair]

Yep, the people in Iowa should be realizing they were sold a con-job. Trump tried to sell himself as a "man of the people", and his commitment to the coal miners was supposedly the example of that. Folks in Iowa saw that and thought, hey, he cares about people like me! He'll care for us like he cares for the coal miners.

Now they are realizing that, no, he didn't care about them. He is so committed to pleasing the coal miners that he just threw everyone else under the bus. He doesn't care about "people like the coal miners" it is only about the coal miners.

The windmill industry in Iowa creates a lot of jobs. From the manufacturing in Newton, to transport, to construction, to operation (we used to see pieces being shipped on the road all the time - an individual blade is an oversized load on a flatbed trailer; it was impressive). But he's happy for them to go out of business to save the coal miners in West Virginia.

I hope they wake up and smell the manure he's shoveling.

They had a chance. When Hillary pointed out their deplorability. But they chose not to take it. They made the wrong choice and they need to eat it and make up for it in a big anti republicker revolt in '18 and a bigger one in "20!!!!!!

 

[fuelair]

Like when the people of River City woke up that Harold Hill was scamming them....

but he learned his lesson and appears to have reformed!!!!!! Trumpf never will
except in expiration. Which should be soon and hard.

 

[ahhell]

He's got something in common with Ted Kennedy, then.

Wasn't that a different Kennedy?

Also, his daughter is clearly the Sancho Panza of the administration or maybe Mattis.

 

[Brainster]

Windmills probably need to be a part of any long-term energy solution, but they are poorly suited for many places, are generally considered aesthetically unpleasant, and are as reliable as the wind. They are nowhere as near as good a solution as nuclear, and the cost is not dropping nearly as fast as solar.

 

[Spindrift]

Maybe Trump can build an aesthetically pleasing coal plant next to his golf course. That's a win-win for him.

 

[Craig4]

Wind power once crossed him. Now, when encountered, wind power must always be punished.

 

[PhantomWolf]

So after rant about wind, did he then rant about corn too?

 

[Trebuchet]

Maybe Trump can build an aesthetically pleasing coal plant next to his golf course. That's a win-win for him.

Please, PLEASE, let a power company propose siting a big stinky fossil plant next to one of his courses. Doesn't even have to be coal, just ugly. That would be awesome. Of course, he wouldn't take any notice of it, being totally separated from his businesses; completely tiny-little-hands-off.

So after rant about wind, did he then rant about corn too?

Probably too much owing to ADM and Cargill. And besides, lib-tards pretty much hate corn ethanol because it takes more petroleum to produce than the energy you get out of it. Although some probably enjoy a Jack Daniel's on occasion.

 

[CapelDodger]

And Iowa GOP leaders were quick to disassocitate themselves from Trump's remarks.

Disassociation between normal folk and the Trumpian Swamp is a feature of the times.

 

[CapelDodger]

Although some probably enjoy a Jack Daniel's on occasion.

Still do and long have. Can't say I've seen any impact of this corn-fuel thing.

 

[Trebuchet]

Still do and long have. Can't say I've seen any impact of this corn-fuel thing.

Increasing the price of corn can't be doing your booze any good.