Donald Trump Says Windmills Are ‘Driving Whales Crazy’ in Bizarre South Carolina Speech

Former PresidentDonald Trumpdelivered a speech at a rally in Summerville, S.C., on Monday, saying that windmills are driving whales “crazy” and causing environmental damage.

“There has only been, listen to this, one such whale killed off the coast of South Carolina in the last 50 years,” he said. “But on the other hand, their windmills are causing whales to die in numbers never seen before. Nobody does anything about that. They’re washing up onshore.”

Trump went on to say he “saw it this weekend,” adding three whales “came up.”

“You wouldn’t see it once a year. Now they’re coming up on a weekly basis. The windmills are driving them crazy. They’re driving the whales, I think a little batty.”

CNN’s Daniel Dalereported that “there is no evidence that off-shore wind installations are killing whales or driving them crazy” and any such assertion is “based on nothing.”

Previously, the former president has falsely asserted thatwindmills cause cancer.

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Some candidates, such as tech entrepreneurVivek Ramaswamyand former South Carolina Gov.Nikki Haley, have gained momentum in the 2024 presidential race, while Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis trails behind, according to the poll.

Trump sits at 39% among likely GOP voters. Ramaswamy, Haley, andChris Christieare behind, with 13%, 12%, and 11% respectively. DeSantis is in fifth place, with only 10% of the voters backing him.

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Haley has been one of the few Republicans to criticize Trump, calling him  “the most disliked politician in America,” saying, “It is time for a new generational conservative leader,” during the first Republican primary debate, which aired on Fox News in August.

“We have to look at the fact that three-quarters of Americans don’t want a rematch between Trump and Biden,” she added. “And we have to face the fact that Trump is the most disliked politician in America. We can’t win a general election that way.”

source: people.com