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US election campaign: Trump mocks wind power in Germany

US election campaign: Trump mocks wind power in Germany

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has joked about wind power in Germany. (archive image)

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US presidential candidate Donald Trump railed against wind turbines and solar fields at a campaign event and used Germany as a cautionary example. At a citizens' conversation in the US state of Florida, the Republican Party said:

They put wind turbines everywhere and the wind didn't blow that hard. If they had continued this process, Germany would be bankrupt by now.

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Trump: Solar fields 'like hell'

During his appearance in Florida, Trump also spoke out against large solar fields:

Steel, glass and wires all look like hell. And you see rabbits getting caught in it. For any environmentalist, this is terrifying.

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The former president continues to make headlines with false statements. Trump also continues to say that Germany has started building a new coal-fired power plant every week since the failure of fossil fuels.

Kelly: Trump praised Hitler

His former chief of staff, John Kelly, has also sparked fresh controversy with the former president's statements about his comments about Adolf Hitler. “You know, Hitler did some good things, too,” Trump has repeatedly asked, Kelly told The New York Times. He then pointed to Hitler's racism and fascism as motivations for his actions, and the conversation mostly dried up after that, Kelly said in an interview published Tuesday.

Kelly confirmed to The Atlantic that Trump said in a conversation that he wanted loyal generals like “Hitler's generals.” A spokeswoman for Trump's campaign team denied Trump's claims. The Trump camp previously denied Kelly's credibility.

Kelly, a former Marine general, served as Trump's White House chief of staff from 2017 to 2019. He has already been considered the source of similar revelations in recent years, including books about the Trump presidency, but is now speaking directly in two interviews. The election campaign in the United States has reached its final stage. Elections will be held in two weeks, on November 5.

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