Donald Trump told Boris Johnson that he was making a big mistake by supporting wind power

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Boris Johnson is making a big mistake by trying to make Saudi Arabia wind the UK, Donald Trump said.

The former US president said wind farms are horrible, ridiculous, will kill all the birds and start to rust after a few years. They are only supported by environmentalists who hate the world, he said.

Mr Trump also pointed to a wind farm just off the coast of Aberdeen where he owns Trump International Golf Links, describing it as a disgrace and the windmills as monsters in an interview with Nigel Farage on GB News on Wednesday.

Mr Johnson, the Prime Minister, made the increasing reliance on wind energy as a foundation of his energy policy, telling the United Nations last year that he wanted to make Saudi Arabia wind, mimicking the dominance of Riyadh in the global oil market.

However, in his interview, Mr Trump said Mr Johnson was wrong ”, adding:“ He made a big mistake.

Boris became more liberal on the side

Mr Trump said he liked Mr Johnson and he was always with him. But he added: He’s a bit lost on the more liberal side.

He added: I was surprised that he would allow that to happen because you have one of the most beautiful countries in the world. And you destroy it along with all these wind turbines all over the place.

Mr Trump lost a lengthy court battle in 2019 against the construction of a wind farm in Aberdeen Bay, near one of his golf courses.

He told Mr Farage: Wind [power] is ridiculous … a horrible thing for Scotland. I see this because I own great properties in Scotland and Ireland. And I look at these amazing fields with horrible windmills in them all.

Windmills don’t age well, Mr Trump said. Once they’ve been there for a few years, they start to rust and wear out and look awful, even worse.

He added: Environmentalists like this thing. I think they hate the world.

The wind farm will ruin the view of the resort, Trump claims

Mr Trump originally launched a campaign against the Aberdeen Bay wind farm in 2012 after saying it would ruin the view from his golf resort in Menie, north of Aberdeen

Mr Trump added: In Aberdeen, they built this ugly wind farm on the ocean. Annoying as it looks. Embarrassing.

I built one of the most beautiful, one of the most beautiful golf courses, it turned out like this [well] reviewed, in the world.

And now, not too far away, you know, when these things are 20 and 30 stories high, they are monsters.

I think it’s embarrassing what happened in Scotland, in the UK, all over the place. You see, I think Ireland has gotten better about it.

Wind is the most expensive form of energy. And remember, every 10 years, you have to replace those monsters.

And a lot of times they dont bother, you know what they do, they just let them rot. They kill all the birds, they are very evil.

Number 10 was approached for comment on Tuesday night.

Mr Johnson told the United Nations in September 2020: We have experienced a massive, massive gust of wind swirling in the north of our country – Scotland. Quite an unusual potential we have for wind.

Farage -The Trump Interview airs on Wednesday at 7pm on GB News.

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