President Trump has made it clear on a number of events that he’s not a fan of wind as an influence supply. It’s not dependable and it’s an affront to the pure fantastic thing about the nation.
Trump not too long ago cancelled a major wind project in Idaho that was authorized by Biden. Now, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has pulled virtually $700 million in funding for twelve deliberate offshore wind initiatives.
Inexperienced power activists on the left are certain to lose their minds over this.
The New York Post studies:
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy withdraws $679M in funding for ‘doomed’ offshore wind initiatives – together with three in NY, NJ and CT
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy introduced Friday that $679 million in federal funding has been withdrawn for 12 “doomed” offshore wind initiatives – together with three in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
The scrapped funding contains $10.5 million for Connecticut’s Bridgeport Port Authority Operations and Upkeep Wind Port venture, $20.5 million for New Jersey’s Wind Port at Paulsboro and $48 million for Staten Island’s Arthur Kill Terminal.
The Trump administration plans to spend the withdrawn funds on “actual infrastructure” and “restoring American maritime dominance.”
“Wasteful, wind initiatives are utilizing assets that would in any other case go in direction of revitalizing America’s maritime business,” Duffy stated in a press release…
“Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg bent over backwards to make use of transportation {dollars} for his or her Inexperienced New Rip-off agenda whereas ignoring the dire wants of our shipbuilding business,” Duffy stated. “Due to President Trump, we’re prioritizing actual infrastructure enhancements over fantasy wind initiatives.”
Some Twitter/X reactions:
Offshore wind ought to NEVER have been authorized! https://t.co/ExSC59ABnn
— Patricia Morgan (@repmorgan) August 27, 2025
President Trump simply canceled $679M in federal funds for 12 offshore wind initiatives, together with $427M for California, impacting Newsom’s state essentially the most.
Nice! Wind power is simply too costly, kills birds and is ugly as hell.
— PAMELA HENSLEY (@PamelaHensley22) August 29, 2025
$679 million in subsidies for 12 offshore wind scams cancelled by Trump @USDOT:
“Wasteful wind initiatives are utilizing assets that would in any other case go towards revitalizing America’s maritime business,” Transportation Secretary @SeanDuffyWI stated in a press release.… pic.twitter.com/aroNRTPkqA
— Steve Milloy (@JunkScience) August 29, 2025
That is simply one other instance of Trump delivering on his marketing campaign guarantees.