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Why is Trump paying to stop wind farms?

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President Trump is no fan of wind farms. And his administration is putting taxpayer money where his mouth is, paying companies billions of dollars to NOT build them.

On today’s show, Trump’s plan to squelch wind farms with the public purse.

Fact checking by Tyler Jones.

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— Wind boom, wind bust (Two Windicators)

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