Trump to pay $1B taxpayer dollars to STOP wind farms - Rachel Maddow - MS NOW

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Rachel Maddow shares the good news that the offshore Revolution Wind Farm is up and running and will ultimately power hundreds of thousands of homes at a cost savings of hundreds of millions of dollars.

This is particularly good news in light of the energy crisis Donald Trump has triggered with his war on Iran, which also makes it hard to understand why Trump has struck a deal to pay one billion dollars of taxpayer money to a French energy firm to cancel two new wind farms. - Aired on 03/23/2026.

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1. He is a fucking mad man and is burning America to the ground.

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2. And constantly lying to the American people about what's actually going on

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4. Trump doesn't like wind or solar because he is funded by the fossil fuel industries

And because he is an idiot. Btw why does he get to decide how the U.S. spends money?
Congress has the power of the purse.

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6. Most Republicans in Congress are afraid of his retribution, afraid for their families or of being primaried

For many of them it's easier to step down than to risk his retribution. However, he's gotten so bad with his war and his control of all three branches of government, a few Republicans have had enough and we can only hope that more will see the light. And he knows it, after the Democratic wins last year, so now he's hoping to cancel the midterms, but he's been out of luck with all he's tried - so far.

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7. They (the republicans) have a choice they can either stand up for America by standing up to Trump or just

retiring or they can go a long with his burning America to the ground because that is what he is doing.

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8. And history will not be kind to them if they continue to give in to the felon-in-chief, if only they would realize that

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9. Some of them really do have legitimate safety concerns for themselves and their families

Remember the Republican Trump appointed Judge in S.C. Had her house burn down after
she ruled against Trump in ‘25.

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3. He certainly has millions and billions to spend

on his latest whim, while we can't provide food assistance and affordable healthcare for working people.

He shows his ignorance at a time when support for sustainable energy should be front and center.

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5. He's broken every campaign "promise" he ever made, no big surprise coming from a liar and a cheat

As for the American people, when it comes to affordable groceries and health care, everything he's done has made life less affordable and stressful for them. And he's also abandoned clean energy, prefers oil and coal since there's money in those choices for him. Anything he does is for his personal benefit, money and power is all he cares about - and from what we've seen, he's unlikely willing to give that up.