Trump gave, as ever, a rambling press conference, wherein he:
1) Couldn’t name the Israeli PM who pulled the IDF out of Gaza — but he thought is was really important to then state that he knew who it was even if he wasn’t naming the guy.
2) Did a big promo about how nice the new ballroom at Turnberry is — I guess he wants to get some weddings booked there — and how he was going to get a ballroom built at the White House, as if any American could give a fig about getting a White House ballroom for Trump’s ego trip.
3) Claimed the US was the only country that had given Gaza aid recently, but really complained that no one was thanking him for it, which apparently makes him think twice about giving aid, and that people “would have starved if we weren’t there” — newsflash: dozens have already died from hunger (that’s not counting the nearly 1,000 Palestinians killed while attempting to collect food supplies).
4) Very upset that Iran is being “very nasty” with their words and their mouth.
5) Went on and on about how awful windmills are. “They’re killing us. Killing the beauty of our scenery of our valleys, our plains — had I’m not talking about airplanes — I’ talking about beautiful plains, beautiful areas in the United States and you look up and see windmills all over the place….” When they rust and rot, you can’t bury the props in the ground…It ruins the landscape…over the last short period of time they had 18 of them (whales wash up on the shore (Massachusetts). Today I’m playing the best course in the world…and I look over the horizon and see 8 or 9 windmills, and it’s a terrible thing….Some countries prohibit them.”
No countries prohibit windmills. SOmething about Don Quixote tilting at windmills comes to mind… Still, it’s so ironic, because Trump was famously trying to get approval to build a much higher seawall to protect his Turnberry course from rising sea levels.
6) And, incidentally, talked about the prospects of a trade deal with the European Union. 50/50. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, went along that, agreeing to those odds.
It’s going to be a long 3.5 years, especially for people who want the US to invest in wind energy.
Trump is batshit crazy.