# What's the deal with Trump and Windmills?

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Tags:** trump\
**Created:** [October 18, 2022, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-trump-and-windmills/973398 "2022-10-18T01:25:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-trump-and-windmills/973398/21 "2022-10-18T14:30:25Z")

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> [@Shoeless](#):
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> Wasn’t there also something about all the birds they supposedly kill? Or maybe that was just a “reason” he came up with after he had already established his position on windmills. (As if he gives a rat’s ass about dead birds.)

A good rule to remember: There’s reasons, and then there’s excuses.

His reason is, as above, he was told “no”, and he’s incredibly fucking petty. Everything else (cancer, birds, zero emissions, liberals) are just the excuses he uses to conceal the reason.

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**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-trump-and-windmills/973398/22 "2022-10-18T15:38:14Z")

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> [@eschereal](#):
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> “asked” ? _Really?_ “_asked_” ?

For a given value of asked.

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**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-trump-and-windmills/973398/23 "2022-10-18T18:04:43Z")

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Not sure. What did Sir Oliver the Wise have to say about it in his ancient tome _Honour and Gentility in the Era of Lancelot_?

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