Trump on wind energy: ‘I know a lot about wind’

President Trump on Thursday repeated his criticism of wind-based renewable energy, saying that the wind does not always blow. 

“If it doesn’t blow, you can forget about television for that night,” he said at a rally in Michigan. 

{mosads}”Darling, I want to watch television.’ ‘I’m sorry! The wind isn’t blowing.’ I know a lot about wind,” he added. 

TRUMP: “If Hillary got in… you’d be doing wind. Windmills. Weeeee. And if it doesn’t blow, you can forget about television for that night. ‘Darling, I want to watch television.’ ‘I’m sorry! The wind isn’t blowing.’ I know a lot about wind.” pic.twitter.com/tGsUIoUmUQ

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 28, 2019

According to the Department of Energy’s website, the U.S. power grid is set up to handle such variability. 

Trump made similar comments in a Wednesday interview with Fox News’s Sean Hannity as well as last week while speaking at a factory in Ohio.  

The president also criticized the “Green New Deal,” saying he loves to campaign against the idea. 

President @realDonaldTrump goes hard after the Green New Deal during remarks in Grand Rapids at the @VanAndelArena. @WOODTV. https://t.co/KE9yvg8UrT pic.twitter.com/GSfzz84WSr

— Leon Hendrix (@LeonHendrix) March 28, 2019

“I don’t want to talk them out of it too soon,” he said. “I love campaigning against the ‘Green New Deal.’ I want them to make that a big part of their platform.”

The Green New Deal sought to create an economy based entirely on renewable energy within a decade. Green New Deal legislation introduced by Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) was blocked in the Senate this week.