“Referring to wind energy, "windmills ... don’t work, and they’re all — most of them — made in China.”
Donald Trump
Former president of the United States. X interview. Claim dated 23 Aug 2023.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
What FactCheck.org found
Wind turbines do work, and by dollar value, more than half of the parts used in onshore U.S. wind projects are domestically sourced.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (Former president of the United States) made this claim around 23 August 2023. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 24 August 2023, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
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