Wind Energy in U.S. Energy Policy

The Situation

President Trump has long sought to educate the public about problems with wind energy and has followed up his positions with concrete policy measures (Frazin, 2025).

On April 2, 2019, for example, President Trump warned against lower housing valuations near wind turbines, and pointed out that the sound from wind energy generation causes cancer, showcasing harm both economically and to physical well being (Greenberg, 2019).

President Donald Trump: “If you have a windmill anywhere near your house, congratulations, your house just went down 75 percent in value. And they say the noise causes cancer” (Greenberg, 2019).

In 2022, in a published statement, President Trump called wind energy “one of the worst and most expensive forms of energy” and even said that it was “garbage” (Trump, 2022).

President Trump has also underlined the known risk to birds from wind technologies, as when in a published statement in 2025, he said that “Windmills are killing all of our beautiful Bald Eagles!” (Trump, 2025).

(Trump, 2025)

President Trump has backed his stance on wind energy with policy, including canceling wind projects and tax incentives for them (Frazin, 2025). And in a meeting with oil company representatives in January of 2026, President Trump said that he is not a fan of wind power and opposes its approval and construction (Pulver, 2026)

President Donald Trump: “In case you people don’t know, I’m not much of a windmill person… We have not approved one windmill since I’ve been in office and we’re going to keep it that way. My goal is to not let any windmill be built. They’re losers” (Pulver, 2026).

The Disagreement

First off, I agree with President Trump that United States energy policy should not be controlled by foreign governments nor climate agreements, but rather should serve the interests of the American people (Brady, 2025). Though we should take care of our environment, we should not knowingly wreck our economy in pursuit of dubious climate goals.

However, I disagree with President Trump that the solution is only nuclear + fossil fuels. I believe that while nuclear energy and fossil fuels are critical parts of energy structure, we should be open to any energy technology that proves itself cost-effective—such as wind.

I disagree with President Trump about wind energy affecting home values. In my opinion, there is little to no effect. Forbes has said that the difference is only about 1% (Vetter, 2024).

I disagree with President Trump that wind energy causes cancer. In my opinion, there just isn’t a link. This has not been studied very much scientifically—because it isn’t a known or suspected health problem—but the Australian Medical Association, who has studied the matter, said as far back as 2014 that “evidence does not support the view” for health effects from wind farms. It just isn’t there (Greenberg, 2019).

While wind generation installations can and do kill some birds, I disagree with President Trump that bird strikes are a serious consideration. More birds are killed by stationary buildings, house cats, and crucially, by fossil fuel operations that wind farms supplant. Using wind energy actually reduces harm to birds vs. using fossil fuels (Howland, 2023).

And, even so, according to Yale University’s Adam Welz, “Scientists are testing a range of technologies to reduce bird strikes — from painting stripes to using artificial intelligence — to keep birds safe” (Welz, 2025). So the problem is not only minor, but getting more minor all the time.

And finally, I diagree with President Trump that wind energy is more expensive. In my opinion, we should trust market prices for technologies, and wind energy is a proven relatively inexpensive source of energy in the market (Lucidity Insights, 2024).

“Today, wind is the lowest cost energy source… If we forecast pricing to 2030, it is expected that… the cost of wind power should fall another 11% from 2020 [pricing]. Meanwhile, the cost of Nuclear, Coal and Gas is expected to increase during the same time period” (Lucidity Insights, 2024).

Desired Resolution

I encourage President Trump to use the power and authority of his office to make sure that the United States energy policy is focused on the technologies that are the most cost-effective, even if one of them is wind power.

I encourage President Trump to work, through enlightened energy programs, to make the United States of America a beacon of freedom for the world, to teach the nations through strong, compassionate leadership how freedom should look.

May God bless President Trump and the United States of America.

References

Greenberg, John. “Donald Trump’s ridiculous link between cancer, wind turbines.” 4/8/2019. https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/08/donald-trump/republicans-dismiss-trumps-windmill-and-cancer-cla/ – Accessed 1/10/2026.

Trump, Donald. 10/16/2022. https://trumpstruth.org/statuses/19984 – Accessed 1/10/2026.

Trump, Donald. 12/30/2025. https://trumpstruth.org/statuses/34381 – Accessed 1/10/2026. (Bald eagle thing)

Frazin, Rachel. “How Trump transformed energy, environmental policy this year.” 12/28/2025. >a href=”https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5661083-trump-loosens-energy-environmental-regulations/”>https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5661083-trump-loosens-energy-environmental-regulations/ – Accessed 1/10/2026.

Pulver, Dinah Boyles. “Trump assails ‘windmills’ and wind energy as junk: ‘They’re losers’.” 1/9/2026. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/09/trump-assails-windmills-and-wind-energy-as-junk-theyre-losers/88108694007/ – Accessed 1/10/2026.

Brady, Jeff. “As Trump vows to embrace fossil fuels, U.S. climate policy won’t change quickly.” 2/1/2025. https://www.npr.org/2025/02/01/nx-s1-5273496/trump-biden-climate-change-energy-fossil-fuels-paris-agreement – Accessed 1/10/2026.

Vetter, David. “How Much Do Wind Turbines Affect U.S. House Prices? You Might Be Surprised.” 3/18/2024. https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidrvetter/2024/03/18/how-much-do-wind-turbines-affect-house-prices-new-study-reveals-all/ – Accessed 1/10/2026.

Howland, Michael. “Do Wind Turbines Kill Birds?” 12/12/2023. https://climate.mit.edu/ask-mit/do-wind-turbines-kill-birds – Accessed 1/10/2026.

Welz, Adam. “Birds vs. Wind Turbines: New Research Aims to Prevent Deaths.” 6/4/2025. https://e360.yale.edu/features/wind-turbine-bird-collision-solutions – Accessed 1/10/2026.

Lucidity Insights. “Cost of Electricity Generation by Different Sources.” 10/1/2024. https://lucidityinsights.com/infobytes/electricity-cost-by-source – Accessed 1/10/2026.