Trump Starts Investigation That Could Lead to Tariffs on Wind Turbines

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Trump Starts Investigation That Could Lead to Tariffs on Wind Turbines

The tariffs would hamper a clean energy industry that the president has often railed against.

By Ana Swanson
Reporting from Washington

Aug. 21, 2025, 9:19 p.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/us/politics/trump-investigation-tariffs-wind-turbines.html?smid=url-share

Since taking office, President Trump has railed against wind power and the turbines that are needed to generate that energy. He has called the turbines ugly and inefficient, and criticized them for ruining landscapes as well as endangering whales and birds.

So it was curious when, on Thursday, the administration announced a trade investigation that could result in tariffs on imported wind turbines. The Trump administration has typically imposed tariffs to protect American companies against foreign competition and spur domestic production of critical products.

This time, laying out a path to impose tariffs could be an attempt to stymie an industry.

A federal filing released on Thursday showed that the Trump administration had initiated an investigation into foreign wind turbines on Aug. 13. Mr. Trump began the inquiry under a legal provision known as Section 232, which allows the president to apply tariffs to foreign products if their imports threaten national security. Mr. Trump has already used the provision to apply steep tariffs to cars, steel, aluminum and copper, and is threatening further such tariffs on semiconductors, pharmaceuticals and airplanes.

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1. Texas will freeze this winter

I guess that’s their reward for giving the orange lunatic more House seats.