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Tilting at windmills: Trump laments death of bald eagle in the US … which was really a falcon in Israel

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  1. Go_Home_Jon on

    I Saw an eagle fighting a vulture over roadkill yesterday. Seems fitting for the current state of the state.

  2. No-Post4444 on

    “Trump overlooked a pair of visual clues that might have given him pause”.

    Yeah…no. Trump was either lying and hoping his base would happily suck it up, or he’s just so demented he doesn’t know the difference between an eagle and a falcon.

  3. joetaxpayer on

    And people quickly pointed out that far more birds die flying into buildings. His hatred of wind and solar is illogical and incomprehensible.
    Electricity cost keeps rising. Solar panel cost falling.

  4. Living-Log-3537 on

    ‘Had Trump, or someone working for one of the 18 US intelligence agencies that report to him, traced the image back to its source, he would likely have been gratified to read that the Israeli parks and nature department shares his concern that wind energy comes at the cost of bird deaths. “Wind turbines cause significant damage to bird and bat life in Israel, beyond the level deemed tolerable by nature authorities,” Haaretz reported.

    The newspaper added that Israeli wind turbines kill about two dozen birds a year and concerns about the death toll at the time had prompted zoos running an eagle-breeding program to campaign against a plan to build a wind turbine farm in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, “for fear of harm to the already seriously endangered vulture population there”.’

    Blimey, Netanyahu really doesn’t like birds – along with Palestinians.

  6. Antares42 on

    Remember the cats and the dogs? Wasn’t it Vance who said right out that they don’t care about the facts, it’s all about the narrative?

  7. Crazy-Anything2812 on

    It’s worth noting that the image shared on social media as a “bald eagle killed by windmills” was actually taken at an Israeli wind farm and shows a falcon, not a bald eagle which highlights how quickly misleading visuals can spread even when tied to a real policy debate about energy and wildlife impacts. That kind of context matters when discussing both renewable energy and political rhetoric

  8. QuirkyWish3081 on

    Only world leader to take Russia’s claim of bombing putins residence as gospel. Gullible piece of shit, such a teeny little man. Clearly it was his father who was the brains of the empire. No way would this turd have made the fortune on his own. I swear to god, I’ve seen things float down the Thames with more talent.

  10. yotengodormir on

    Cats kill more birds a year and have lead to the extinction of multiple bird species in North America. 

    I mean, damn windmills! 

  11. Neurojazz on

    As an outsider, I was shocked at how common large birds of prey were. Treated like vermin in some places.

  12. Takodanachoochoo on

    He does not care about anyone other than himself, why would anyone believe he gives a shit about birds?

  13. Leon_Howser on

    Watch the number of American politicians using foreign ads in campaign advertising aka propaganda..

  15. Redshirt_Welshy_Nooo on

    As fun as it is to reference because of trump’s wind turbine psychosis, I don’t think the Don Quixote comparison is appropriate. DQ is a sympathetic character who is trying to accomplish feats of honor and valor to make the world a better place, but is beaten by his own diminishing grip on reality and the cold indifference of the real world to his lofty aspirations.

    The only thing trump has in common with DQ is the rapidly diminishing grip on reality.

  21. Made_Human_Music on

    For a moment I thought he was showing sympathy for something other than himself but of course it was just him using death to push his agenda yet again

    He’s such a rotten piece of shit

  22. ramdomvariableX on

    A bird is a bird, and birds are not real anyway.. can we move on? /S
    OTH let’s talk about these rather than the files.

  28. BarCompetitive7220 on

    DJT dumber than a rock. His followers may well be vying for the dumbest voters ever. Can they pass a bird test?

  31. Wild_Read9062 on

    “Windmills are killing all of our beautiful Bald Eagles!”

    Says the man who has no idea what an eagle looks like in the wild, has no idea what an Israeli wind turbine in Israel looks like in the wild, and is too lazy and dumb to check a picture source before opening his mouth.

    How about this one: Stupidity is killing Trump’s base.

  35. Krunkfuninja on

    Wanna know what the number one cause of Bald Eagles deaths are?

    >! It’s humans – mostly cars and (shocker) guns !<

  37. ThePhonyOrchestra on

    Pretending to care about birds to push an oil agenda

    Yes, MAGA really is this fucking stupid

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