Trump’s Wind Power Grudge Is Costing Americans $4 A Day

15 May 2026 · 12 min

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In this political commentary, the speaker cites a New York Times report by Thomas Edsel, which references academic Leah Stokes’s calculations, to argue that former President Donald Trump’s energy policies have added roughly $1,508 to the average American household’s energy costs since he took office. The speaker attributes this cost to Trump’s personal opposition to wind power, exemplified by a lost court case in Scotland over a wind farm visible from his golf course, which allegedly led to nationwide financial penalties. The commentary criticizes Trump’s narrow view of the American workforce—limited to wealthy financiers and coal miners—ignoring the growing clean‑energy sector. It highlights the loss of 39,000 clean‑energy jobs projected for 2025 and frames these outcomes as the result of a “1970s mental map” and a culture war against renewable technologies. The speaker urges viewers to read Edsel’s New York Times column titled “Trump is fighting the world’s stupidest culture war,” promising to break down the specific financial and employment impacts of Trump’s anti‑wind stance.

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Ultimize. According to reporting by Thomas Edsel in the New York Times, Trump's energy policies have already cost the average American household $1,508 since he took office. That number comes from Professor Leah Stokes at UC Santa Barbara, not a political operative but an academic who did the math, $1,500. Not because of market forces, not because of global supply chains, because Donald Trump lost a court case in Scotland over a wind farm In his mind, there are only two respectable men in this economy. Number one, a billionaire in a suit closing deals at Goldman Sachs. Number two, a coal miner covered in soot. That's the complete list. There is no solar installer in Ohio, no wind technician in Iowa, no battery engineer in Michigan. The 39,000 people who lost clean energy jobs in 2025 alone do not exist in Trump's— According to reporting by Thomas Edsel in the New York Times, Trump's energy policies have already cost the average American household $1,508 since he took office. That number comes from Professor Leah Stokes at see Santa Barbara. Not a political operative, but an academic who did the math. $1,500, not because of market forces, not because of global supply chains, because Donald Trump lost a court case in Scotland over a wind farm he could see from his golf course and decided the entire United States of America forces, not because of global supply chains, because Donald Trump lost a court case in Scotland over a wind farm he could see from his golf course and decided the entire United States of America should pay for his hurt feelings. Donald Trump has a 1970s mental map of who counts as a real American worker. In his mind, there are only two respectable men in this economy. Number one, a billionaire in a suit closing deals at Goldman Sachs. Number two, a coal miner covered in soot. That's the complete list. There is no solar installer in Ohio No wind technician in Iowa, no battery engineer in Michigan. The 39,000 people who lost clean energy jobs in 2025 alone do not exist in Trump's imagination, and we're all paying the price for a president whose entire economic worldview fits on a bumper sticker from a car that runs on leaded gasoline. Thomas Edsel writes a political column for the New York Times from Washington, D.C., and today he published a piece calling— called "Trump is fighting the world's stupidest culture war." I urge you to read it. I want to walk you through what this means and what it's costing to you in specific terms and where the whole insane situation