Donald Trump converted a press conference in Scotland, which was actually geared towards a trade agreement with the European Union, into a long list of personal enemy images – from wind turbines to the Jeffrey Epstein case to the Democrats and Gaza.
In addition to the President of the EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen, Trump said that the United States and the EU had a “good chance” for a trade agreement. At the same time, however, he addressed a variety of other topics, with such excessive anger that a reporter finally asked what his mood was wrong.
“May I ask why you are in a bad mood? Was it a bad golf day?” Asked the reporter.
“No,” said Trump. “The golf was beautiful.”
But during his round on the golf course in Turnberry – with which he apparently cheated – Trump spotted wind turbines, which he has loathed for a long time. He had once fought and lost against her construction off the coast of his Scottish golf course. This should explain why he started an extensive anti-wind tirade on Sunday.
“Today I play in the best place in the world, Turnberry,” he said. “Even if he belongs to me, it is probably the best place in the world. And I look over the horizon and see nine wind turbines at the end of hole 18. Then I say: Isn’t that a shame?”
Whales, wind turbines and false allegations
Trump also repeated one of his false claims: that wind turbines would drive and kill whales.
“In a certain area in Massachusetts, one or two whales have been flushed ashore in the past 20 years,” said Trump. “And in the last short time it was 18.
“And I say Europe more: We will not allow a single wind turbine in the United States. They kill us,” said Trump.
In April 2023, the US Ministry of Energy refuted these false information. “To date, there is no evidence of the assumption that noises could cause the death of whales through wind power -related location examinations, and no specific connections between the recent major walsteration and currently ongoing investigations,” wrote the authority.
“The Democrats only believe in conspiracies and nonsense”
Trump, who began his political career with the unfounded conspiracy that Barack Obama was not born in the United States, accused the Democrat of spreading “conspiracy theories and nonsense”.
“A year ago our country was dead … because of an incompetent president and incompetent Democrats,” he said. “Everything you can do is talk about conspiracy theories and nonsense. If you would waste your time to talk about talking about America again, it would be so much nicer, so much easier – and very successful.”
No gratitude from Gaza – and disinterest in humanitarian consequences
First, Trump tried to avoid the topic of Gaza. When asked “What do you feel in the face of the pictures of hungry children in Gaza?” He replied: “Well, it’s terrible. People steal the food. I think Iran behaves next to it. Venezuela behaves in other ways. They continue to send people we reject at the border.”
Again the topic of food aid for GAZA and whether Israel should leave more food into the area, Trump complained that the United States was not thanked for its help.
“At least you want someone to say ‘thank you’!” Said Trump. “We sent $ 60 million for food to Gaza two weeks ago. And nobody recognized it. Nobody talks about it. And that just doesn’t feel good when you do something like that … Nobody helped, and nobody said: ‘Man, thank you very much.’ It would be nice to get a thank you at least. “
Criticism of GHF, US aids and indifferent rhetoric
Israel recently started to bring food to Gaza by throwing a air, but such a drop injured at least 11 Palestinians fell on tents as auxiliary packages in which displaced persons lived. Last week’s office for the coordination of humanitarian matters (OCHA) warned that “the conditions in Gaza are already catastrophic and quickly deteriorate – with constant reports on death, displacement and destruction as a result of ongoing Israeli military operations. The famine is intensified in the entire strip. Immune system weaken – especially in women, children, older people and people with disabilities or chronic diseases.
However, Trump seemed more concerned about who did not thank him for millions than about the hungry people in Gaza.
US aids under dubious circumstances?
Trump claimed that the United States had sent $ 60 million to food aid a few weeks ago, but the details remain unclear. According to The Guardian, the US government sent $ 30 million to the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) supported by the USA and Israel, which is associated with auxiliary distribution points where the Israeli military is said to have shot hundreds of people in search of help.
“The payment was enforced by specialist staff through the technical and ethical objections,” said a source of the publication. Sources told The Guardian that the GHF may receive $ 30 million a month from the United States to finance its activities in Gaza.
No scope for tariffs for the EU
When Trump finally came to the topic that had actually led him to Europe – tariffs – he said that he would not move away from the proposed sentence of 15 percent. “Can you make a better offer than 15 percent inch for the EU?” asked a reporter. “Better in the sense of lower? No,” said the president.