Donald Trump used his Davos speech for a broadside against wind power:
- “Wind power is ugly.”
- “China has no wind farms.”
- “Buyers of Chinese wind turbines are stupid.”
Beijing countered coolly with facts about its global market leadership. 🏅
The Details
Trump's fact disaster: According to the Global Wind Energy Council, China accounts for almost 50% of global wind power capacity—over 560,000 megawatts. In 2025, wind and solar overtook fossil fuels in power generation for the first time.
❝“China's climate protection efforts are clear to everyone. Through exports, we have saved 4.1 billion tons of CO2 worldwide.”
— Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun
Precisely because of these exports, the EU is currently reviewing anti-subsidy tariffs to protect domestic companies from cheap Chinese competition.
🇪🇺 Europe between the fronts
Macron warned that the USA was trying to “weaken and subjugate” Europe. Canadian PM Carney: The rules-based order is “dead,” the pact with the USA “no longer works.”
Takeaway
Trump wants a return to oil, while China positions itself in Davos as a responsible defender of the global climate. Europe is under massive pressure, caught between two chairs.
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