The Trump admin paid a French company $1 billion to not build offshore wind farms. Blue states are suing

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

A coalition of seven blue states sued the Trump administration Tuesday after it paid a French company nearly $1 billion in taxpayer money to not build offshore wind farms.

The lawsuit, led by New York attorney general Letitia James, argued that the deal struck between TotalEnergies and the Trump administration earlier this year deprived their states of much-needed power, and could raise electricity costs in the New England and mid-Atlantic regions.

In March, the Trump administration announced it would pay French energy giant TotalEnergies $928 million in taxpayer funds to reimburse the company for leases it had purchased under the Biden administration, allowing it to develop two offshore wind farms in waters near New York and North Carolina. The vast majority of that — $795 million — would have gone towards developing the New York project.

In exchange, TotalEnergies would spend that reimbursed money on the development of a new liquified natural gas plant in Texas, helping export US LNG overseas to Europe, CEO Patrick Pouyanné said in a statement at the time.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-admin-paid-french-company-173329837.html

Donny loves spending taxpayer money on bullshit. It's not his money.

[Attilatheblond]

1. When he said this would be his Retribution Term, he wasn't just referring to political enemies

He is hell bent on hurting ALL of us because we said no to him in 2020. Nothing will assuage that sting and he will keep hurting us until he is cold and in the ground. Time for the GOP to deal with their part in it and make amends.

[evolves]

3. "Cold in the ground"

Hurry up

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. Good. Hey President Dummy - you start another un-necessary war in the ME. solar/battery/auto sales improve.

Future of electric vehicle transportation never looked so good.

[ShazamIam]

4. U.S. taxpayer pay attack Venezuela so U.S. energy companies can take over their oil and now to protect them

from wind and solar power installations.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

5. Where is Congrsess in all of this?

I thought the House had the "power of the purse." No matter what he thinks he can do (apparently everything as long as the GOP controls Congress), he cannot spend taxpay money without congressional approval.

Trump's obsession with windmills -- and all the lies he tells about them -- has its genesis in Scotland, with that country's refusal to remove the windmills that block the beautiful from his golf course. If he can't bully them to do his will in that country, he'll force us to do his bidding.

IHDY (Is he dead yet?)

[Marie Marie]

6. I was just about to post that little back story on his origin of hate for windmills.

So we, the taxpayers, get to pay 1 Billion dollars for NOTHING but DOGE thought that programs like USAID, medical research, scientific research, etc.etc. were waste fraud and abuse. Makes one want to scream!

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

7. Wasting our money