…#DougBurgum also repeated his claim that offshore #wind projects pose #NationalSecurity risks. Last year, the #Interior Dept cited national security concerns in ordering a halt to construction of the 5 offshore wind projects on the East Coast. But the agency has not detailed those concerns in public, &, earlier this year, several federal #judges said they were unconvinced by the admin’s arguments.

#Trump #idiocracy #EnergyCrisis #FossilFuels #ClimateChange #TaxpayersMoney #RenewableEnergy #law

…While previous deals had committed companies to investing only in #FossilFuels like natural #gas, #Invenergy said it was also planning to invest in #geothermal #energy projects. Geothermal plants, which can run at all hours & emit few #GreenhouseGas #emissions [shhh, don’t tell #Trump], are one of the few #RenewableEnergy sources that have found favor with the Trump admin.

Trump admin officials indicated that more such agreements could be in the works.

#ClimateChange #TaxpayersMoney #wind

The agreements with companies to forfeit their offshore leases are a new strategy & represent a “highly unusual” [idiotic] use of #TaxpayersMoney. 7 Democratic-controlled states, including New York, have already sued the #Trump admin over the #Interior Dept’s deal with TotalEnergies.

#idiocracy #EnergyCrisis #FossilFuels #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #Republicans #GOP #wind #RenewableEnergy

#Wind #power generates far fewer #planet-warming #emissions than using #FossilFuels. But #Trump has criticized the technology as ugly, falsely claimed it is inefficient & has sought to block new #wind turbines. Last year, the #Interior Dept ordered work to stop on 5 #WindFarms already under construction off the East Coast, but federal #judges struck down all of those moves. The #Pentagon has also sought to halt approvals of wind farms on land.

#EnergyCrisis #ClimateChange #TaxpayersMoney

The agreement is similar to deals that the #Trump admin has struck since March with other companies, including French energy giant TotalEnergies, to abandon #WindFarms off California, New Jersey, New York & North Carolina in exchange for investing in #FossilFuel projects.

The announcement means the government has so far spent roughly $2.5 billion of #TaxpayersMoney to get companies to terminate offshore #wind leases.

#EnergyCrisis #FossilFuels #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #RenewableEnergy

The government will then reimburse Invenergy $765 million, or somewhat less than what the company had paid for the leases under the #Biden admin.

In exchange, #Invenergy said it would put that money toward the development of at least 5 new natural #gas fired #PowerPlants in the #Midwest, as well as in geothermal projects in the Western #US.

#Trump #EnergyCrisis #FossilFuels #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #Republicans #GOP #TaxpayersMoney #wind #RenewableEnergy

Under the agreement #Invenergy will voluntarily surrender 4 leases in federal waters for #WindFarms that would have been located in the New York Bight, off the Central Coast of California & in the Gulf of Maine. All of those projects were in the early stages of development & had little chance of moving forward under the #Trump admin, which has halted all federal permitting for offshore #wind.

#EnergyCrisis #FossilFuels #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #Republicans #GOP #TaxpayersMoney

Absolutely unbelievably ridiculous

#Trump Admin to Pay $765 Million of #TaxpayersMoney to Cancel 4 More #Wind Projects

It’s the THIRD such deal the #Interior Department has struck to pay firms to abandon plans for #Offshore wind turbines, spending roughly $2.5 BILLION to get companies to abandon their wind projects because they are idiots & Trump both doesn’t get it & loves #BigOil money.

#EnergyCrisis #FossilFuels #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #Republicans #GOP #law
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/climate/trump-wind-farms-cancel-millions.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Records reveal $600M estimate for Trump’s #ballroom project, with MORE THAN HALF coming from #TAXPAYERS
An internal cost estimate in March by the project’s contractor ran $200 million more than #Trump has said publicly & counters his claims that no #TaxpayersMoney will be spent.

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #scam #fraud #GovernmentWaste
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2026/06/16/records-reveal-600m-estimate-trumps-ballroom-project-with-half-taxpayers/

Multiple project summaries provided to the White House by Clark Construction show that internal cost estimates have been significantly higher than admin officials have acknowledged in public comments or court filings. They also show that the work was projected to rely heavily on taxpayer dollars from the moment it was announced.

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #scam #fraud #GovernmentWaste #TaxpayersMoney #Trump #ballroom

Since first announcing the East Wing project last July, #Trump has repeatedly said that the price tag would not exceed $400 million & that private donations routed through a nonprofit would cover its entire cost. At other times, he has said that the #SecretService & the #military would contribute #security enhancements, without elaborating on the price of those upgrades.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #scam #fraud #GovernmentWaste #TaxpayersMoney #ballroom

By the time #Trump made his comments in March, the federal government had already approved more than a dozen payments to the contractor overseeing the work, Clark Construction, totaling tens of millions of dollars in #PublicFunds, acc/to a log of the contractor’s invoices….

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #scam #fraud #GovernmentWaste #TaxpayersMoney #ballroom

But a detailed project summary prepared for the White House by the contractor more than 3 weeks before Trump’s comments estimated the total construction cost at $600 million—with more than half coming from #taxpayers, according to a copy of the contractor estimate obtained by WaPo.

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #scam #fraud #GovernmentWaste #TaxpayersMoney #Trump #ballroom

Five months after the demolition of the White House’s #EastWing, #Trump claimed that the project to construct a massive #ballroom & a bunker in its place would cost up to $400 million & that private donors would pay for all of it.

“This is taxpayer-free. We have no taxpayer putting up 10 cents,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on March 31, describing the project as including bomb shelters & major medical facilities.

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #scam #fraud #GovernmentWaste #TaxpayersMoney

Records reveal $600M estimate for Trump’s #ballroom project, with MORE THAN HALF coming from #TAXPAYERS
An internal cost estimate in March by the project’s contractor ran $200 million more than #Trump has said publicly & counters his claims that no #TaxpayersMoney will be spent.

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #scam #fraud #GovernmentWaste
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2026/06/16/records-reveal-600m-estimate-trumps-ballroom-project-with-half-taxpayers/

Yes!

Federal judge indefinitely blocks Trump’s $1.8 billion payout #SlushFund
US District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema said the government has not provided “absolute certainty” it won’t try to resurrect the fund in the future.

#Trump #law #judiciary #criminal #fraud #DOJ #JudicialProcess #theft #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #Jan6 #militia #MAGASlushFund
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/06/12/federal-judge-indefinitely-blocks-trumps-18-billion-payout-fund/

…despite #DOJ officials claiming the effort is dead.…, US District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema issued a preliminary injunction blocking the fund…. She forcefully rejected the government’s arguments that the case was moot, citing #Trump’s praising of the idea & acting AG #ToddBlanche’s unwillingness to say under the penalty of perjury that the admin will not try to stand it up in the future.

#law #judiciary #criminal #fraud #theft #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #Jan6 #SlushFund

Yes!

Federal judge indefinitely blocks Trump’s $1.8 billion payout #SlushFund
US District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema said the government has not provided “absolute certainty” it won’t try to resurrect the fund in the future.

#Trump #law #judiciary #criminal #fraud #DOJ #JudicialProcess #theft #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #Jan6 #militia #MAGASlushFund
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/06/12/federal-judge-indefinitely-blocks-trumps-18-billion-payout-fund/