Biden just brought up Trump's obsession with windmills  Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large - 3h ago

"Are you getting less resistance when you start talking about wind and the windmills?" Biden asked. "I know they cause cancer. [Laughter.] Bad joke. I shouldn't kid about that. I shouldn't have kidded."

What, exactly, was Biden talking about? Well, he seemed to be referencing former President Donald Trump's obsession with windmills -- and his predecessor's false claims that they are shown to cause cancer.

The history of Trump's animosity toward windmills is long -- and deeply personal.

Back in the mid-2000s, Trump bought land in Aberdeen, Scotland, on which he planned to build a luxury golf course and resort. Shortly thereafter, he became aware of -- and opposed -- a plan to build 11 wind turbines off the Scottish coast.

"I am not thrilled," Trump said in 2006, according to the BBC. "I want to see the ocean, I do not want to see windmills."

And he didn't stop there. Not by a long shot.

"This is a very, very serious problem that we are addressing. In my opinion, it is one of the most serious problems that Scotland will have or has had," Trump told the Scottish Parliament in 2012 as he sought to keep the wind farm from being built.

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