Trump says Scotland leader 'hell-bent on destroying' coastline with wind farm

[sinkingfeeling]

http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/09/10366168-trump-says-scotland-leader-hell-bent-on-destroying-coastline-with-wind-farm

Donald Trump claims Scotland's first minister, Alex Salmond, seems "hell-bent on destroying Scotland's coastline" and making a laughingstock of the country with a wind farm near the billionaire businessman's golf resort, British media reported Thursday.

In a letter to Salmond, Trump said of the proposal for 11 64-story offshore turbines, "With the reckless installation of these monsters, you will single-handedly have done more damage to Scotland than virtually any event in Scottish history."

Trump is nearing completion of the first golf course at his $1.2 billion resort near Aberdeen. It was to include a second 18-hole course, a five-star hotel, luxury villas and timeshare apartments, but last month he froze plans for all but the first course until a decision is made on the "ugly monstrosities."

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Here's the British report on it:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scotland/9072684/Donald-Trump-accuses-Alex-Salmond-of-destroying-Scotland-with-wind-farms.html

The businessman is bitterly opposed to plans for 11 giant wind turbines off the coast of Aberdeenshire, which he claims will ruin the views from his new championship golf course on the Menie Estate north of Aberdeen.

He wrote: "I have read your recent statements concerning so called 'wind power'. For the record, taxing your citizens to subsidise wind projects owned by foreign energy companies will destroy your country and its economy.

"Jobs will not be created in Scotland because these ugly monstrosities known as turbines are manufactured in other countries such as China.

"These countries, who so benefit from your billions of pounds in payments, are laughing at you."

[WI_DEM]

1. Does anybody really care what that blow hard egotistical asshole with bad hair

thinks? Other than the GOP candidates?

[AngryAmish]

2. Look at the picture they use on BBC for trump

[link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-16969723|

[rfranklin]

3. Yes, it is very important to have yet another golf course which only the 1% will ever use...

That's much more important than clean energy.

Bu the way, I love the looks of those wind turbines.

[newfie11]

4. Then Trump needs to mind his own business

AND stay OUT of Scotland!!!