Claim: Trump has repeatedly alleged that "windmills are driving the whales crazy, obviously." This post sharing a video of Trump has been viewed over 6 million times on X. "You see what's happening up in the Massachusetts' area with the whales." He has referred to different whale strandings, time and again, pushing the narrative that windmills are dangerous to the mammals.

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DW Fact check: False While there have been incidents where whales have been washed ashore, the National Marine Fisheries Service, a federal agency within the US Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA Fisheries), has said "there is no scientific evidence that noise resulting from offshore wind site characterization surveys could potentially cause whale deaths." At the moment, there are no known links between large whale deaths and ongoing offshore wind activities, the agency said, adding the largest threats to whales were boat strikes, entanglement in fishnets and human-caused climate change pushing their prey and thus the whales closer to shore.

Reviewed by Deutsche Welle ↗ · June 7, 2025