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Trump claimed at Davos that China sells wind turbines to other countries while avoiding meaningful use of them itself. He suggested that the wind farms it had built were for show and did not operate. The remarks formed part of his argument against European renewable-energy policies. The broader argument supporting his position was that energy policy should account for cost, reliability, and dependence on foreign manufacturing. Fact-checkers rejected the factual claim and pointed to China's leading position in installed wind-power capacity. This record preserves the specific January 21 formulation while acknowledging that his broader criticism of Chinese wind-energy claims was a recurring talking point.
