▲ | koolba a day ago | |
This is nothing new here ands it’s no different than Biden stopping border wall construction after he was elected. It’s not special just because Trump is doing it to a wind farm. | ||
▲ | vannevar a day ago | parent | next [-] | |
The difference is that the border wall was an expensive publicity stunt and this is a working wind farm that will actually accomplish its intended purpose if completed. it's worth noting that border wall construction in fact resumed under Biden because the money was legally appropriated for that purpose and the President lacked the power to redirect the funding on his own (https://www.factcheck.org/2023/10/bidens-border-wall-explain...). | ||
▲ | tzs 21 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
That's completely different. • The border wall was a government project, and a large chunk of the money for it came Trump declaring a national emergency and using that to redirect around $7 billion of funding meant for other things to it after Congress refused to provide the level of funding he wanted. Biden cancelled those parts that Trump had added. He did not cancel those parts that Congress had voted to fund. He wanted those stopped too but went about it through normal channels: he asked Congress to cancel them. Congress did not, and so his administration continued constructing those parts. • The wind farm is a private project. |