The Lone GOP Governor Opposing Trump’s War on Offshore Wind – VA Gov. Youngkin champions wind farm under construction off the coast – Trying to persuade Trump to leave it alone
By Marc Morano
September 12, 2025
7:49 am
The Lone G.O.P. Governor Opposing Trump’s War on Offshore Wind
President Trump has sought to halt the construction of five giant wind farms off the coasts of Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey and Rhode Island — all states run by Democrats.
But there is one East Coast wind farm that has so far escaped the administration’s ire: a $10.8 billion project under construction off the shores of Virginia, where Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, has been its champion.
Mr. Youngkin has quietly pushed back against Mr. Trump’s war on wind energy. A supporter of the president, the governor has privately urged the Trump administration not to target the project known as Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, according to four people briefed on the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations.
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