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The US President was addressing a crowd of young conservatives on Monday at the Turning Point USA student action summit, in West Palm Beach, Florida. In a weird episode, Trump said he never understood wind, despite having studied it better than anyone else.

He said: “I’ve studied it better than anybody I know. I’ve never understood wind. “You know, I know windmills very much. They’re noisy. They kill birds. “You want to see a bird graveyard? Go under a windmill someday. “You’ll see more birds than you’ve ever seen in your life.”

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The US President then went on to attack wind turbines - even though there are over 57,000 in the US - as causing “tremendous” air pollution. He commented: “They’re made in China and Germany mostly. But they’re manufactured tremendous if you’re into this, tremendous fumes. “Gases are spewing into the atmosphere. You know we have a world, right? “So the world is tiny compared to the universe. So tremendous, tremendous amount of fumes and everything. READ MORE: Trade war over: Trump says signing deal with China is IMMINENT

The US President then went on to attack wind turbines - even though there are over 57,000 in the US

“You talk about the carbon footprint, fumes are spewing into the air, right? “So the world is tiny compared to the universe. So tremendous, tremendous amount of fumes and everything.” Social media users could not hide their amazement at the President’s remarks and had a field day in mocking him without pity. One wrote: “Why does this man hate windmills so much? Did his hair get caught in one once?” DON'T MISS

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Social media users could not hide their amazement at the President’s remarks

“Why does this man hate windmills so much? Did his hair get caught in one once?”

Another posted: “Either one of those parts are still unbelievable. “A. That he's studied windmills “B. That he's studied anything better than anyone else.” A third impersonating the President posted: “Trump: ‘I’ve never understood the sun. I know solar panels very much. ‘I’ve studied it better than most people and I still don’t know how the sun stays in the sky during the day or where it goes at night.’”

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