The longtime Iowa GOP senator told Iowa reporters on Wednesday afternoon that Trump's comments implying turbines cause cancer was "idiotic." Then he explained to Capitol Hill reporters that the president needs to stop railing against wind power.
"Pretty simple. I wish his staff would tell him I'm the father and now the grandfather of wind energy tax credits. I don't think he knows it, or I don't think he'd make those comments that aren't quite appropriate," Grassley said.
He said Trump's cancer comments were probably "tongue in cheek" and chalked up his divide with the president on generational differences and that Grassley was more experienced with the energy crisis of the 1970s.
Trump said at a fundraiser on Tuesday night that "if you have a windmill anywhere near your house, congratulations. Your house just went down 75 percent in value. He added: "They say the noise causes cancer. You tell me that one, okay?"
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