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'Cheering for job destruction?' Experts stunned as Trump guts industry he hates

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President Donald Trump's long-running hostility toward offshore wind has translated into policy that is rapidly dismantling the nascent U.S. industry, leaving thousands of skilled tradespeople scrambling for work. Since returning to office, Trump has halted future offshore wind permitting and canceled 12 offshore wind leases , and the impact on projected capacity has already been severe, reported Climate Desk . At the time of his election, the U.S. was on track to build 39 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2035 — enough to power 13 million homes – but by the end of his first year back in office, that estimate had been slashed to just 6 gigawatts, according to market research firm BloombergNEF. For workers like pile driver Gerard Mullin, the shift has been personal and abrupt. Mullin had his bags packed for a five-week offshore stint with New York's Empire Wind project when Trump's stop-work order stranded him at home. He's since returned to onshore construction work he'd left behind years

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