Trump has vowed to kill US offshore wind projects. Will he succeed?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : "We are going to make sure that that ends on Day 1," Trump said in a May speech.
44% : Many of the largest offshore wind companies put a brave face on the election results, pledging to work with Trump and Congress to build power projects and ignoring the incoming president's oft-stated hostility to them.
44% : Bob Stern, who headed an office in the U.S. Energy Department responsible for environmental protection during the Ford, Carter and Reagan administrations, said Trump can get Congress to reduce or eliminate tax credits for offshore wind that were granted in the Biden administration's Inflation Reduction Act.
44% : Opponents of offshore wind, many of them Republicans, were giddy following the election, saying they fully expect Trump to put an end to the industry.
40% : Stern, who leads the New Jersey anti-offshore wind group Save LBI, said Trump also could issue executive orders prohibiting further offshore leases and rescinding approval for ones already approved while pushing Congress to amend federal laws granting more protection for marine mammals.
37% : Trump is unlikely to end those projects but might have more leverage over ones still in the planning stage, those in the debate say.
35% : The offshore wind industry is taking an optimistic stance, pledging to work with Trump his political allies.
33% : In campaign appearances, Trump railed against offshore wind and promised to sign an executive order to block such projects.
31% : Rep. Jeff Van Drew, a New Jersey Republican, hosted Trump at a rally earlier this year at which Trump again vowed to kill offshore wind.
26% : Jerry Leeman, CEO of the New England Fishermen´s Stewardship Association, called on Trump to reverse a commitment to deploy 30 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030.
21% : It´s going to end on Day 1.""They destroy everything, they´re horrible, the most expensive energy there is," Trump said.
19% : Trump has railed against offshore wind turbines spoiling the view from a golf course he owns in Scotland.

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