Trump claims Democrats want to 'rip down all buildings in Manhattan' to rebuild them 'without windows'

WAUKANEE, WISCONSIN: Donald Trump has a knack for making wild and often unpredictable claims on the campaign trail, but what he said on Tuesday, October 1, may have topped them all.

Addressing a crowd in Waukanee, Wisconsin, the GOP presidential nominee raised eyebrows when he said that Democrats wanted to demolish all the buildings in Manhattan only to replace them with ones with their "crazy" initiatives. 

Donald Trump slams Democrats' Green New Deal proposal 

Donald Trump began by slamming the Democrats' Green New Deal, which he calls the "Green New Scam." While the Green New Deal is a progressive proposal aimed at tackling climate change and transitioning to clean energy, the former president dismissed it as a colossal failure.

He said, "They don’t even talk about that anymore. When was the last time you heard about the Green New Scam? They don’t talk about it. You know why? ‘Cause it doesn’t work. They wanted 93 trillion dollars. The ultimate plan was 93 trillion dollars." 

According to Trump, the Democrats' ultimate goal was not just costly but also absurd.

"They wanted to rip down all the buildings in Manhattan, those gorgeous buildings with those big, beautiful windows, and they wanted to rebuild them without windows. Because without windows is more energy efficient," claimed the Republican. 

He scoffed, "Tell somebody you’re going to take 40,000 feet of office space, but you have no windows. This is what they want. These people are crazy. They’re crazy."

Now, while it's true that the Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act offers incentives for replacing old windows with energy-efficient ones, it doesn't call for removing them entirely.

Donald Trump's flawed understanding of water-free bathrooms

As if tearing down buildings wasn’t enough, Donald Trump also touched on what he believes is another wacky Democratic initiative—water-free bathrooms.

"Take a look, take a look at some of them, actually—you gotta see the bathrooms that they project for, uh, people," said the 78-year-old, adding, "I can’t talk to you about it because it’s so gross. But basically, water-free bathrooms, water-free, no water. This is not good. But these people are crazy."

Of course, this isn't the first time Trump has given his two cents about plumbing. Back in 2019, he went on a now-infamous rant about toilets needing to be flushed "10 times, 15 times, as opposed to once," while also complaining about weak water pressure in sinks and showers, as per Mediaite.

"We have a situation where we’re looking very strongly at sinks and showers and other elements of bathrooms where you turn the faucet on – and in areas where there’s tremendous amounts of water, where the water rushes out to sea because you could never handle it, and you don’t get any water," said Trump at the time, as quoted by CNN.

"You turn on the faucet and you don’t get any water. They take a shower and water comes dripping out. Just dripping out, very quietly dripping out," continued the then president, lowering his voice as he spoke of the drips. "People are flushing toilets 10 times, 15 times, as opposed to once."

Donald Trump says there won't be any problems anywhere if he's reelected

During his speech on Tuesday, Donald Trump also touched on more familiar talking points like foreign policy and immigration, while taking shots at Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden.

He blamed Harris for escalating tensions in the Middle East and criticized Biden’s handling of the economy. At one point, the former president boldly proclaimed, "You bring Trump back, there won’t be any problems anywhere." 

The GOP nominee hit on several core issues that have become staples of his campaign, such as ending taxes on tips and launching mass deportations. "We want borders. We want fair elections. We want honest elections. And if you don’t have those two things, you don’t have a country," declared Trump. 

His appearances in Waukanee and later that day in Milwaukee were notable for another reason—they were both in Democratic strongholds. It's seemingly part of a broader strategy by his campaign to rally support in areas that traditionally lean blue, especially in a state like Wisconsin where recent elections have been razor-thin. 

In fact, four of the last six presidential races in the battleground state were decided by less than a percentage point.