Smiles has nailed Trump's tactics, but they're not new:

"In a high profile hearing at the Scottish Parliament in April (2012), Mr Trump told MSPs he is "the evidence" that the development of onshore and offshore wind power will drive tourists away.

He said: "I am an expert on tourism. If you dot your landscape with these horrible, horrible structures, you will do tremendous damage."

Asked for facts, he continued: "I am the evidence. I am an expert in tourism, I am considered a world-class expert in tourism, so when you say 'where is the evidence?', I am the evidence."

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/1...n_out_by_MSPs/