Former President Donald Trump was up to his old tricks this week, bragging to Republicans about his close relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin and bizarrely slamming wind turbines for their carbon emissions.

The Washington Post reported on Trumps speech at the National Republican Senatorial Committee retreat in Palm Beach, Florida, on Thursday, which came after his threat on Wednesday that Republicans wont vote in 2022 or 2024 unless the party embraces Trumps false claims that the 2020 election was rigged.

Trump boasted in his remarks about his excellent relationship with Putin, and praised Chinese President Xi Jinping s intellect despite his anti-China rhetoric and policies throughout his presidency. Gen. Mark Milley , chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was so concerned about Trumps animus toward China that he tried to assure leaders there that Trump was not going to attack the country.

On Thursday, Trump also bragged that he brought the GOP back from near-death. It was a dying party, Ill be honest. Now we have a very lively party, Trump said.

He also zeroed in on a favorite target of his: wind turbines. (President Joe Biden recently announced a plan to expand the number of offshore wind turbines.)

Trump has claimed that wind turbines pollute and spew tremendous amounts of fumes into the air for years. (Again, they do not.)

Trump also took the opportunity in his speech to deny the golden showers allegations about him in the unverified dossier compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele .