Is there an expression for the contrary of "in advance of his time"?
Trump: "They should get rid of the windmills and bring back the oil"
How is it possible to promote such retrograde ideas and not be consumed by shame? It's not even good for jobs:
"With the acquiescence of Republicans in Congress, hundreds of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in investment in clean energy and electric car facilities is set to be lost, with one union calling the legislation “the biggest job-killing bill in the history of this country”."
Source: "Trump’s war on windmills started in Scotland. Now he’s taking it global"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/24/trump-clean-energy-war-global #TheGuardian