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| Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has become known for her fiery speeches to world leaders (AFP Photo/NICHOLAS KAMM) |
Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump on Thursday slammed Time magazine's naming of Greta Thunberg as 2019 Person of the Year, saying the Swedish teen climate activist should "chill" and go see a movie.
"So
ridiculous. Greta must work on her Anger Management problem, then go to a good
old fashioned movie with a friend! Chill Greta, Chill!" he tweeted.
Thunberg's
reply came minutes later, when she changed the bio of her Twitter account to:
"A teenager working on her anger management problem. Currently chilling
and watching a good old fashioned movie with a friend."
The
exchange came after Time on Wednesday the 16-year-old, who last year launched
the "Fridays For Future," protest against global warming that has
since grown into a worldwide movement and seen her tipped as a potential Nobel
laureate.
The
backlash on social media was swift, with numerous critics assailing Trump for
what they saw as bullying, although some high profile tweeters came to the
president's defense.
"There's
a reason we don't let people run for president until age 35. Greta is a good
example," said Scott Adams, the creator of the Dilbert comic strip.
Thunberg
has become known for her fiery speeches to world leaders, and was that day in
Madrid, where she accused rich countries of "misleading" people into
thinking they are taking meaningful action against climate change.
In perhaps
her most iconic appearance, she laid in to world leaders at another UN climate
summit in New York September, thundering "How dare you?" in
accusation of their failure to take action to stop runaway global warming.
'So extreme'
She had
arrived in the US at the end of a two-week journey on a sailboat -- refusing to
fly because of the carbon emissions caused by planes.
Her
rhetoric, youth and diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome, a mild form of autism,
have made her a frequent target of critics.
Brazilian
President Jair Bolsonaro dismissed her as a "brat," and following her
September speech in New York, Trump quipped that she is a "very happy
young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future."
Thunberg's
struggle began quietly in August 2018 when she skipped school for the first
three weeks, and then on Fridays spent the day outside Sweden's parliament with
a sign labeled "School strike for climate."
In a
November interview with AFP on the eve of her departure from North America,
where she had spent almost three months, Thunberg said Trump's climate change
denialism had helped galvanize her movement.
"He's
so extreme and he says so extreme things, so I think people wake up by that in
a way," she said.
Thunberg
and Trump were briefly in the same small room as they arrived for the New York
summit, with video showing the teen glowering at the president as he passed by
with his entourage.
"I
thought when he got elected, now people will finally, now people must finally
wake up," Thunberg told AFP.
"Because
it feels like if we just continue like now, nothing's going to happen. So
maybe he is helping."
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When you come back, dear one, everything you know will be in your DNA and be on top [available]. You're not going to have to go through what you did before. As soon as you decide to look around and open the door [metaphor for free choice to awaken], everything you've learned this time around will be right there.
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