Greta gives as good as she gets
● US treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday told Greta Thunberg she should study economics, a jibe which prompted the climate activist to say she didn’t need a degree to know the world was not meeting its climate targets.
Asked about Thunberg’s previous calls to divest from fossil fuels, Mnuchin told a news briefing in Davos: “Is she the chief economist? I’m confused … After she goes and studies economics in college, she can come back and explain that to us.”
Mnuchin’s quip came two days after Trump and Thunberg sparred indirectly at the World Economic Forum in Davos. After Trump said the US had committed to joining the one trillion tree initiative, she retorted that fixing the climate crisis was not only about trees. Thunberg has taken a year off school to advocate action on climate change.
Before leaving Davos, Trump seemed to extend an olive branch, saying he wished he had seen her speak at the summit, where she’s been a star attraction.