“Chill Greta!”: Greta Thunberg’s cheeky response to Donald Trump after Twitter mock
US President Donald Trump seemed to have mocked Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg after Time magazine named her 2019’s Person of the Year – only for her to respond with a tongue-in-cheek jibe of her own.
The 16-year-old climate change activist was recently announced as the youngest ever recipient of the magazine’s prestigious honour.
But Trump wasn’t impressed, taking to Twitter to describe it as “so ridiculous”.
“Greta must work on her anger management problem, then go to a good old fashioned movie with a friend,” he said.
“Chill Greta, chill!”
Hours after the President tweeted that message, Thunberg delivered a cheeky response by changing her Twitter bio to: “A teenager working on her anger management problem. Currently chilling and watching a good old fashioned movie with a friend.”
The comments are not the first time Trump has mocked the teenager.
The President has previously questioned the climate science Thunberg consistently refers to in speeches to world leaders and has challenged every major US regulation aimed at combating climate change.
Earlier in the year, he retweeted footage of her UN speech in a big to mock her as he wrote: “She seems like a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future. So nice to see!”
After that address, he was filmed walking past Thunberg at the summit, completely ignoring her.