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Greta Thunberg says she wouldn't waste her time talking to Donald Trump on threat of climate change

Speaking to Sir David Attenborough, the teen environmental activist said the American president hardly listens to experts on the issue of climate change and there is little possibility of him listening to her.
PUBLISHED DEC 31, 2019
Greta Thunberg (L) and Donald Trump (Getty Images)
Greta Thunberg (L) and Donald Trump (Getty Images)

Teen green activist Greta Thunberg has been quite the newsmaker this year. From boycotting carbon-emitting modes of transportation to taking on world leaders, the 16-year-old has done it all this year and did not budge even when attacked by heavyweight leaders. Even the prestigious TIME magazine came under criticism from President Donald Trump’s camp for choosing the Swedish girl as the 2019 Person of the Year instead of the protesters in Hong Kong. 

Thunberg, who will turn 17 on January 3, told the BBC in an interview on Monday, December 30, that she wouldn’t waste her time talking to Trump on the threat of climate change even if she had the scope to do so.

Trump is known to be a staunch denier of the phenomenon of environmental change and thinks acknowledging it would only harm America’s own interests. He pulled the US out of the Paris climate deal in 2017 soon after assuming office. He has also mocked and criticized Thunberg a number of times for her stand on the environment

Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg holding a sign that says "school Strike for Climate" in Swedish arrives into New York City after crossing the Atlantic in a sailboat on on August 28, 2019 in New York City. The 16-year-old Swedish activist began her journey from Plymouth, England, on Aug. 14 and sailed to New York to speak at the UN Climate Action Summit on September 23. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Apart from Trump, other world leaders like Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonero have also blasted her on different occasions. 

'Trump not listening to scientists and experts'

Thunberg has spoken her mind passionately about the threat of climate change on world platforms like the United Nations and has found support from eminent people like Leonardo DiCaprio and Arnold Schwarzenegger, she feels it is not worth talking to Trump.

“Honestly I don’t think I would have said anything, because he’s obviously not listening to scientists and experts. Why would he listen to me?” she said while speaking to veteran broadcaster Sir David Attenborough. 
 
The minor also spoke about the attacks she has been facing from other world leaders, saying she found them funny. She added that the world leaders are terrified of young people for bringing changes that they don’t want themselves. 

“But that is just a proof that we are actually doing something. And that they see us as some kind of threat,” the teenage icon said.

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