Greta Thunberg pictured during a "Fridays for Future" protest in front of the Swedish Parliament last October. Photo: Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP
As Donald Trump left the White House for the last time, Greta Thunberg fired a final parting shot.Back in September of 2019, Trump used his Twitter account (remember that?) to mock the climate activist, then aged 16, for a passionate speech at a UN summit. Thunberg, Trump wrote, “seems like a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future. So nice to see!”Thunberg didn’t forget. As Trump boarded Marine One for the last time as president, she tweeted:
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Thunberg has a track record of outwitting Trump, an adult man, on social media: She previously adopted Trump’s sarcastic comments about her as her Twitter bio in 2019.That same year, when she was named Time magazine’s Person of the Year, President Trump inexplicably tweeted: “So ridiculous. Greta must work on her Anger Management problem, then go to a good old fashioned movie with a friend! Chill Greta, Chill!"When Trump tweeted baseless election fraud claims last November, Thunberg again turned a prior insult against him.
Trump was permanently suspended from Twitter in the aftermath of the attack on the Capitol due to fears over a further incitement of violence. So unless he looked over Melania’s shoulder on the flight down to Florida, he will – not for the first time – not even be aware he’s been outsmarted by a teenager.