US President Donald Trump has mocked Greta Thunberg, calling her distinction as Time magazine's Person of the Year 'ridiculous' and suggesting she work on anger-management issues and go to a movie with a friend.
"So ridiculous," Trump tweeted. "Greta must work on her Anger Management problem, then go to a good old fashioned movie with a friend! Chill Greta, Chill!"
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg watches US President Donald Trump arrive at the UN Climate Summit in September. Thunberg subsequently embraced Trump's sarcastic description and altered her Twitter profile to describe herself to her followers as "a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future."
Trump is the second world leader to take aim at Thunberg this week, after her concern over the slayings of indigenous Brazilians in the Amazon drew a harsh rebuke from the Latin American nation's President on Tuesday.
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