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US Treasury secretary has a tantrum over Greta Thunberg urging divestment from fossil fuels

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23 January 2020
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US Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin has said Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is in no position to give economic advice until she goes to college and comes out with an economics degree.

At a press briefing at the World Economic Forum, Mr Mnuchin took a swipe at the 17-year-old environmental campaigner for her recommendation that the public and private sectors should divest from fossil fuels.

When asked how that would affect the US economic model, Mr Mnuchin threw a tantrum about Thunberg, asking if she was an economist and saying it “was a joke”.

This week I’m attending the World Economic Forum in Davos with many other young inspiring activists!Today I will make 2 speeches. One at 08:30 and the main one at 13:00.#WEF2020 #Davos pic.twitter.com/0DN0lRbskj

— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) January 21, 2020

He said that “after she goes and studies economics in college, she can come back and explain that to us”.

Thunberg launched the school strike movement in her native Sweden in a bid to put pressure on world leaders to step up measures to combat climate change.

She spoke at the Davos gathering of the world elite earlier in the week.

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