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In a withering slapdown on the climate emergency movement, Steven Mnuchin pretended not to know who Thunberg was, before dismissing her concerns as ill-informed.
Greta Thunberg told to study economics by US treasury secretary
Donald Trump’s treasury secretary has dismissed Greta Thunberg’s call for immediate fossil fuel divestment, saying the 17-year-old activist should go to college and study economics.
In a withering slapdown on the climate emergency movement, Steven Mnuchin pretended not to know who Thunberg was, before dismissing her concerns as ill-informed.
Asked whether calls for public and private-sector divestment from fossil fuel companies would threaten US growth, Mnuchin jibed: “Is she the chief economist? Who is she, I’m confused” – before clarifying that he was joking.
“After she goes and studies economics in college she can come back and explain that to us,” Mnuchin added, at a press conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
https://uk.yahoo.com/finance/news/greta-thunberg-told-study-economics-103419160.html
Greta Thunberg told to study economics by US treasury secretary
Donald Trump’s treasury secretary has dismissed Greta Thunberg’s call for immediate fossil fuel divestment, saying the 17-year-old activist should go to college and study economics.
In a withering slapdown on the climate emergency movement, Steven Mnuchin pretended not to know who Thunberg was, before dismissing her concerns as ill-informed.
Asked whether calls for public and private-sector divestment from fossil fuel companies would threaten US growth, Mnuchin jibed: “Is she the chief economist? Who is she, I’m confused” – before clarifying that he was joking.
“After she goes and studies economics in college she can come back and explain that to us,” Mnuchin added, at a press conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
https://uk.yahoo.com/finance/news/greta-thunberg-told-study-economics-103419160.html
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There are many skills required in an analysis for and against climate change. Economics is on that list, but not at the top.
Prince Charles avoided shaking hands with the US Vice President Mike Pence
Video clip shows Prince of Wales walking past Pence at an Auschwitz memorial
Despite Pence standing up to shake his hand, the Prince just carried on walking
Charles then carried on to greet the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Prince then warmly shook Vladimir Putin's hand after taking his seat at the event
A video clip of the Prince of Wales greeting officials in Israel shows him walking along the front row of seats, shaking hands with several world and Jewish leaders but completely missing the US vice president.
In one side-splitting meme, a user called @snarkgrapefruit posted a picture of the Prince of Wales side-stepping Pence and the caption 'Hello, hello, hello, not you, hello'.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7921951/Twitter-erupts-hilarious-memes-Prince-Charles-avoids-shaking-hands-Mike-Pence.html
Prince Charles took three flights on private jets and a helicopter before meeting the activist Greta Thunberg
After an impassioned speech on climate on Wednesday, he took a fourth private jet from Switzerland to Israel
His flight travel totalled over 16,000 miles in less than a fortnight at an estimated cost of £280k to taxpayer
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7929735/Prince-Charles-flew-16-000-miles-just-11-days-proudly-posing-Greta-Thunberg-Davos.html