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HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 36,462
edited January 2020 in The Rail
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
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  • madprofmadprof Member Posts: 3,461
    HAYSIE said:

    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

    Another sycophantic Trump flunky....where's your shotgun when you need it? TERWAT!
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  • EssexphilEssexphil Member Posts: 8,846
    The sad part is that some Americans appear to believe that the survival of the planet is purely a matter of economics.

    There are many skills required in an analysis for and against climate change. Economics is on that list, but not at the top.
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  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 36,462
    Essexphil said:

    The sad part is that some Americans appear to believe that the survival of the planet is purely a matter of economics.

    There are many skills required in an analysis for and against climate change. Economics is on that list, but not at the top.


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  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 36,462
    madprof said:

    HAYSIE said:

    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

    Another sycophantic Trump flunky....where's your shotgun when you need it? TERWAT!
    'Hello, hello, hello, not you, hello': Twitter erupts with hilarious memes after Prince Charles avoids shaking hands with US Vice President Mike Pence

    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



    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlJWrEaSs_U
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  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 36,462
    Prince Charles flew 16,000 miles in just 11 days using three private jets and one helicopter before proudly posing with Greta Thunberg in Davos
    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
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