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According to The Guardian, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Donald Trump’s treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin openly dismissed Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg‘s calls for fossil fuel divestment, commenting that she was ill-informed.
Following the 17-year-old’s speech on ending fossil fuel investment and subsidies for the industry, Mnuchin took the mic at a press conference. He began by pretending not to know who Thunberg was, telling the audience that he was “confused,” before adding that he was joking.
“Is she the chief economist? Who is she, I’m confused.”
He continued his jibe about her not being an economist with his follow-up comment, “After she goes and studies economics in college she can come back and explain that to us.”
Reporters pushed Mnuchin to comment on the Trump Administration’s stance on the climate crisis.