The spat between President Donald Trump and Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is not finished yet.
When Trump recently dismissed Greta, the 22-year-old activist in front of the crowds as a person who is “strange” and “too angry,” Greta retaliated — and her answer is causing quite a stir on the internet.
Greta Thunberg is back in the international drama spotlight again – and this time, Donald Trump was not waiting long to add his two cents.
On June 10, the 22-year-old Swedish climate activist was deported out of Israel, after being reportedly detained by the Israeli forces when sailing with humanitarian aid to Gaza.
Thunberg says she and 11 other activists were kidnapped in international waters, something Israeli officials strongly reject, terming the operation as a” selfie yacht” and a mere media stunt aimed at generating publicity.
She is a young angry individual
In a pre-recorded video, which was posted on Instagram soon after the group was intercepted, Thunberg is heard as saying: “In case you are watching this video we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel.
On June 10, Trump told reporters whether he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had discussed Thunberg during a phone call between the two leaders earlier that day.
He told reporters, ”She is a weirdo.” She is a young angry individual. I am not sure it is real anger, I cannot believe it actually.”
He did not leave it at that.
I witnessed the event. She is definitely not the same. Anger management. I believe she needs to attend an anger management lesson. That’s the main advice I would give to her.
Trump likewise rejected her allegations categorically by saying:
I believe that Israel has its own issues, and it does not need to kidnap Greta Thunberg.
Greta’s response
People thought Trump had gone too far and made personal attacks on Greta instead of attacking her ideas, although in character, nobody was truly surprised.
Greta was deported after Israeli forces detained her.
On a short visit to France on her journey back to Sweden, Thunberg was greeted by a cloud of journalists — and they could not pass up the opportunity to get her opinion on the latest statement made by Trump.
Well, I believe that the world could use much more young angry women, to tell the truth- with all that is happening today. That’s what we need the most,” she retorted.
When asked whether she had conceded to entering Israel illegally, Thunberg explained:
Greta Thunberg: ‘I think the world needs a lot more young angry women. With everything going on right now it’s what we need most of’
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I failed to realize that I had entered into the country illegally. In my testimony, I emphasized a lot that we were kidnapped in international waters and forcibly brought there to Israel against our will.”
Thunberg attended a humanitarian mission aboard the Freedom Flotilla Coalition to bring supplies and highlight the plight of Gaza in the international community.
Did not beat about the bush
Besides Thunberg, other prominent people on the boat included Rima Hassan, a member of the European Parliament; journalist Yanis Mhamdi, Al Jazeera presenter Omar Faiad, and the organizers of the FFC, Yasemin Acar and Thiago Avila.
“It was a mission of trying to bring once again aid to Gaza which is so badly needed,” she said.
But also to show the solidarity and that we are witnessing you, we are witnessing what is going on and we cannot just be the spectators of all this and do nothing, that can never be an option.
Nor did she mince words as to the present crisis:
It is, “more vital than ever [now] due to the siege, due to the methodical starvation of more than 2 million people, and the complete live stream genocide.”
Israel, in its turn, still strenuously rejects all the genocide claims.
