The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, is set to begin Tuesday, with a special focus on saving the Earth from the ravages of &#8220;climate change.&#8221; The conference, titled &#8220;Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable World&#8221; and attended by some of the world&#8217;s most powerful people, will even feature a keynote address by teenaged climate activist Greta Thunberg.
&#8220;How to Save the Planet&#8221; is one of the &#8220;key themes&#8221; of the event.
And this year, Davos organizers are begging the global elite, who travel to the gathering almost exclusively by private jet, to use &#8220;green fuel&#8221; as a way of offsetting their incredible, unparalleled, contributions to global warming. They&#8217;re even providing the &#8220;sustainable aviation fuel&#8221; to private jet owners who use the Zurich airport.
The average American contributes about 20 metric tonnes of CO2 to the Earth&#8217;s atmosphere per year, according to Science Daily. The global average, accounting for developing nations and farming communities, is about 4 metric tonnes of Co2 per person per year.
The Davos conference is expected to release an incredible 18,090 metric tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere.
That&#8217;s largely because most attendees use private planes to get to the remote resort where the conference is held. And instead of enduring a 2-hour-long car drive to the center from the airport in Zurich, many charter helicopters.
The conference itself claims to be &#8220;carbon neutral&#8221; and organizers claim that the event uses &#8220;locally-sourced food suppliers, introducing alternative sources of protein to reduce meat consumption, sourcing 100% renewable electricity, and reducing or eliminating the use of materials that cannot easily be recycled or re-used, such as carpets and introducing more electric vehicles,&#8221; <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/davos-guests-private-jets-climate-crisis-2020-1">according to Business Insider</a>.
<a href="https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/qjdkp5/brave-airport-near-davos-is-offering-green-fuel-for-rich-peoples-private-jets">According to Vice News</a>, Davos is also taking efforts to curb the emissions from private jets, which are among the worst polluters. The rich and famous Davos attendees will have the option to do the &#8220;bare minimum,&#8221; Vice claims, by electing to fill their private jets&#8217; fuel tanks with &#8220;sustainable aviation fuel,&#8221; which reduces their carbon emissions by a paltry 18%.
&#8220;The World Economic Forum has actually become obsessed with fighting back against flight shaming using this idea that SAF can make flying more sustainable,&#8221; Vice reports. &#8220;We should, of course, move toward more sustainable fuels, but WEF seems to want to &#8216;cultivate demand&#8217; for SAF by making the ultra-rich feel slightly better about their awful habits. WEF is promising to help the aviation industry reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.&#8221;
Those who don&#8217;t agree to use the &#8220;green&#8221; fuel, conference coordinators say, can purchase &#8220;carbon credits&#8221; &#8212; a sort of &#8220;carbon indulgence&#8221; that pays for tree planting or other Earth-saving efforts so that the elite can maintain their expensive transportation &#8212; and the can get a special incentive to travel by train.
Greta Thunberg, who opened the conference, gave a variation of her &#8220;world on fire&#8221; speech from the United Nations, calling out aviation and air travel, specifically, as a contributor to climate change, and berating the Davos attendees for &#8216;talking&#8221; and &#8220;doing nothing&#8221; to combat what she calls a &#8220;crisis.&#8221;
Despite her allegations, Davos attendees say they&#8217;re not so sure she&#8217;s done her homework on their contributions to global environmental stewardship. “It’s not just talk,&#8221; <a href="https://nationalpost.com/news/world/thunberg-tells-davos-youve-done-nothing-on-climate-change?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NPWorld+%28National+Post+-+World%29">one told the National Post</a>, &#8220;it’s translating into billions of dollars in investments in the energy transition.”

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Davos Conference, Focused On Climate Change, Begs Attendees To Use &#8216;Green&#8217; Fuel For Their Private Jets

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Actor John Cusack is a big fan of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders&#8217; particular brand of socialism. In fact, as the &#8217;80s actor made alarmingly clear at a Bernie rally in Exeter, NH on Saturday, he believes if we don&#8217;t stop &#8220;predatory capitalism&#8221; in the next &#8220;ten or twelve years,&#8221; we&#8217;re all toast.
&#8220;[T]he billionaires are getting nervous and all the corporate media is — they hate us, they don’t hate us, they&#8217;re confused. And it seems like every conceivable power structure on earth is trying to kill or derail our movement, but we’re still here,&#8221; declared Cusack, in remarks reported by <a href="https://news.grabien.com/story-john-cusack-we-have-10-12-years-save-planet-climate-capitali">Grabien</a>.
&#8220;We know this form of capitalism takes and takes; it takes whatever, whenever, however it wants,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It’ll take our lives, it’ll take our labor, our spirit, our air and water, even our earth.&#8221;
Cusack then echoed an alarmist line often repeated by global warming activist Greta Thunberg, but specifically tying the sentiment to Sanders&#8217; policies.
&#8220;Bernie respects us enough to tell the truth, the hard truth: We have a ten to twelve year window to radically transform our energy systems, or climate change, predatory capitalism, and endless war economies will rob us of the right to any future at all,&#8221; said the actor. &#8220;And as we can see literally every day, the house is on fire.&#8221;
Bernie, suggested Cusack, is our only hope in these desperate times.
&#8220;But as Bernie tells us, this is no time for despair, it&#8217;s no time for anything but action,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Because if we stand together, with him, the future is still indeed unwritten. And there’s nothing more powerful than a movement whose time has come.&#8221;
Cusack then invoked a vaguely defined &#8220;movement,&#8221; by which he appears to mean democratic socialism, which he says is now finally &#8220;close&#8221; to power.
&#8220;We have never had a movement candidate this close to power with a revolutionary movement he’s led and built, ready-to-go, all the way to change the country and help heal the world,&#8221; he said. &#8220;With people of every race, creed, gender, everybody stands together in solidarity when all of us whose labor powers this economy, stop the profiteering and tell the billionaires and the  corporate tyrannies that it&#8217;s time to start treating all human beings with respect and dignity.&#8221;
Video of Cusack&#8217;s remarks below (via <a href="https://news.grabien.com/story-john-cusack-we-have-10-12-years-save-planet-climate-capitali">Grabien</a>):
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Other celebrities who&#8217;ve made millions from Hollywood&#8217;s &#8220;predatory capitalism&#8221; have resorted to Thunbergian rhetoric about climate change in recent months, including &#8220;Aquaman&#8221; (which blew up at the box office) star Jason Momoa, who told the United Nations in September that humanity is &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-aquaman-jason-momoa-says-we-are-a-disease-infecting-our-planet-rips-trump-at-u-n">a disease that is infecting our planet.</a>&#8221;
&#8220;From the atmosphere to the abyssal zone, we are polluted,&#8221; said the &#8220;Game of Thrones&#8221; star. &#8220;It is a known fact that the great garbage patch floating in the Pacific is larger than the country of France. Even at the depths of the Mariana Trench we are discovering nano plastics. And shockingly, there are more particles of plastic in the ocean than there are stars in the Milky Way. It is shameful.&#8221;
&#8220;Yet, the greatest threat to small island developing states is that entire islands are drowning into the sea due to the enormous volume of emissions generated by the first world countries,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Island nations contribute the least to this disaster but are made to suffer the weight of its consequences.&#8221;
Similar to Cusack, Momoa laid the blame at the feet of capitalism and failure of the government to intervene enough.
&#8220;Our governments and corporate entities have known for decades that immediate change is needed, yet change still has not come,&#8221; said the actor. &#8220;And when the front line is gone, we are doomed. There is no undoing. If you continue to watch unsympathetic to the issues of island nations, this realization will soon come — that you stood by and witnessed the world cross the critical tipping point, ushering in the death of our planet.&#8221;
Momoa&#8217;s speech the U.N. below:
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On Thursday, a Facebook glitch revealed who&#8217;s posting on climate change alarmist Greta Thunberg&#8217;s Facebook page: her father Svantes Thunberg and &#8220;Climate Crisis activist&#8221; Adarsh Prathap.
&#8220;[A] bug that was live from Thursday evening until Friday morning allowed anyone to easily reveal the accounts running a Page, essentially doxing anyone who posted to one,&#8221; <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-bug-page-admins-edit-history-doxxing/">Wired</a> reported Friday.
&#8220;We quickly fixed an issue where someone could see who edited or published a post on behalf of a Page when looking at its edit history,&#8221; Facebook responded to the controversy in a statement. &#8220;We are grateful to the security researcher who alerted us to this issue.&#8221;
&#8220;Still, despite the Friday morning fix,&#8221; Wired explained, &#8220;screenshots circulated on 4chan, Imgur, and social media appearing to show the accounts behind the official Facebook Pages of the pseudonymous artist Banksy, Russian president Vladimir Putin, former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau, the hacking collective Anonymous, climate activist Greta Thunberg, and rapper Snoop Dogg, among others.&#8221;
Screenshot circulating online show Svantes and Prathap behind the teen climate activist&#8217;s Facebook page.
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A recent Facebook glitch revealed the accounts posting for Greta Thunberg: her dad and Adarsh Prathap. Greta addressed the criticism on FB: &#39;All texts posted on my Facebook page has of course been written by me, just like everything else.&#39; <a href="https://t.co/abAkdW9RqA">pic.twitter.com/abAkdW9RqA</a>
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Seemingly confirming the screenshots, Thunberg addressed the issue on Saturday.
&#8220;Some people have been asking who manages this page. First of all, since last spring I only use Facebook to repost what I write on my Twitter and Instagram accounts,&#8221; wrote the teen.
&#8220;Since I have chosen not to be on Facebook personally ( I tried early on but decided it wasn’t for me) I use my father Svantes account to repost content, because you need an account to moderate a Facebook page,&#8221; explained Thunberg.
Prathap, Thunberg explained, founded the official Greta Thunberg Facebook page &#8220;long before&#8221; she knew it existed. Since folks already thought it was her real page, she said, she decided to co-manage the page.
&#8220;The rest that is shared on Facebook is reposted from Twitter and Instagram by the guy who founded the Greta Thunberg Facebook page long before I knew it existed,&#8221; wrote Thunberg. &#8220;His name is <a class="profileLink" title="Adarsh Prathap" href="https://www.facebook.com/adarsh.prathap?__tn__=K-R&amp;eid=ARBgb2ffBiAKOEkdGLrIbzbwHqidP9d6_2CVf2ragIlXVo85GXnlYCWK5S19t80UVLV4_sAMByqx4V08&amp;fref=mentions&amp;__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARD-WyACegA-8xa3IYEA-u5laJLlSwtYJ7YbGNQPo8d5Ua8OMKI0v4HY62BYc2kuyywugcSEKQjvTlKdxwHnPVqYGnqOsC1aqUZ17IoNzqK-E6eamelRGdGoSJHC_UWoYiYgk0Ub5KyozBSZUeT8wAmdFbdtsf3CSH103Tyb3imlImEH-Q2g-hN2S8AgcBraP4EWro5axnKtwPIPybpFVcXQdSkP-fXUBzwzcwITrH4NWeVpsuvR1TwLNleR0WJVCKCWa_R3r-IvMNmwWsRqUONf5Z6v7jpBLy_foWss-bnYMCH5XmPhjqAbZc3MTVeU4BSv09xv18G0XL4-rgNS_g" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100001563536174&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARBgb2ffBiAKOEkdGLrIbzbwHqidP9d6_2CVf2ragIlXVo85GXnlYCWK5S19t80UVLV4_sAMByqx4V08%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1">Adarsh Prathap</a> and he lives in India. Since a lot of people thought it was my official page in the beginning I asked if I could co-manage it and he said yes.&#8221;
&#8220;All texts posted on my Facebook page has of course been written by me, just like everything else,&#8221; claimed Thunberg.
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Some people have been asking who manages this page. First of all, since last spring I only use Facebook to repost what I&#8230;
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&#8220;Thank you for clarifying, Greta,&#8221; responded Prathap. &#8220;It&#8217;s my pleasure to help you out as much I can.&#8221;
&#8220;And a word to people who are running behind Greta and now me to attack on twitter and facebook,&#8221; he added, &#8220;Let’s talk about climate breakdown and solutions. Let’s support each other to overcome this crisis together!&#8221;
Earlier this month, Svantes revealed that he initially thought his daughter&#8217;s far-left &#8220;activism was a &#8216;bad idea&#8217; and that he and his wife were &#8216;not&#8217; supportive of it,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gretas-dad-climate-change-a-question-her-activism-a-bad-idea">The Daily Wire</a> reported.
“She decided to do this. We said quite clearly that we would not support it,” Svante told the media. “Well, obviously we thought it was a bad idea, putting yourself out there with all the hate on social media and the idea of your own daughter sort of putting herself on the very front line of such a huge question like climate change.”

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Facebook Glitch Reveals Father, Activist Behind Greta Thunberg&#8217;s Facebook Page. Greta Responds.

Far-left climate extremist Greta Thunberg demanded in a new op-ed that world leaders cave to her anti-capitalist agenda &#8220;right now&#8221; as they prepare to meet in Davos for the 50th anniversary of the World Economic Forum.
&#8220;We demand that at this year’s forum, participants from all companies, banks, institutions and governments immediately halt all investments in fossil fuel exploration and extraction, immediately end all fossil fuel subsidies and immediately and completely divest from fossil fuels,&#8221; Thunberg <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/10/greta-thunberg-davos-tycoons-fossil-fuels-dismantle-climate-crisis">wrote</a> in an op-ed in The Guardian. &#8220;We don’t want these things done by 2050, 2030 or even 2021, we want this done now – as in right now.&#8221;
&#8220;To some it may seem like we are asking for a lot,&#8221; Thunberg continued. &#8220;But this is just the very minimum of effort needed to start the rapid sustainable transition. The fact that this still – in 2020 – hasn’t been done already is, quite frankly, a disgrace.&#8221;
&#8220;Anything less than immediately ceasing these investments in the fossil fuel industry would be a betrayal of life itself,&#8221; Thunberg claimed. &#8220;Today’s business as usual is turning into a crime against humanity.&#8221;
In November, Thunberg <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/greta-snaps-change-everything-climate-crisis-about-colonial-racist-and-patriarchal-systems-of-oppression-fossil-fuel-literally">wrote</a> an op-ed in which she attacked capitalism, claiming that “politicians let the profiteers continue to exploit our planet’s resources and destroy its ecosystems in a quest for quick cash that threatens our very existence.”
&#8220;That action must be powerful and wide-ranging. After all, the climate crisis is not just about the environment,&#8221; Thunberg admitted. &#8220;It is a crisis of human rights, of justice, and of political will. Colonial, racist, and patriarchal systems of oppression have created and fueled it. We need to dismantle them all. Our political leaders can no longer shirk their responsibilities.&#8221;
Thunberg also went off on capitalism during a speech at the United Nations last year where she made numerous salacious claims.
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Transcript of Thunberg’s speech at the U.N.:
My message is that we’ll be watching you. This is all wrong, I shouldn’t be up here, I should be back in school on the other side of the ocean. Yet, you all come to us young people for hope, how dare you. You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words and yet I’m one of the lucky ones. People are suffering, people are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is money and fairytales of eternal economic growth. How dare you.
For more than 30 years the science has been crystal-clear. How dare you continue to look away and come here saying that you’re doing enough when the politics and solutions needed are still nowhere in sight. You say you hear us and that you understand the urgency but no matter how sad and angry I am, I do not want to believe that because if you really understood the situation and still kept on failing to act then you would be evil and that I refuse to believe.
The popular idea of cutting our emissions in half in 10 years only gives us a 50% chance of staying below 1.5 degrees and the risk of setting of irreversible chain reactions beyond human control. 50% may be acceptable to you but those numbers do not include tipping points, most feedback loops, additional warming hidden by toxic air pollution, or the aspects of equity and climate justice, they also rely on my generation sucking hundreds of billions of tons of your CO2 out of the air with technologies that barely exist. So, a 50% risk is simply not acceptable to us, we who have to live with the consequences.
How dare you pretend that this can be sold with just business as usual and some technical solutions with today’s emissions levels that remaining CO2 budgets will be entirely gone within less than 8 and a half years. There will not be any solutions or plans presented in line with these figures here today because these numbers are too uncomfortable and you are still not mature enough to tell it like it is. You are failing us but the young people are starting to understand your betrayal. The eyes of all future generations are upon you and if you choose to fail us I say we will never forgive you. We will not let you get away with this. Right here, right now, is where we draw the line the world is waking up and change is coming whether you like it or not.

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Greta Snaps Over Demands: ‘We Want This Done Now – As In Right Now’

Remember rock music icon Meat Loaf? He’s 72 now, and he has some thoughts on climate change and teen activist Greta Thunberg.
Specifically, the best-selling musician says the 16-year-old activist has been “brainwashed” into believing climate change is real, something he himself says is not happening. The “Bat Out Of Hell” singer <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-7836977/Self-confessed-sex-god-Meat-Loaf-72-threesomes-losing-70lb-climate-change.html">told</a> The Daily mail that he does not believe the world’s climate is changing and that he feels sorry for Thunberg.
“I feel for that Greta. She has been brainwashed into thinking that there is climate change and there isn&#8217;t,” said Meat Loaf, whose real name is Marvin Lee Aday. “She hasn&#8217;t done anything wrong but she&#8217;s been forced into thinking that what she is saying is true.”
Meat Loaf previously appeared on President Donald Trump’s NBC show “The Apprentice” in 2010, and said in the same interview that he hopes Netflix would hire him for a role.
Thunberg rose to national prominence in 2019 by claiming world leaders had stolen her childhood by not responding adequately enough to climate change. She has not put forth a plan that would actually stop climate change without destroying much of the world’s economy, however.
Just last week, her father, Svante, told the BBC Radio 4 Today that he felt his daughter’s activism was a “bad idea” and that neither he nor his wife supported it.
“She decided to do this. We said quite clearly that we would not support it,” Thunberg said during the interview, as The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gretas-dad-climate-change-a-question-her-activism-a-bad-idea">reported</a>. “Well, obviously we thought it was a bad idea, putting yourself out there with all the hate on social media and the idea of your own daughter sort of putting herself on the very front line of such a huge question like climate change.”
Svante was then asked if there was “ever a moment when you think, I would just like us to go back to being an ordinary family before all of this began?”
Svante responded:
I can see Greta is very happy from doing this and I saw where she was before, I mean she didn’t speak to a single person, she could only eat in her own home, and when she went on the school strike, I think day 3, someone came along and gave her like Pad Thai vegan and she ate it and that was like, I can not explain how much, what a change that meant to her and to us and it was just like she changed and she could do things that she could never have done before and now she’s just like any other. You think she’s not ordinary now because she’s special and she’s very famous and all these things but to me she’s now an ordinary child. She can do all the things like other people can and she’s happy. She dances around, she laughs a lot, we have a lot of fun and she’s in a very good place.
Thunberg was named TIME Magazine’s 2019 person of the year for her activism and angry rants about how her generation was being robbed by climate change.

Meat Loaf Says Greta Thunberg Has Been ‘Brainwashed’ Into Believing Climate Change Is Real

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President Donald Trump mocks Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) as a &#8220;low IQ person.&#8221;
Maybe he&#8217;s got a point.
The 81-year-old career politician &#8212; who has been calling for Trump&#8217;s impeachment since the day he took office &#8212; appears to have been tricked by Russian pranksters into thinking she was talking to Greta Thunberg, who reportedly claimed she had dirt on Trump.
The pranksters, Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexey Stolyarov, who go by the stage names Vovan and Lexus, recently posted a video of them talking to a woman, who identified herself as Maxine Waters in the audio. One pretends to be Greta, the other to be her father.
The conversation begins with the fake Greta telling Waters that she is in North Carolina at a climate summit calling for the protection of the fake &#8220;Chon-Go-Chango&#8221; islands.
&#8220;Chon-Go-Chango?&#8221; Waters asks. &#8220;That island is particularly threatened?&#8221;
&#8220;Yes,&#8221; fake Greta says.
The fake Greta then asks Waters to make some comments to the meeting, and the California Democrat does so, praising Greta.
Then the Russian playing Greta tells Waters that she had a meeting with Trump at the United Nations back in September.
&#8220;It was a really terrible meeting in the U.N. building in September with him. And I had nightmares afterwards. It&#8217;s terrible,&#8221; fake Greta told Waters. &#8220;I saw him in the hallway. He was with security and I shouted at him, &#8216;Sign the Paris Climate Agreement again!&#8217; He came over, he leaned in towards me, and said softly, &#8216;Listen carefully to me, little girl. You will never achieve your goal, like the congressional goal, trying to accuse me.'&#8221;
&#8220;He said you will never achieve your goal? Oh my goodness.&#8221; Waters said, sounding shocked. &#8220;Did you ask him if he would rethink signing the Paris Climate Agreement? Is that your question to him?&#8221;
&#8220;Yes, yes,&#8221; one of the Russians said.  &#8220;He added that &#8230; &#8216;You know what? I&#8217;ll tell you the truth. I really wanted to push the Ukraine president to put my competitor on trial.'&#8221;
Her fake father then joined in.
&#8220;[Trump] said to her, &#8216;You know, little girl, nobody believes you anyway, I will tell you the truth. I really pushed on Ukrainian president and you know that you will never achieve your goals like those congressional fools who accuse me,” the fictional parent told Waters. &#8220;So nobody will believe you. You will be on trial like my competitor.&#8221;
&#8220;Oh, my God! He mentioned Ukrainian president?&#8221; Waters asked.
&#8220;Yes, he said that,&#8221; the Russian said. &#8220;And he added, &#8216;Nobody will believe you anyway.'&#8221;
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The fake father said his daughter had a recording of her exchange with Trump, adding that &#8220;he pushed on the Ukrainian president. I think he didn&#8217;t expect that we have a record of that.&#8221;
That prompted Waters to ask: &#8220;Are you going to be in Washington anytime soon? I want you to come meet with me in Washington.&#8221; And she added about the recording: &#8220;Well, you bring it to me. You tell me what day you can get there and we&#8217;ll arrange to meet with you as quickly as we can. &#8230; I will make myself available whenever you get there.&#8221;
It wasn&#8217;t the first time the Russian pranksters tricked a lawmaker. The radio hosts once told Rep. Adam Schiff  (D-CA) that the Kremlin had naked photos of Trump, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-rep-digs-up-audio-of-schiff-saying-he-would-accept-dirt-on-trump-from-ukrainian-politician-in-prank-call">Fox News</a> reported.  They also told the California Democrat that former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn “had met with another Russian to talk about how to prevent the photos from going public.”
“So, you have recordings of both [Russian journalist Ksenia] Sobchak and [Russian model and singer Olga] Buzova where they’re discussing the compromising material on Mr. Trump?” Schiff asked the callers, who were pretending to be Andriy Parubiy, the former speaker of Ukraine’s parliament.
“Absolutely,” one of the pranksters says.
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“Well, obviously we would welcome a chance to get copies of those recordings,” Schiff said later in the call after he and the fake “Parubiy” go on to discuss more details of the bogus allegations.

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WATCH: Russian Pranksters Dupe Maxine Waters By Calling As Greta Thunberg Claiming To Have Dirt On Trump

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It is not easy to understand what the Left — as opposed to liberals — stands for. If you ask a Christian what to read to learn the basics of Christianity, you will be told the Bible. If you ask a (religious) Jew, you will be told the Hebrew Bible and the Talmud. If you ask a Mormon, you will be told the Bible and the Book of Mormon. Ask a Muslim, and you will be told the Quran.
But if you ask a leftist what one or two books you should read to understand leftism, every leftist will give you a different answer — or need some time to think it over. Few, if any, will suggest Marx&#8217;s &#8220;Das Kapital&#8221; because almost no leftists have read it and because you will either not finish the book or reject it as incoherent.
So, then, how is one to understand what leftism stands for?
The truth is it is almost impossible. What leftist in history would have ever imagined that to be a leftist, one would have to believe that men give birth or men have periods, or that it is fair to women to have to compete in sports with biological males who identify as females?
There are two primary reasons it is so difficult, if not impossible, to define leftism. One is that it ultimately stands for chaos:
— Open borders.
— &#8220;Nonbinary&#8221; genders.
— Nonsensical and scatological &#8220;art.&#8221;
— &#8220;Music&#8221; without tonality, melody or harmony.
— Drag Queen Story Hour for 5-year-olds.
— Rejection of the concept of better or worse civilizations.
— Rejection of the concept of better or worse art.
— Removal of Shakespeare&#8217;s picture from a university English department because he was a white male.
— The end of all use of fossil fuels — even in transportation (as per the recent recommendation by the head of the U.N. World Meteorological Organization).
— The dismantling of capitalism, the economic engine that has lifted billions of people out of abject poverty.
And much more.
The other major reason it is impossible to define leftism is that it is emotion-based. Leftism consists of causes that give those who otherwise lack meaning something to cling to for meaning.
Two things about Greta Thunberg, Time Magazine&#8217;s 2019 person of the year, embody these explanations.
With regard to chaos, here is what Greta Thunberg wrote at the beginning of the month: &#8220;The climate crisis is not just about the environment. It is a crisis of human rights, of justice and of political will. Colonial, racist and patriarchal systems of oppression have created and fuelled it. We need to dismantle them all.&#8221;
Greta Thunberg, like all leftists, seeks to dismantle just about everything. As former President Barack Obama said five days before the 2008 election, &#8220;We are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America.&#8221;
As regards emotion and meaning, the Guardian reports, this is what Thunberg&#8217;s father just told the BBC: &#8220;Greta Thunberg&#8217;s father has opened up about how activism helped his daughter out of depression &#8230; how activism had changed the outlook of the teenager, who suffered from depression for &#8216;three or four years&#8217; before she began her school strike protest outside the Swedish parliament. She was now &#8216;very happy&#8217;, he said &#8230; &#8216;She stopped talking &#8230; she stopped going to school,&#8217; he said of her illness.&#8221;
The post-Judeo-Christian world the Left has created has left a vast number of the West&#8217;s citizens, especially more and more young people, with no meaning. This Grand-Canyon-sized hole is filled by leftist causes.
The fact is life is better, safer and more affluent, and offers more opportunities for more people, than ever before in history. Just about all emotionally stable, mature people should be walking around the West almost delirious at their good fortune. Americans in particular should feel this way. But leftists (again, as opposed to many liberals) are not usually emotionally stable and are certainly not mature. That is why depression among young Americans (and perhaps Swedes) is at the highest levels ever recorded. So, like Greta, they look to left-wing causes to find meaning and emotional fulfillment. Until she embraced climate crisis activism — a chance, as she sees it, to literally save the world — Greta Thunberg was so depressed &#8220;she stopped talking.&#8221; But thanks to climate activism and other left-wing activism, she is now &#8220;very happy&#8221; (an assessment I suspect many observers find hard to believe).
Feminism and &#8220;fighting patriarchy&#8221; (in an age when American women have more opportunities than ever before and more opportunities than women almost anywhere else in the world), fighting racism (in the least racist multiracial society in history), fighting white supremacy (which has almost disappeared from American life) and fighting on behalf of myriad other leftist causes — in other words, fundamentally transforming society — gives meaning to people with no meaning.
None of that is morally or rationally coherent. But it is very emotionally satisfying. Just ask Greta Thunberg&#8217;s dad.
Dennis Prager is a nationally syndicated radio talk-show host and columnist. His latest book, published by Regnery in May 2019, is &#8220;The Rational Bible,&#8221; a commentary on the book of Genesis. His film, &#8220;No Safe Spaces,&#8221; comes to theaters fall 2019. He is the founder of Prager University and may be contacted at dennisprager.com.

Greta Thunberg.

PRAGER: Greta Thunberg: A Living Explanation Of The Left

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Svante Thunberg, Greta Thunberg&#8217;s father, revealed during a recent media interview that he initially thought what she was doing with her far-left activism was a &#8220;bad idea&#8221; and that he and his wife were &#8220;not&#8221; supportive of it.
In the interview with BBC Radio 4 Today released Sunday, Thunberg also notably referenced climate change as a &#8220;question,&#8221; suggesting he is not as bought in on his daughter&#8217;s cause as she is.
&#8220;She decided to do this. We said quite clearly that we would not support it,&#8221; Thunberg said. &#8220;Well, obviously we thought it was a bad idea, putting yourself out there with all the hate on social media and the idea of your own daughter sort of putting herself on the very front line of such a huge question like climate change.&#8221;
The BBC asked, &#8220;So, it’s not that you have pushed her to do this? Because that question often gets asked of young people in the public eye … you haven’t pushed her to do this?&#8221;
&#8220;No, on the contrary, we said if you are going to do it then you’re going to have to do it by yourself, you’re going to have to be incredibly well prepared, you have to have all the answers to all the questions and she says ‘OK’,&#8221; Thunberg responded. &#8220;So she made this leaflet of like 35 facts and with all the sources to all the facts, to all the reports and stuff and she had those leaflets on the ground and whenever the journalists came along she would answer all their questions and that was the surprising thing because she didn’t speak to anyone at the time. She only spoke to me, my wife, her sister, and one of the teachers.&#8221;
Thunberg also opened up about the depression that his daughter has struggled with and how crippling it was to her life.
&#8220;Like 3 or 4 years before she went on the school strike she fell ill and she stopped talking, she stopped eating, and all these things,&#8221; Thunberg said. &#8220;She stopped going to school, she was basically home for a year and she didn’t eat for 3 months or 2.5 months, which of course was the ultimate nightmare as a parent. You have food and you need food to survive, and your child can’t eat it.&#8221;
&#8220;Is there ever a moment when you think, I would just like us to go back to being an ordinary family before all of this began?&#8221; the BBC asked. &#8220;Or do you have the same sense of purpose that she does?&#8221;
&#8220;I can see Greta is very happy from doing this and I saw where she was before, I mean she didn’t speak to a single person, she could only eat in her own home, and when she went on the school strike, I think day 3, someone came along and gave her like Pad Thai vegan and she ate it and that was like, I can not explain how much, what a change that meant to her and to us and it was just like she changed and she could do things that she could never have done before and now she’s just like any other,&#8221; Thunberg responded. &#8220;You think she’s not ordinary now because she’s special and she’s very famous and all these things but to me she’s now an ordinary child. She can do all the things like other people can and she’s happy. She dances around, she laughs a lot, we have a lot of fun and she’s in a very good place.&#8221;
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Svante Thunberg, father of <a href="https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GretaThunberg</a>, talks to us about the journey his daughter has been on &#8211; from a time when she rarely left the house or spoke to anyone outside her family, to campaigning globally on climate change. <a href="https://t.co/wMHvNpJoQG">https://t.co/wMHvNpJoQG</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/r4today?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#r4today</a> <a href="https://t.co/WQdDNZS86X">pic.twitter.com/WQdDNZS86X</a>
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Greta’s Dad: Climate Change A ‘Question,’ Her Activism A ‘Bad Idea’

Americans have ranked former President Barack Obama and President Donald Trump equally in an annual “most admired man in the world” poll, according to a survey conducted by <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/273125/obama-trump-tie-admired-man-2019.aspx">Gallup</a> earlier this month. 
The survey, which asked Americans “What man that you have heard or read about, living today in any part of the world, do you admire most,” showed that respondents named both Obama and Trump as the most admired man 18% of the time. Respondents also had a similar answer for the most admired woman, with 10% naming former First Lady Michelle Obama and 5% naming First Lady Melania Trump. 
“Trump&#8217;s popularity grew enough this year to allow him to tie Barack Obama as the most admired man, but not to end Obama&#8217;s streak of 12 first-place finishes,” reads the report. “The results reflect the significant party divide in the U.S., with Republicans overwhelmingly naming Trump and Democrats Obama, and few other men garnering significant mention.”
“Meanwhile, Obama&#8217;s wife Michelle has been named as the most admired woman the past two years after 25 years that saw Hillary Clinton finish first 22 times,” the report continues. “In fact, Obama has had stronger finishes in the past two years than during her eight years as first lady, when no more than 8% of Americans named her.”
The report also features a new, but perhaps unsurprising arrival on the list: Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg. Although the activist is not even old enough to be surveyed, she tied with media mogul Oprah Winfrey and former Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton for the most influential woman in the world, with each person receiving 3% support from respondents. Thunberg also out-ranked other popular choices, including Queen Elizabeth II, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, who each received 2% support. 
Thunberg, who made headlines after traveling to the U.S. via boat to speak at the U.N. about climate, has become an odd fixation for left-wing pundits and voters alike. In fact, according to The Hill, people on the online dating website OKCupid have started mentioning Thunberg as a way to find and weed out potential partners. 
“One of the issues we’re hearing people care about is climate change,” Melissa Hobley, the chief marketing officer for OKCupid, told <a href="https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/476213-okcupid-2019-was-the-year-greta-thunberg-helped-people-get">The Hill</a>. “They’re talking about Greta on their profiles. &#8230; I think people feel that supporting her or not shows how you feel about the issue and its impact.”
Time Magazine also awarded Thunberg its &#8220;Person of the Year&#8221; award, writing in an article that “her moral clarity” serves to inspire “other young people around the world.” President Trump, who was also a contender for the title, issued the following response to the announcement, drawing attention to Thunberg’s propensity to scold others for not doing enough. 
“So ridiculous. Greta must work on her Anger Management problem, then go to a good old fashioned movie with a friend! Chill Greta, Chill!”
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So ridiculous. Greta must work on her Anger Management problem, then go to a good old fashioned movie with a friend! Chill Greta, Chill! <a href="https://t.co/M8ZtS8okzE">https://t.co/M8ZtS8okzE</a>
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1205100602025545730?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 12, 2019</a></blockquote>
According to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-gretathunberg/trump-mocks-teen-climate-activist-thunberg-chill-greta-chill-idUSKBN1YG1H1">Reuters</a>, Thunberg respondend by updating her Twitter bio to read the following: “A teenager working on her anger management problem. Currently chilling and watching a good old-fashioned movie with a friend.”

U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s Second Year In The Oval Office

Who Do Americans Most Admire? Presidents, First Ladies, And Greta Thunberg, Says Gallup.

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Far-left climate alarmist Greta Thunberg urged political leaders on Sunday to connect the fires that are raging in Australia to &#8220;the climate crisis,&#8221; while ignoring the fact that the <a href="https://www.smh.com.au/national/arson-mischief-and-recklessness-87-per-cent-of-fires-are-man-made-20191117-p53bcl.html">overwhelming majority</a> of Australia&#8217;s fires are man-made, many of which are intentional acts of arson.
Thunberg made the remarks in a retweet of a video from a local Australian news outlet, writing: &#8220;Not even catastrophes like these seem to bring any political action. How is this possible? Because we still fail to make the connection between the climate crisis and increased extreme weather events and nature disasters like the #AustraliaFires That&#8217;s what has to change. Now.&#8221;
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Not even catastrophes like these seem to bring any political action. How is this possible? Because we still fail to make the connection between the climate crisis and increased extreme weather events and nature disasters like the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AustraliaFires?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AustraliaFires</a> That&#39;s what has to change. Now. <a href="https://t.co/DQcZViKJQz">https://t.co/DQcZViKJQz</a>
&mdash; Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) <a href="https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg/status/1208682929855041538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 22, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Thunberg&#8217;s tweet takes aim at the wild fires that have raged across the continent over the past few months, many of which investigators allege have been started by people, both intentionally and on accident.
In Australia, those responsible for starting fires, especially if done so in a deliberate act, are often referred to as &#8220;firebugs.&#8221;
&#8220;As firefighters remained on high alert, police revealed 103 of the destructive fires that had lashed Queensland since September were deliberately lit,&#8221; The Brisbane Times <a href="https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/dozens-of-firebugs-blamed-for-destructive-queensland-fires-20191220-p53m1i.html">reported</a>. &#8220;Figures obtained by AAP revealed police had dealt with 98 people &#8211; 31 adults and 67 juveniles &#8211; for deliberately setting fires.&#8221;
&#8220;More than 120 fires are still being investigated and more people could be charged,&#8221; The Brisbane Times added. &#8220;The firebug revelations come as fire crews continue to face challenging conditions as a strong upper ridge sweeping across the south-east combines with fresh east northeasterly winds on Friday.&#8221;
Several years ago, the BBC <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-21072349">noted</a> that &#8220;firebugs&#8221; are &#8220;arsonists who set alight bushfires, and who often strike on days when soaring temperatures and high winds combine to create the most hazardous conditions.&#8221;
On Twitter, some pushed back on Thunberg&#8217;s assertion that &#8220;the climate crisis&#8221; was to blame for the wild fires in Australia.
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Sorry, Greta, but fires are *not* evidence that trace CO2 causes fires. 
&quot;Arson, mischief and recklessness: 87 per cent of fires are man-made&quot;; fire has been in a long-term *decline* globally. <a href="https://t.co/Pg0T8nsWbz">https://t.co/Pg0T8nsWbz</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClimateTwitter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ClimateTwitter</a> <a href="https://t.co/ilhA6LaAWn">pic.twitter.com/ilhA6LaAWn</a>
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The Sydney Morning Herald <a href="https://www.smh.com.au/national/arson-mischief-and-recklessness-87-per-cent-of-fires-are-man-made-20191117-p53bcl.html">reported</a> last month:
<blockquote>There are, on average, 62,000 fires in Australia every year. Only a very small number strike far from populated areas and satellite studies tell us that lightning is responsible for only 13 per cent. Not so the current fires threatening to engulf Queensland and NSW. There were no lightning strikes on most of the days when the fires first started in September. Although there have been since, these fires – joining up to create a new form of mega-fire – are almost all man-made.
A 2015 satellite analysis of 113,000 fires from 1997-2009 confirmed what we had known for some time – 40 per cent of fires are deliberately lit, another 47 per cent accidental. This generally matches previous data published a decade earlier that about half of all fires were suspected or deliberate arson, and 37 per cent accidental. Combined, they reach the same conclusion: 87 per cent are man-made. &#8230;
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Make no mistake, the current weather conditions in Australia are causing the fires to spread and are making them harder to combat, as December is one of Australia&#8217;s hotter summer months, but that does not mean that climate change is necessarily responsible for igniting all of the fires.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said climate change was “one of many factors” that was contributing to what was going on, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-22/australian-pm-downplays-climate-change-as-cause-of-deadly-fires">saying</a>, “I have always acknowledged the connection between these weather events and these broader fire events and the impact globally of climate change. But I’m sure people equally would acknowledge that the direct connection to any single fire event, it’s not a credible suggestion to make that link.”
Some news publications have <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191223110854/https://news.sky.com/story/australia-bushfires-not-much-left-of-town-near-sydney-as-pm-apologises-for-hawaii-holiday-11893737">reported</a> that climate change was a &#8220;major factor&#8221; in the fires, but did not elaborate or give any evidence to back their claims.
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Based on preliminary analysis, yesterday, Australia recorded its hottest day on record. The nationally-averaged maximum daytime temp was 41.9 °C exceeding the record set on Tuesday, 40.9 ºC. You can view the top ten highest daily maximum temps here: <a href="https://t.co/Cdqm9vD1cI">https://t.co/Cdqm9vD1cI</a> <a href="https://t.co/DRDK9LAvrg">pic.twitter.com/DRDK9LAvrg</a>
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In September, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) released data that showed that forest fires are not becoming more prevalent, in fact, they are on a decline across the globe.
“Any reader of the New York Times and other mainstream media outlet would be forgiven for believing that fires globally are on the rise, but they aren’t,” <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2019/08/30/forget-the-hype-forest-fires-have-declined-25-since-2003-thanks-to-economic-growth/">Forbes</a> reported. “In reality, there was a whopping 25 percent <a href="https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/90493/researchers-detect-a-global-drop-in-fires" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-ga-track="ExternalLink:https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/90493/researchers-detect-a-global-drop-in-fires">decrease</a> in the area burned from 2003 to 2019, according to NASA.”
“For the last 35 years, the world has been re-foresting, meaning new tree growth has exceeded deforestation,” Forbes continued. “The area of the Earth covered with forest has increased by an area the size of Texas and Alaska combined.”

Greta Thunberg: Connect Australia’s Fires To Climate Crisis. Here’s What’s Actually Happening.

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The prestigious British science journal Nature has named the ten most influential people in science in 2019, and Nature selected 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg as one of them, calling her a “Climate catalyst” and enthusing, “A Swedish teenager brought climate science to the fore as she channelled her generation’s rage.”
Thunberg joined such luminaries as “a physicist building quantum computers, a biologist editing genes in adult humans and a microbiologist fighting Ebola,” as <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7801793/Greta-Thunberg-named-Nature-ten-influential-people-science-2019.html">The Daily Mail</a> noted.
<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03749-0">Nature</a> wrote, “Scientists have spent decades warning about climate change, but they couldn’t galvanize global attention the way that Thunberg did this year. The Swedish 16-year-old has outshone them — and many are cheering her along.&#8221;
Sonia Seneviratne, a climate scientist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, who has <a href="https://twitter.com/SISeneviratne/status/1204802054734012423">called Thunberg</a> an “amazing and courageous young woman,” told Nature, “Some may wonder why a teenage girl should get more credit and attention for publicly lamenting a well-known dilemma than most climate researchers get for years of hard work and effort. As scientists, we normally don’t dare to express the truth in such heartfelt simplicity.”
Angela Ledford Anderson, director of the Climate and Energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists in Washington D.C., echoed, “Greta has inspired scientists along with activists and policymakers.” She added, “Her mobilization of young people shows the rising generation expects science to inform policy, and may inspire many to become scientists themselves.”
Nature has been cited as one of the most influential science journals in the world; it was first published in 1869. Many scientific breakthroughs were first published in Nature, including the structure of DNA and nuclear fission. In 2007 Nature and the journal Science received the Prince of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanity.
Last Wednesday, Thunberg was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/greta-thunberg-wins-time-person-of-the-year-leftists-celebrate-don-jr-eviscerates-them">named</a> TIME &#8220;Person of the Year&#8221; on Wednesday, the youngest person in history to receive the honor. TIME wrote:
<blockquote>Thunberg is not a leader of any political party or advocacy group. She is neither the first to sound the alarm about the climate crisis nor the most qualified to fix it. She is not a scientist or a politician. She has no access to traditional levers of influence: she’s not a billionaire or a princess, a pop star or even an adult. She is an ordinary teenage girl who, in summoning the courage to speak truth to power, became the icon of a generation. By clarifying an abstract danger with piercing outrage, Thunberg became the most compelling voice on the most important issue facing the planet.</blockquote>
TIME editor-at-large Anand Giridharadas tweeted, “Among the powerful things about this choice of [Thunberg] is that she doesn&#8217;t believe in the fantasy of the &#8216;win-win.’ She is telling us that real change is costly, real change requires giving things up, the loss of power and privilege, new systems, new ways of life. She isn&#8217;t just inspirational, and she isn&#8217;t just talking about the planet, as big as that is! She is indicting an entire way of life, and a way of telling ourselves we are making a difference when we are not.&#8221;

Greta Thunberg Attends Fridays For Future Strike In Turin

Prestigious Science Journal Names Greta Thunberg To Top 10 Most Influential List: ‘Channelled Her Generation’s Rage’

The German rail firm, Deutche Bahn, was left visibly miffed by a tweet from 16-year-old eco-activist (and TIME Magazine Person of the Year) Greta Thunberg, striking back on social media after Thunberg appeared to suggest she spent a rail journey home from a UN climate change summit in Madrid, Spain, sitting on the floor of an overcrowded train.
Thunberg tweeted a photo of herself, clearly tired and perhaps bored, staring out the window of a German train while sitting on the floor among her bags. The Tweet read, &#8220;Traveling on overcrowded trains through Germany. And I&#8217;m finally on my way home!&#8221;
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Traveling on overcrowded trains through Germany. And I’m finally on my way home! <a href="https://t.co/ssfLCPsR8o">pic.twitter.com/ssfLCPsR8o</a>
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Deutche Bahn, which operates the train, was clearly confused, especially when other social media users &#8212; particularly Germans &#8212; piled on to Thunberg&#8217;s tweet, suggesting that Deutche Bahn has a reputation for poor transportation management and that German trains are frequently overcrowded, late, and confusing, compared to many of their European counterparts.
Annoyed Thunberg was stirring up trouble, though, Deutche Bahn fired back.
At first, they flattered her, pointing out that train travel is an eco-friendly way to go, and that overcrowded trains meant the popularity of rail was skyrocketing in the new climate-conscious age.
&#8220;Dear Greta, thanks for supporting us railroaders in the fight against climate change. We were happy that you were traveling with us Saturday in ICE 74,&#8221; Deutche Bahn tweeted, referencing the train Thunberg took home to Sweden (and not the American immigration and customs agency). &#8220;And that&#8217;s with 100% sustainable electricity.&#8221;
But then things took a turn. See, Thunberg&#8217;s name appeared on a passenger registry, and her seat wasn&#8217;t on the floor.
&#8220;It would have been even nicer,&#8221; Deutsche Bahn added, &#8220;if you had also reported how friendly and competently you were taken care of by our team in your seat in first class.&#8221;
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Noch schöner wäre es gewesen, wenn Du zusätzlich auch berichtet hättest, wie freundlich und kompetent Du von unserem Team an Deinem Sitzplatz in der Ersten Klasse betreut worden bist. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Greta?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Greta</a> 2/2
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Yikes.
Thunberg eventually confirmed that yes, she did have a seat, and that her choice of accommodation &#8212; the floor &#8212; was entirely by choice, and an entirely temporary situation. She also backtracked, flattering Deutche Bahn by agreeing that overcrowded trains was a good sign.
&#8220;Our train from Basel was taken out of traffic. So we sat on the floor on 2 different trains. After Göttingen I got a seat,&#8221; she said in a statement released Sunday. &#8220;This is no problem of course and I never said it was.&#8221;
&#8220;Overcrowded trains is a great sign,&#8221; Thunberg added, &#8220;because it means the demand for train travel is high!&#8221;
<a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/travel/greta-thunberg-german-rail-firm-hits-back-in-seat-row-1.4116753">The Guardian reported</a> that Thunberg did not travel alone, and that she was given special treatment by train staff after they recognized who she was.
&#8220;Fellow passengers said she had been accompanied by her father, and that DB staff had given her little slabs of chocolate with the word &#8216;lieblingsgast&#8217; (favourite guest), which are normally given to passengers in first class as well as second-class passengers in the event of long delays,&#8221; the UK paper wrote.
Although the dust-up was minor, it does show a strange development how the world now views Greta Thunberg after giving her a free pass to criticize lawmakers and global legislators for months. After taking a more political tack at the UN climate conference &#8212; claiming that eco-activism could only be effective if it was accompanied by the development of a global socialist state &#8212; some critics have started to suggest Thunberg may be repeating talking points provided to her by interested parties with political agendas, essentially exploiting the activist teen&#8217;s passion for the environment to push economic and social change.
Over the weekend, as the Daily Wire reported, Thunberg was forced to apologize and explain a speech where she suggested putting global leaders &#8220;up against a wall&#8221; if they did not do her bidding. She claimed, in a statement also released Sunday, that she didn&#8217;t know the phrase &#8220;up against a wall&#8221; could be construed as a threat of assassination, and that Swedish is her first language, making it difficult to know the intricacies of other dialects.

Greta Thunberg Speaks at COP25 About &#8216;Fridays For Future&#8217; Movement

Greta Thunberg Trolled By German Transportation Company After Complaining Of Crowded Trains

Far-left climate alarmist Greta Thunberg threatened to put world leaders &#8220;against the wall&#8221; last week over her claims that they were not trying to save the planet. She made the comment while also proclaiming last week that she was not &#8220;political&#8221; — a claim that was contested by many online.
&#8220;I&#8217;m sometimes called &#8216;political&#8217;. But I&#8217;ve never supported any political party, politician or ideology. I communicate the science and the risks of failing to act on it. And the fact that the politics needed don&#8217;t exist today, neither to the right, left nor center,&#8221; Thunberg claimed in a pair of tweets. &#8220;If anyone thinks that what I and the science are saying is advocating for a political view &#8211; then that says more about that person than about me. That being said &#8211; some are certainly failing more than others.&#8221;
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If anyone thinks that what I and the science are saying is advocating for a political view &#8211; then that says more about that person than about me. That being said &#8211; some are certainly failing more than others.
&mdash; Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) <a href="https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg/status/1205220369411518466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 12, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Human Events Managing Editor Ian Miles Cheong highlighted some of Thunberg&#8217;s meetings with political leaders, which showed that she only met with leftist leaders.
In one tweet, Cheong highlighted Thunberg&#8217;s meeting with former Democrat President Barack Obama, a meeting in which Obama told her, &#8220;You and me, we&#8217;re a team.&#8221;
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According to CNN: &quot;Before the two fist-bumped, Obama said to Thunberg: &#39;You and me, we&#39;re a team.&#39;&quot; <a href="https://t.co/SzIfUOlCqj">pic.twitter.com/SzIfUOlCqj</a>
&mdash; Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) <a href="https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1206484380614479873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 16, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Another tweet highlighted Thunberg&#8217;s meeting with socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), who Thunberg called &#8220;incredible.&#8221;
It&#8217;s worth noting that in her meeting with Ocasio-Cortez, which was published in The Guardian as a back-and-forth dialogue, Thunberg dispelled any notion that she is not political and that people are using her.
&#8220;The most common criticism I get is that I’m being manipulated and you shouldn’t use children in political ways, because that is abuse, and I can’t think for myself and so on,&#8221; Thunberg <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/29/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-met-greta-thunberg-hope-contagious-climate">said</a>. &#8220;And I think that is so annoying! I’m also allowed to have a say – why shouldn’t I be able to form my own opinion and try to change people’s minds?&#8221;
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Greta calls AOC “incredible.” <a href="https://t.co/RFn3gLpdmC">pic.twitter.com/RFn3gLpdmC</a>
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Another tweet highlighted Thunberg meeting fellow climate alarmist Al Gore, a failed Democrat presidential candidate, whom she said it was an &#8220;honor&#8221; to meet because he was a &#8220;true pioneer.&#8221;
Gore is a well-documented hypocrite when it comes to the climate. While he warns of impending doom that <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/environmental-apocalypse-predictions-have-failed-for-half-a-century">does not happen</a>,  he flies around the world on <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2019/12/09/hypocrisy-climate-change-activist/">private planes</a> and lives in a home that devours <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2017/08/02/exclusive-al-gores-home-devours-34-times-more-electricity-than-average-u-s-household/">34 times more</a> electricity than an average home in the U.S.
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Greta says it was an “honor” to meet Al Gore, praises him as a “true pioneer.” <a href="https://t.co/ZAQdX9wpjO">pic.twitter.com/ZAQdX9wpjO</a>
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Cheong also noted a t-shirt Thunberg wore earlier in the year that drew significant controversy because it appears to promote Antifa, an extremist left-wing group that embraces the use of violence to silence those with opposing views.
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Is this an Antifa t-shirt? Sure looks like it. <a href="https://t.co/tCVMKdlLNe">pic.twitter.com/tCVMKdlLNe</a>
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However, Thunberg eventually denounced the shirt, writing on Twitter: &#8220;Yesterday I posted a photo wearing a borrowed T-shirt that says I’m against fascism. That T-shirt can apparently to some be linked to a violent movement. I don’t support any form of violence and to avoid misunderstandings I’ve deleted the post. And of course I am against fascism.&#8221;
Late last week, Thunberg, at a climate rally, said that she would &#8220;put&#8221; world leaders that did not promote her climate extremism &#8220;against the wall.&#8221;
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GretaThunberg?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GretaThunberg</a> shows her totalitarian colors
She threatens world leaders If they don&#39;t do their jobs &quot;We will put them against the wall&quot;
Support <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClimateHysteria?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ClimateHysteria</a> Or face a firing squad
Not sure these children are a future anyone should want <a href="https://t.co/UhVSgtkhvR">pic.twitter.com/UhVSgtkhvR</a>
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Thunberg responded to her controversial remarks by <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/greta-thunberg-apologizes-against-the-wall-break-global-activism-time-person-of-year">blaming</a> it on her &#8220;Swenglish,&#8221; claiming that she was only inferring that she wanted to hold them accountable.
Thunberg&#8217;s remarks were actually tame compared to some of her prior statements, including comments she made in an op-ed earlier this month in which she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/greta-snaps-change-everything-climate-crisis-about-colonial-racist-and-patriarchal-systems-of-oppression-fossil-fuel-literally">said</a> that she would promote &#8220;strikes, protests, and other actions&#8221; and would &#8220;become louder and louder&#8221; until leaders did what she thought was necessary.
In a meltdown speech at the United Nations earlier this year, Thunberg <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/greta-snaps-we-are-beginning-mass-extinction-how-ryan-saavedra">said</a> of world leaders, &#8220;There will not be any solutions or plans presented in line with these figures here today because these numbers are too uncomfortable and you are still not mature enough to tell it like it is. You are failing us but the young people are starting to understand your betrayal. The eyes of all future generations are upon you and if you choose to fail us I say we will never forgive you. We will not let you get away with this. Right here, right now, is where we draw the line the world is waking up and change is coming whether you like it or not.&#8221;

Greta Thunberg Attends COP25 Plenary Session In Madrid

Greta Denies She Is ‘Political’, Gets Brutal Reminder; Threatens To Put Politicians ‘Against The Wall’

Far-left climate extremist Greta Thunberg tweeted a photograph of herself riding on a train over the weekend that showed her sitting on the floor while complaining about the train supposedly being &#8220;overcrowded&#8221; which earned a sharp response from the train.
&#8220;Traveling on overcrowded trains through Germany,&#8221; Thunberg tweeted. &#8220;And I’m finally on my way home!&#8221;
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Traveling on overcrowded trains through Germany. And I’m finally on my way home! <a href="https://t.co/ssfLCPsR8o">pic.twitter.com/ssfLCPsR8o</a>
&mdash; Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) <a href="https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg/status/1205969006982815751?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 14, 2019</a></blockquote>
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The Guardian <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/dec/15/greta-thunberg-in-twitter-spat-with-german-rail-firm">reported</a> that in a two-part tweet, Deutsche Bahn (DB) responded to Thunberg&#8217;s tweet, writing, “Dear Greta, thank you for supporting us railroaders in the fight against climate change! We were happy that you travelled with us on Saturday in the ICE 74 &#8230; but it would have been even nicer had you also reported how friendly and competently you were looked after by our team at your seat in the first class.”
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OMG even German Rail companies are now dunking on the fraud that is <a href="https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GretaThunberg</a>! 🤣 <a href="https://t.co/aAQjJJNWAt">pic.twitter.com/aAQjJJNWAt</a>
&mdash; Raheem Kassam (@RaheemKassam) <a href="https://twitter.com/RaheemKassam/status/1206290440523255808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 15, 2019</a></blockquote>
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After being repeatedly mocked online over the incident, Thunberg <a href="https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg/status/1206203503363985408">claimed</a>, &#8220;Our train from Basel was taken out of traffic. So we sat on the floor on 2 different trains. After Göttingen I got a seat. This is no problem of course and I never said it was. Overcrowded trains is a great sign because it means the demand for train travel is high!&#8221;
Thunberg has been at the center of controversy over her push for extreme climate proposals and has been mocked by leaders around the world, and was even mocked in the most recent episode of South Park.
Earlier this month, famed British tv personality Jeremy Clarkson <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/famed-host-jeremy-clarkson-unloads-on-greta-thunberg-mad-dangerous-go-back-to-school-and-shut-up">unloaded</a> on Thunberg after a series of extreme speeches she delivered during 2019.
“She’s mad and she’s dangerous and she’s causing young children sleepless nights with her idiocy,” Clarkson said in an interview this week, according to The Daily Mail. “I think she needs to go back to school and shut up.”
“But rather than having her jumping up and down and waving her arms in the air, you can actually go there and say, ‘Bloody hell, fire! Look at what this climate change has done to this place,&#8217;” Clarkson continued. “We simply said, ‘Here’s an example of it.’ What do you want me to do now? Get on my carbon fiber yacht and go and shout at Donald Trump?”
When Clarkson was further asked about what he thought about Thunberg, Clarkson responded: “She’s a stupid idiot.”
“I think she’s a weird Swede with a bad temper. Nothing will be achieved by sailing across the ocean in a diesel-powered yacht, and then lying about the diesel engine,” Clarkson continued. “And did you see she went to Chile for the climate conference which was then moved to Madrid? I literally s**t myself laughing. She’s an idiot because scientists will solve this, and nobody is going to solve it by running around and going on strike and not going to school, because then you’re not in your science lessons, so she’s a fool.”
Thunberg recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/greta-snaps-change-everything-climate-crisis-about-colonial-racist-and-patriarchal-systems-of-oppression-fossil-fuel-literally">admitted</a> in an op-ed that her extreme climate plan was about more than just the environment, it was also about fighting the “colonial, racist, and patriarchal systems of oppression.”
Thunberg noted that the goal of her “climate resistance movement” is “to change everything.”

Greta Thunberg Tweets Pic Of Herself On Floor Of ‘Overcrowded’ Train. Train Company Rips Her For Not Telling Full Story.

&#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; usually targets only conservatives, but the hyper liberal show has been taking aim at liberals lately, too.
In its latest show on Saturday, SNL slapped around climate alarmist Greta Thunberg, played by Kate McKinnon.
“The elves will drown,” a dour Greta declares at one point, referencing a melting North Pole.
The cold open began with Aidy Bryant, dressed as Sam the Snowman from the “Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer” cartoon, saying families in America are more divided politically than ever. “But if we listen in to some dinner conversations tonight, I bet we’d find out we have more in common than we realize,&#8221; the snowman says. &#8220;And now we can listen because I hacked into three Nest home cams.”
After listening in on three families, McKinnon&#8217;s Thunberg appears to deliver her “Christmas message.&#8221;
“In 10 years, this snowman won’t exist,&#8221; she says. &#8220;Her home will be a puddle. Santa, reindeer, the North Pole &#8212; all of it gone. The ice caps will melt and the elves will drown.&#8221;
&#8220;Greta!&#8221; the snowman shouts.
“What? You said keep it light,” Greta says. “So Merry maybe our last Christmas to all.”
“And, Donald Trump &#8212; step to me and I’ll come at you like a plastic straw comes to a turtle,” she says, adding, “I can’t believe I’m saying this to a 70-year-old man but grow up!”
The sketch featured some other surprisingly non-liberal stuff, like one character admitting that President Trump is &#8220;definitely getting re-elected.&#8221;
Cast member Kenan Thompson, playing a father of a family in Atlanta, says he plans to skip dining room table subjects like impeachment, preferring to talk about the new movie &#8220;Bad Boys III.&#8221;
“Could we please talk about politics instead?” his son pleads.
“You mean how Trump is definitely getting impeached and then definitely getting re-elected?&#8221; Thompson says. &#8220;I’m good.”
The son says he hears people saying Trump will lose in 2020.
“What people? White people?&#8221; Thompson says. &#8220;If white people tell you I might not vote for Trump this time, you know what that’s called, right? A lie. Nobody was gonna&#8217; vote for Trump in 2016 either and then guess who did? Everybody. See, now you got me worked up. I need a drink.”
Sam the Snowman, though, does spout the liberal talking point that the Electoral College is bad, saying of the families, &#8220;“They’ll debate the issues all year long, but then it all comes down to 1,000 people in Wisconsin who won’t even think about the election ’til the morning of. And that’s the magic of the Electoral College.&#8221;
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Last month, SNL slapped around Democrats running for the 2020 presidential nomination.
Actor Woody Harrelson, playing Joe Biden, said, &#8220;America, I see you. And I see the faces you make when I talk – you’re scared,” Harrelson said. &#8220;Scared I&#8217;ll say something off-color &#8212; or even worse, on color.&#8221;
“What I want you to know is you should be scared,” he continued. &#8220;Because I’m always one second away from calling Cory Booker &#8216;Barack.&#8217;”
When the topic turned to marijuana &#8212; which Biden recently called a &#8220;gateway drug&#8221; &#8212; Harrelson said: &#8220;Let me tell you a story from my youth, or maybe from a movie or a cartoon.&#8221; He then recounted the plot of &#8220;Harold And Kumar Go To White Castle.&#8221;
&#8220;Next thing you know, Kumar and I are driving around high as kites with Neil Patrick Harris — and that was before he was gay. That&#8217;s why I never puffed the stuff,&#8221; he said.
Harrelson also boasted that he is &#8220;supported by the same coalition that elected Obama.&#8221;
&#8220;Blafrican Americans. Even the Mexitinos, and the Korientals,&#8221; he said to huge laughs.
The sketch also featured Larry David as a spot-on Bernie Sanders talking about his recent heart attack.
&#8220;So, you ought to know by now I&#8217;m doing better than ever,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Doctors were surprised I made it. And I&#8217;m very proud of the fact that I was the first heart attack patient to show up to the emergency room in a city bus.&#8221;

Saturday Night Live &#8211; Season 45

&#8216;Merry Maybe Our Last Christmas To All&#8217;: SNL Mocks Greta Thunberg In Hilarious Skit

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First Lady Melania Trump fired back at critics who claimed the First Family was being hypocritical by defending Barron Trump, 13, from political attacks while President Donald Trump trolled far-left climate extremist Greta Thunberg, 16, on Twitter just several days later.
On December 4, Stanford Law School Professor Pamela Karlan, an impeachment witness for House Democrats, took a shot at Barron during Democrats&#8217; impeachment hearing on the House Judiciary Committee.
Melania <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-melania-responds-to-democrat-impeachment-witness-taking-shot-at-barron">responded</a> on Twitter by writing, “A minor child deserves privacy and should be kept out of politics. Pamela Karlan, you should be ashamed of your very angry and obviously biased public pandering, and using a child to do it.”
President Trump retweeted Melania&#8217;s tweet a short time later.
On Wednesday, TIME Magazine announced that it was making Thunberg its 2019 Person of the Year.
President Trump responded on Twitter by <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1205100602025545730">writing</a>: &#8220;So ridiculous. Greta must work on her Anger Management problem, then go to a good old fashioned movie with a friend! Chill Greta, Chill!&#8221;
Left-wing activists on Twitter and in the media immediately responded to President Trump&#8217;s swipe at Thunberg by attacking Melania for saying that &#8220;a minor child deserves privacy and should be kept out of politics&#8221; and for her BeBest campaign, which aims to combat bullying.
Melania responded in a statement to the criticism by highlighting the difference between her son and Thunberg.
&#8220;BeBest is the First Lady&#8217;s initiative, and she will continue to use it to do all she can to help children. It is no secret that the President and First Lady often communicate differently &#8212; as most married couples do. Their son is not an activist who travels the globe giving speeches. He is a 13-year-old who wants and deserves privacy,&#8221; White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said in a statement.
Thunberg is a far-left climate extremist who travels the world warning of apocalyptic doom that is coming unless radical change occurs that she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/greta-snaps-change-everything-climate-crisis-about-colonial-racist-and-patriarchal-systems-of-oppression-fossil-fuel-literally">claims</a> &#8220;colonial, racist, and patriarchal systems of oppression have created and fueled.&#8221;
President Trump trolled Thunberg after her meltdown at the United Nations earlier this year where she claimed that &#8220;we are in the beginning of a mass extinction.&#8221;
President Trump wrote on Twitter: &#8220;She seems like a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future. So nice to see!&#8221;
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She seems like a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future. So nice to see! <a href="https://t.co/1tQG6QcVKO">https://t.co/1tQG6QcVKO</a>
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Thunberg&#8217;s speech gained significant attention as many people viewed it as a sign of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/backlash-critics-lambast-melodramatic-greta-ryan-saavedra">child abuse</a>, saying that activists, politicians, and the media were exploiting her for political gain.
&#8220;My message is that we’ll be watching you. This is all wrong, I shouldn’t be up here, I should be back in school on the other side of the ocean. Yet, you all come to us young people for hope, how dare you,&#8221; Thunberg <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/greta-snaps-we-are-beginning-mass-extinction-how-ryan-saavedra">exclaimed</a>. &#8220;You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words and yet I’m one of the lucky ones. People are suffering, people are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is money and fairytales of eternal economic growth. How dare you.&#8221;
&#8220;There will not be any solutions or plans presented in line with these figures here today because these numbers are too uncomfortable and you are still not mature enough to tell it like it is,&#8221; Thunberg said several minutes later. &#8220;You are failing us but the young people are starting to understand your betrayal. The eyes of all future generations are upon you and if you choose to fail us I say we will never forgive you. We will not let you get away with this. Right here, right now, is where we draw the line the world is waking up and change is coming whether you like it or not.&#8221;

Melania Trump Explains Difference Between Criticizing Greta Thunberg, Barron Trump

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On Thursday morning, President Donald Trump said far-left climate alarmist Greta Thunberg should to work on her &#8220;anger management problem&#8221; and &#8220;chill.&#8221;
&#8220;So ridiculous,&#8221; Trump posted to Twitter, reacting to TIME magazine naming Thunberg &#8220;Person of the Year.&#8221;
&#8220;Greta must work on her Anger Management problem, then go to a good old fashioned movie with a friend!&#8221; the president suggested. &#8220;Chill Greta, Chill!&#8221;
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So ridiculous. Greta must work on her Anger Management problem, then go to a good old fashioned movie with a friend! Chill Greta, Chill! <a href="https://t.co/M8ZtS8okzE">https://t.co/M8ZtS8okzE</a>
&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1205100602025545730?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 12, 2019</a></blockquote>
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As noted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/greta-thunberg-wins-time-person-of-the-year-leftists-celebrate-don-jr-eviscerates-them">The Daily Wire</a> on Wednesday, the climate change alarmist was named the magazine&#8217;s &#8220;Person of the Year,&#8221; to mixed reactions. One major criticism launched at TIME was their apparent snub of the pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GretaThunberg</a> is TIME&#39;s 2019 Person of the Year <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TIMEPOY?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TIMEPOY</a> <a href="https://t.co/YZ7U6Up76v">https://t.co/YZ7U6Up76v</a> <a href="https://t.co/SWALBfeGl6">pic.twitter.com/SWALBfeGl6</a>
&mdash; TIME (@TIME) <a href="https://twitter.com/TIME/status/1204743717132914688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2019</a></blockquote>
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“Thunberg is not a leader of any political party or advocacy group,” <a href="https://time.com/person-of-the-year-2019-greta-thunberg/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=person-of-the-year&amp;utm_term=_&amp;linkId=78763203">TIME</a> wrote in their article on the activist. “She is neither the first to sound the alarm about the climate crisis nor the most qualified to fix it. She is not a scientist or a politician. She has no access to traditional levers of influence: she’s not a billionaire or a princess, a pop star or even an adult.&#8221;
&#8220;She&#8217;s an ordinary teenage girl who, in summoning the courage to speak truth to power, became the icon of a generation,&#8221; the magazine continued. &#8220;By clarifying an abstract danger with piercing outrage, Thunberg became the most compelling voice on the most important issue facing the planet.”
Since 2017, Thunberg has been promoted by politicos on the far-left and their allies in the media to lead the climate change agenda, which conveniently promotes socialist policies as solutions. The teen cemented her role as the leader of the movement in September with a radical, doomsday speech at the United Nations.
“My message is that we’ll be watching you,” Thunberg warned during the speech, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/greta-snaps-we-are-beginning-mass-extinction-how-ryan-saavedra">The Daily Wire</a> reported. “This is all wrong, I shouldn’t be up here, I should be back in school on the other side of the ocean. Yet, you all come to us young people for hope. How dare you. You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words, and yet I’m one of the lucky ones.”
“People are suffering; people are dying,” she claimed. “Entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is money and fairytales of eternal economic growth.”
While at the U.N., Thunberg made headlines for giving President Trump a vicious stare-down when he walked past her.
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Climate activist Greta Thunberg stares down President Trump as he arrived at the UN. <a href="https://t.co/1Ot0Dko5w6">pic.twitter.com/1Ot0Dko5w6</a>
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Trump posted his own take on Thunberg&#8217;s doomsday speech, mocking via Twitter: “She seems like a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future. So nice to see!”
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She seems like a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future. So nice to see! <a href="https://t.co/1tQG6QcVKO">https://t.co/1tQG6QcVKO</a>
&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1176339522113679360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 24, 2019</a></blockquote>
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As previously noted by The Daily Wire, Thunberg did not mention China during the infamous U.N. speech, nor during her latest address to climate activists in Madrid, despite the nation leading in carbon emissions. Thunberg has also yet to visit China to give one of her lectures.
“With the world’s largest population and for decades one of the fastest growing economies, China is far and away the world’s top CO2 emitter,” <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/07/14/china-us-countries-that-produce-the-most-co-2-emissions/39548763/">USA Today</a> reported this summer, using data collecting in 2017. “Close to 10,000 million metric tons of CO2 from burning fossil fuel were emitted by the superpower in 2017. On a per capita basis, China’s CO2 emissions of 7.1 metric tons per person trail that of most countries on this list but still rank in the top 50 worldwide.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/defeated-greta-whines-climate-strikes-have-achieved-nothing-claims-people-are-dying-today">Defeated Greta Whines Climate Strikes Have ‘Achieved Nothing,’ Claims People Are ‘Dying Today’</a>

Greta Thunberg And President Donald Trump

‘Chill Greta, Chill!’ Trump Trolls Greta After Time Names Her ‘Person Of The Year’

Sixteen-year-old climate change activist Greta Thunberg was named TIME &#8220;Person of the Year&#8221; on Wednesday, becoming the youngest person in history to receive such a high honor.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GretaThunberg</a> is TIME&#39;s 2019 Person of the Year <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TIMEPOY?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TIMEPOY</a> <a href="https://t.co/YZ7U6Up76v">https://t.co/YZ7U6Up76v</a> <a href="https://t.co/SWALBfeGl6">pic.twitter.com/SWALBfeGl6</a>
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&#8220;Thunberg is not a leader of any political party or advocacy group,&#8221; TIME said in the article. &#8220;She is neither the first to sound the alarm about the climate crisis nor the most qualified to fix it. She is not a scientist or a politician. She has no access to traditional levers of influence: she’s not a billionaire or a princess, a pop star or even an adult. She is an ordinary teenage girl who, in summoning the courage to speak truth to power, became the icon of a generation. By clarifying an abstract danger with piercing outrage, Thunberg became the most compelling voice on the most important issue facing the planet.&#8221;
Predictably, leftists have been celebrating the news, seemingly unbothered by the fact she won over the Hong Kong Protesters.
&#8220;I couldn&#8217;t think of a better Person of the Year than [Greta Thunberg],&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/1204775997079539712?s=20">tweeted</a> none other than failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. &#8220;I am grateful for all she&#8217;s done to raise awareness of the climate crisis and her willingness to tell hard, motivating truths. As she said today: &#8216;Change is coming, whether you like it or not.'&#8221;
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I couldn&#39;t think of a better Person of the Year than <a href="https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GretaThunberg</a>. I am grateful for all she&#39;s done to raise awareness of the climate crisis and her willingness to tell hard, motivating truths. 
As she said today: &quot;Change is coming, whether you like it or not.&quot; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/gutsywomen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#gutsywomen</a> <a href="https://t.co/ltCoo9NbS2">pic.twitter.com/ltCoo9NbS2</a>
&mdash; Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) <a href="https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/1204775997079539712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2019</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Deserved. Also, I want to rub it in the smug faces of the bitter men who are intimidated by her power,&#8221; tweeted author Kimberly Johnson. &#8220;All the angry mantrolls are very upset Greta Thunberg is Time&#8217;s person of the year. When I point out their petty insecurity, they swarm and say I&#8217;m smug, angry, bloated (period reference) and bitter. They are so sad and predictable.&#8221;
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Deserved. 
Also, I want to rub it in the smug faces of the bitter men who are intimidated by her power. <a href="https://t.co/QpMsyWOmuI">https://t.co/QpMsyWOmuI</a>
&mdash; Kimberley Johnson (@AuthorKimberley) <a href="https://twitter.com/AuthorKimberley/status/1204766401392713729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2019</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Even though I was rooting for the Hong Kong protestors, I am overjoyed for Greta Thunberg and her well deserved Time Magazine Person of the Year award,&#8221; tweeted Dr. Eugene Gu. &#8220;Rather than snubbing Donald Trump, this is about having faith in the power of youth to save our world. Go Greta!&#8221;
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Even though I was rooting for the Hong Kong protestors, I am overjoyed for Greta Thunberg and her well deserved Time Magazine Person of the Year award. Rather than snubbing Donald Trump, this is about having faith in the power of youth to save our world. Go Greta! <a href="https://t.co/IbXDwB6dyL">pic.twitter.com/IbXDwB6dyL</a>
&mdash; Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) <a href="https://twitter.com/eugenegu/status/1204776381051105282?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2019</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Greta Thunberg wins <a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" role="link" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TimeMagazine?src=hashtag_click" data-focusable="true">#TimeMagazine</a> 2019 Person of the Year. She simultaneously awakens the spirit of our collective childhood along with the wisdom of Mother Earth. Greta gives us hope, inspiration, wisdom, and a profound sense of urgency,&#8221; tweeted Dr. Jack Brown.
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Greta Thunberg wins <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TimeMagazine?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TimeMagazine</a> 2019 Person of the Year. She simultaneously awakens the spirit of our collective childhood along with the wisdom of Mother Earth. Greta gives us hope, inspiration, wisdom, and a profound sense of urgency.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GretaThunberg?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GretaThunberg</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TIMEPersonoftheYear2019?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TIMEPersonoftheYear2019</a> <a href="https://t.co/oxzYn9F7Wr">pic.twitter.com/oxzYn9F7Wr</a>
&mdash; Dr. Jack Brown (@DrGJackBrown) <a href="https://twitter.com/DrGJackBrown/status/1204776104839352320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2019</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Among the powerful things about this choice of [Thunberg] is that she doesn&#8217;t believe in the fantasy of the &#8216;win-win,'&#8221; tweeted TIME editor-at-large Anand Giridharadas. &#8220;She is telling us that real change is costly, real change requires giving things up, the loss of power and privilege, new systems, new ways of life. She isn&#8217;t just inspirational, and she isn&#8217;t just talking about the planet, as big as that is! She is indicting an entire way of life, and a way of telling ourselves we are making a difference when we are not.&#8221;
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She isn&#39;t just inspirational, and she isn&#39;t just talking about the planet, as big as that is!
She is indicting an entire way of life, and a way of telling ourselves we are making a difference when we are not.
&mdash; Anand Giridharadas (@AnandWrites) <a href="https://twitter.com/AnandWrites/status/1204780346438488066?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Conservatives had a different reaction to the news in light of the fact that the protesters in Hong Kong were made to take a backseat to a teenaged climate change activist. Among those unimpressed with Time&#8217;s choice was Donald Trump Jr., who worked in a reference to Thunberg&#8217;s U.N. speech:
&#8220;Time leaves out the Hong Kong Protesters fighting for their lives and freedoms to push a teen being used as a marketing gimmick. How dare you?&#8221; tweeted Trump Jr.
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Time leaves out the Hong Kong Protesters fighting for their lives and freedoms to push a teen being used as a marketing gimmick. 
How dare you? <a href="https://t.co/dnV9mESM6G">https://t.co/dnV9mESM6G</a>
&mdash; Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) <a href="https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1204768478722433024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2019</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Wow cisgendered white girl as person of the year. Time Magazine reinforcing white heteronormativity once again. Outrageous,&#8221; tweeted Matt Walsh.
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Wow cisgendered white girl as person of the year. Time Magazine reinforcing white heteronormativity once again. Outrageous. <a href="https://t.co/pb4zgeDUFp">https://t.co/pb4zgeDUFp</a>
&mdash; Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1204759704909561856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2019</a></blockquote>
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More realistic a choice than <a href="https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GretaThunberg</a>. <a href="https://t.co/ihPIri4fDe">https://t.co/ihPIri4fDe</a>
&mdash; Sebastian Gorka DrG (@SebGorka) <a href="https://twitter.com/SebGorka/status/1204779785408458752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2019</a></blockquote>
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In an appearance on NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Today,&#8221; TIME&#8217;s editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal said that Thunberg represents the cultural shift in which the protests of young people are changing the world, from Hong Kong to Parkland.
“She also represents a broader generational shift in the culture that we’re seeing from the campuses of Hong Kong to the protests in Chile to Parkland, Florida, where the students marched against gun violence where young people are demanding change urgently,” said Felsenthal.
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“She became the biggest voice on the biggest issue facing the planet this year.” TIME Editor-in-Chief <a href="https://twitter.com/efelsenthal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@efelsenthal</a> talks about why TIME chose <a href="https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GretaThunberg</a> to be Person of the Year.
Thunberg, 16, is also the youngest person to ever receive the honor. <a href="https://t.co/eTvLAiRtFW">pic.twitter.com/eTvLAiRtFW</a>
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Last year, TIME selected &#8220;The Guardians and the War on Truth&#8221; as the &#8220;Person of the Year,&#8221; represented by journalists who have either been jailed or killed in their line of work.

Greta Thunberg Wins ‘TIME Person Of The Year,’ Leftists Celebrate, Don Jr. Smacks Them

Donald Trump Jr.

Who will be the TIME Person of the Year for 2019? Will it be climate change activist Greta Thunberg? The Whistleblower? Nancy Pelosi? The choice is yours to make.
On Monday, the magazine unveiled its short list of finalists on NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Today,&#8221; which included more than a few of President Trump&#8217;s friends and foes — including Greta Thunberg, soccer star Megan Rapinoe, and the infamous whistleblower who helped prompt the ongoing House impeachment proceedings.
&#8220;The teen activist has become a prominent face in the fight to save the environment in the face of climate change,&#8221; the outlet said of Thunberg. &#8220;The 16-year-old from Sweden was the catalyst in a host of student-led strikes involving more than a million students across the world in the last two years when she began spending her school days protesting outside the Swedish parliament.&#8221;
When speaking of &#8220;The Whistleblower,&#8221; &#8220;Today&#8221; described the mysterious fellow as an &#8220;anonymous CIA officer shook up the U.S. government by triggering the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.&#8221;
If the whistleblower were selected, it would be the second time since 2002 that the magazine selected whistleblowers for the top slot.
&#8220;A group of whistleblowers were previously selected for the honor by TIME in 2002 for bringing to light the massive accounting scandals at Enron and Worldcom as well as the FBI&#8217;s mishandling of information from the 9/11 attacks,&#8221; reported the outlet.
Also included on the list is none other than LGBT icon soccer player Megan Rapinoe, who became the most notoriously left-wing athlete since Colin Kaepernick after helping lead the U.S. to victory in the FIFA Women&#8217;s World Cup.
&#8220;Rapinoe also sparred with President Donald Trump during the World Cup run after saying she would never visit the White House if the team won the tournament,&#8221; the outlet said of Rapinoe. &#8220;She also has been an outspoken advocate for LGBTQ rights since publicly coming out as gay in 2012 and has joined with her teammates on the U.S. women&#8217;s national team to fight to receive equal pay with the U.S. men&#8217;s national team.&#8221;
Of those listed by TIME, the most unifying pick that all Americans would perhaps rally behind is the Hong Kong protesters:
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Waves of demonstrations have swept across the special administrative region of China in response to proposed amendments to Hong Kong&#8217;s extradition law. The change would allow the Hong Kong government to extradite people to mainland China, where human rights groups have said citizens are often arbitrarily imprisoned for speaking out against the government. Critics of the bill have viewed it as the Chinese government in Beijing trying to exert more control over Hong Kong.
The protests began in earnest in June, when more than a million people protested against the bill in front of Hong Kong&#8217;s legislature, with police firing rubber bullets and tear gas into the crowd. The bill has been indefinitely suspended, but pro-democracy protests have continued for months, including a transportation strike and demonstrators taking over the Hong Kong airport. They also have demanded that the nearly 5,000 protesters who have been arrested be released as well as universal suffrage for Hong Kong citizens.
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Should TIME select the Hong Kong protesters, it would be a bold move and signify the magazine&#8217;s willingness to buck the current cultural trend of catering to the Chinese government.
Rudy Giuliani, President Trump, President Xi Jinping, and Mark Zuckerberg were also among the finalists.

TIME Person Of The Year Winds Down To These Finalists

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On Friday, far-left activist Greta Thunberg struck a somber, defeatist tone while speaking to fellow climate activists gathered at the United Nations climate talks in Madrid, Spain.
The Swedish teen complained that school climate strikes have &#8220;achieved nothing&#8221; and claimed that opponents of her radical agenda are trying to &#8220;silence&#8221; her and her supporters. Thunberg also claimed people are currently &#8220;suffering and dying&#8221; due to effects of supposed man-made climate change.
&#8220;The global wave of school strikes for the climate over the past year has &#8216;achieved nothing&#8217; because greenhouse gas emissions have continued to rise,&#8221; Thunberg reportedly told fellow activists, according to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/dec/06/greta-thunberg-says-school-strikes-have-achieved-nothing?CMP=twt_a-environment_b-gdneco">The Guardian</a>.
“I’m just an activist and we need more activists,” the 16-year-old said. “Some people are afraid to change – they try so desperately to silence us.”
“We can’t go on like this; it is not sustainable that children skip school and we don’t want to continue – we would love some action from the people in power. People are suffering and dying today. We can’t wait any longer,” Thunberg warned.
The climate extremist expressed little hope in governments across the globe acting in a manner she sees fit to save the world from apparent destruction.
“I sincerely hope COP25 will reach something concrete and increase awareness among people,&#8221; Thunberg said, &#8220;and that world leaders and people in power grasp the urgency of the climate crisis, because right now it does not seem that they are.&#8221;
Since 2017, Thunberg has been pushed by politicos on the far-left and their allies in the media to lead the climate change agenda, which conveniently promotes socialist policies as solutions. In September, the teen cemented her role as climate leader with a radical, doomsday speech at the UN.
“My message is that we’ll be watching you,&#8221; Thunberg warned during the speech, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/greta-snaps-we-are-beginning-mass-extinction-how-ryan-saavedra">The Daily Wire</a> reported. &#8220;This is all wrong, I shouldn’t be up here, I should be back in school on the other side of the ocean. Yet, you all come to us young people for hope. How dare you. You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words, and yet I’m one of the lucky ones.&#8221;
&#8220;People are suffering; people are dying,&#8221; the teen claimed. &#8220;Entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is money and fairytales of eternal economic growth.”
As noted by The Guardian, &#8220;greenhouse gas emissions have risen by 4%&#8221; since the Paris Accords were signed.
Oddly, Thunberg did not mention China during the infamous U.N. speech, nor during her latest address to climate activists, despite the nation leading in carbon emissions. Notably, Thunberg has also yet to visit China to give one of her most important lectures.
&#8220;With the world&#8217;s largest population and for decades one of the fastest growing economies, China is far and away the world&#8217;s top CO2 emitter,&#8221; <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/07/14/china-us-countries-that-produce-the-most-co-2-emissions/39548763/">USA Today</a> reported this summer, using data collecting in 2017. &#8220;Close to 10,000 million metric tons of CO2 from burning fossil fuel were emitted by the superpower in 2017. On a per capita basis, China&#8217;s CO2 emissions of 7.1 metric tons per person trail that of most countries on this list but still rank in the top 50 worldwide.&#8221;
&#8220;Driving China&#8217;s CO2 emissions is the nation&#8217;s massive coal production,&#8221; the reported noted. &#8220;China&#8217;s generation of electricity from coal has dropped slightly from 75% in 1992 to 70% in 2015. Still, overall coal production has tripled since 2000 to nearly 4,000 million metric tons – approximately half of all global coal production.&#8221;

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