'Is she the chief economist or who is she? I'm confused,' he said as a 'joke.'
January 23, 2020, 3:10 PMCatch up on the developing stories making headlines.U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said teen climate activist Greta Thunberg can talk about divesting from fossil fuels"after she goes and studies economics."
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg attends a session at the Congress center during the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 21, 2020. When asked by a reporter if Thunberg's call for an end to fossil fuel investment would threaten U.S. economic growth, Mnuchin responded with:"Is she the chief economist or who is she? I'm confused.""After she goes and studies economics in college, she can come back and explain that to us," Mnuchin said.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin attends a session during the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 21, 2020.The Swedish teen, who is currently taking a gap year from school for her activism work, said she intends to return to school and have a"normal life" in August.
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