Climate change activist Greta Thunberg blasted the idea of meeting with President Trump during an interview with BBC Radio 4.
The Swedish teenager joined BBC’s Today program as a guest editor on Monday and was asked about what she would say to Trump if they met face-to-face.
“Honestly, I don’t think I would have said anything because he’s obviously not listening to scientists and experts, so why would he listen to me?” said Thunberg. “I probably wouldn’t have said anything; I wouldn’t have wasted my time.”
Her remarks weren’t the first time Thunberg, 16, and Trump, 73, have butted heads. Her frustration with the U.S. president has been highlighted over the last half of 2018 after Thunberg first implored Trump to “listen to the science” in August.
“Me, myself alone is not much of a threat,” Thunberg told BBC 4. “But I’m part of a big movement that they probably see as a threat.”
In October, cameras caught her staring down Trump at the U.N. climate science event in New York. Trump has tweeted at her repeatedly and, in one instance, told her to “work on her anger management, then go see a good old fashioned movie with a friend!”
The Nobel Peace Prize nominee also took shots at Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro after the South American labeled Thunberg a “brat” earlier this month.
“Those attacks are just funny,” Thunberg said of the Brazilian president. “They are terrified of young people bringing change, which they don’t want. They see us as some type of threat.”
During her interview, the teenage activist also spoke with filmmaker David Attenborough on the program through Skype and thanked him for his “very inspiring” nature documentaries. Attenborough commended Thunberg for achieving things “that many of us who 20 years have failed to do.”
Thunberg said she wasn’t telling anyone “to stop flying or become vegan” but instead, advised people to “read up, inform (themselves) about the actual science and the situation.” She ended the interview by calling for action and saying that she hoped she wouldn’t “have to be a climate activist anymore.”
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