JN / Agencies
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Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, a figure in the international youth movement fighting climate change, called on Saturday to vote for Democrat Joe Biden, Donald Trump’s opponent in the November US presidential election.
“I never get involved in party politics, but the next American elections are more than that,” wrote the 17-year-old on Twitter.
“From the point of view of the climate, it is far from sufficient and many other candidates have defended, but anyway … Get organized and get everyone to vote for #Biden”, he added.
Current U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly taken skeptical stances on climate change, as it did recently during the wave of major fires in California. “It will eventually cool down,” he said in mid-September on global warming.
Trump has also made unfriendly comments about Greta Thunberg. In December, when Time magazine chose her for “figure of the year”, the American leader wrote on Twitter that the young woman would have to work to “control her anger”, suggesting that she should “relax” and go to a good movie. with a friend.
Earlier, in September 2019, when the Swedish activist was at the United Nations, where she spoke at a climate summit, Trump had also made fun of Greta Thunberg’s views and vehement tone.
For his part, Joe Biden praised Thunberg’s action in April and said he is aware of young people’s aspirations on environmental issues.
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