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US treasury secretary says Greta Thunberg should study economics

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A cold war between the Trump administration and Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg in Davos went hot on Thursday. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin dismissed Thunberg’s call for private and public sector divestment from fossil fuel companies, telling, “After she goes and studies economics in college she can come back and explain that to us.” Mnuchin joked about Thunberg: “Who is that? Is she the chief economist?”