Published 06:57 IST, December 13th 2019

'A teenager working on her anger management', Greta Thunberg subtly trolls Donald Trump

Greta Thunberg plainly, simply and subtly hit back at US President Donald Trump for taking a dig at her over being named the 'Person of the Year' for 2019

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Youth climate activist Greta Thunberg on Friday plainly, simply, and subtly hit back at US President Donald Trump for taking a dig at her over being named 'Person of Year' for 2019. Thunberg changed her Twitter bio to ridiculing remarks made by Trump at her on very same platform.  16-year-old is youngest person to be chosen by magazine in a tradition that started way back in 1927.

President Donald Trump had a tough time digesting fact that he didn't become 'Person of Year' this time. He took to Twitter where he usually rants on such issues.

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All Greta did is change her Twitter bio to hit back at 'Leader of Free World'

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This was t first Trump-Thunberg spat. In vember, Greta Thunberg said Donald Trump's denial of climate change was 'so extreme' that it has helped many people to 'wake up'. In an interview with an international media ncy, teen activist said that President Trump delivers such extreme things that have provoked people to quit long period of waiting while climate emergency is destroying planet. When US President was elected, Thunberg thought it would be n when people 'finally wake up' instead of continuing ir life like thing is going to happen and thus, in that perspective, President Trump was actually contributing to fight against climate change.

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READ | Climate Change Activist Greta Thunberg Named Person Of Year For 2019

Giving 'pirralha' back

Thunberg is t just kwn for her passionate climate activism but has also earned a reputation at hitting back powerful heads of state on ir climate change-sceptic views in most subtle yet iconic way. On Tuesday, Greta Thunberg in a subtle way trolled Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro over his harsh labelling of her. Bolsonaro, a far-right leader who rose to power championing climate sceptic views, had branded Thunberg a 'pirralha',  Portuguese word for “brat” in response to latter's condemnation of killings of indigeus tribals in Brazilian Amazon. Thunberg hit back by simply changing her Twitter bio on Tuesday to contain only Portuguese slur.

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06:12 IST, December 13th 2019