Steven Mnuchin says the US position on climate had been 'misunderstood'. FMTNews
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says the US position on climate had been ‘misunderstood’.
Asked during a news conference about Thunberg’s call to divest from fossil fuels, Mnuchin said: “Is she the chief economist? … After she goes and studies economics in college, she can come back and explain that to us.” After Trump said the US had committed to joining the one trillion tree initiative, Thunberg retorted that fixing the climate crisis was not only about trees.
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