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Worlds collide: Trump, Thunberg at Davos

U.S. President Donald Trump and 17-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg seemed to be talking about two entirely different planets at WEF in Davos.

World Economic Forum participants watching U.S. President Donald J. Trump speak on January 21, 2020
World Economic Forum participants watching U.S. President Donald J. Trump speak on January 21, 2020 (AN/Benedikt Von Loebell)

DAVOS, Switzerland (AN) — U.S. President Donald Trump and 17-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg seemed to be talking about two entirely different planets on Tuesday at the World Economic Forum.

Trump fumed about the "prophets of doom" that he said repeatedly warn the world is about to end from global warming. An hour later, Thunberg told the same elite gathering the world is "on fire," and only an immediate end to fossil fuel burning can save it from a "climate and environmental emergency."

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