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Thunberg vs Trump: Showdown at UNGA sparks memes & snark
Arriving at the UN General Assembly, US President Donald Trump paid no attention to Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg. Caught on camera, her stare sparked a thousand tweets and divided the public.
While Thunberg was giving a fiery speech at the UNGA Climate Action Summit, Trump was speaking at an event about religious freedom. Video from the UN headquarters on East River shows Thunberg scowling as Trump enters the building to speak to reporters, not even registering her presence.
Trump’s critics were quick to make Thunberg their “shero,”describing her stare their new “life goals” and declaring that the 16-year-old climate “became president today.”
“We are all Greta,” another resistance activist proclaimed, sharing a photo of Thunberg scowling at Trump next to a photo of her meeting his predecessor, Barack Obama.
Conservatives who saw the images reacted differently, praising Trump for ignoring Thunberg – as if he did it on purpose – and even meme-ing her scowl to music and song lyrics.
Dear Trump, I wrote you, but you still ain't callin
I left my Twitter, my TikTok, my IG at the bottom
I sent two tweets back in autumn, you must notta got em
There probably was a problem with the climate or somethin
Sometimes the planet so hot that they block em pic.twitter.com/KjW8vsrB8A
— Jack Posobiec
