We are living in dramatic times, and much of the drama plays out in real time on Twitter. Say what you want about social media, and Twitter in particular, but there are few, if any, better ways to stay in touch with happenings in the world.
Also, the back-and-forths folks get into are genuinely entertaining.
Her words weren't as uplifting as some might have hoped — rather, she took the adults in the audience to task for the state of the world they would be leaving their kids.
"You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words," she said. "And yet I’m one of the lucky ones. People are suffering. People are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction. And all you can talk about is money and fairytales of eternal economic growth. How dare you!"
Rather, President Trump responded to the doom and gloom in Greta's speech with mockery on Twitter, sarcastically suggesting that she's "a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future."
When she saw what the president had written, she brought the shade, but she did it subtly, changing her Twitter bio to read "A very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future," basically turning Trump's mockery back on him.
We're talking about two of the most polarizing figures in the world right now, one a teenager and the other the most powerful man in the world.
It just goes to show, you don't mess around with teen girls on social media!
