--- title: Greta Thunberg Changes Twitter Bio in Seeming Trump Mockery description: Climate change activist Greta Thunberg changed her Twitter bio in response to Donald Trump writing a seemingly dismissive tweet about her. canonical: https://time.com/5685186/greta-thunberg-changes-twitter-bio-donald-trump-tweet/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-09-24T18:56:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-14T08:28:47.400Z og:title: Greta Thunberg Changes Twitter Bio in Trump's Tweet og:description: Here's what you need to know og:url: https://time.com/5685186/greta-thunberg-changes-twitter-bio-donald-trump-tweet/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt41318415d5013641/698a03650116822d0597e447/greta-thunberg-changes-twitter-bio-after-trump-tweet.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Key Speakers During The United Nations Climate Action Summit og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Greta Thunberg Changes Twitter Bio in Trump's Tweet twitter:description: Here's what you need to know twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt41318415d5013641/698a03650116822d0597e447/greta-thunberg-changes-twitter-bio-after-trump-tweet.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Greta Thunberg Changed Her Twitter Bio to Clap Back at President's Trump's Tweet About Her > Sponsored content. 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In an emotional speech at the United Nations during the Climate Action Summit on Monday, the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg appealed to world leaders about the grave need to stop the effects of climate change._  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 24, 2019 6:56 PM UTC In an emotional speech at the United Nations during the Climate Action Summit on Monday, the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg appealed to world leaders about the grave need to stop the effects of climate change.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 24, 2019 6:56 PM UTC [Greta Thunberg](https://time.com/collection-post/5584902/greta-thunberg-next-generation-leaders/), the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist, stunned the world when she called out world leaders for [climate change apathy](https://time.com/5680432/climate-change-history-carbon/) at the UN on Monday; hours after her speech, however, [President Donald Trump](https://time.com/donald-trump-after-hours/) appeared to [attempt to dismiss](https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/24/politics/trump-greta-thunberg-climate-change-trnd/index.html) Thunberg on Twitter when he made headlines with a seemingly mocking quote tweet of a video of her [speaking at the United Nations Climate Action Summit](https://time.com/5684216/greta-thunberg-un-climate-action-summit-climate-speech/). “She seems like a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future,” he wrote in a tweet late Monday night. “So nice to see!” While Thunberg did not directly address Trump’s tweet, she had a quiet yet deft response to him when she updated her own Twitter bio in the same manner and phrasing of his tweet. “A very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future,” she wrote in her new bio, which previously read: “16 year old climate activist with Asperger’s. Join the global climate strikes on Sept 20-27th! [#FridaysForFuture](https://web.archive.org/web/20190923110128/https://twitter.com/hashtag/FridaysForFuture?src=hash).” > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1176339522113679360) > [](https://twitter.com/originalspin/status/1176516864274419714) During her emotional speech at the U.N., Thunberg chastised world leaders for not taking more action when it came to climate change. “I shouldn’t be up here. I should be back at school on the other side of the ocean,” she said. “Yet you all come to us young people for hope. How dare you! 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