--- 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: 2026-04-13T08:00:24.692Z 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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Photographer: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images Swedish activist Greta Thunberg speaks during the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York, U.S., on Monday, Sept. 23, 2019\. Heads of state from France to India are gathering with some of the world's top corporate leaders for the event as protests demanding curbs in carbon emissions expand across the globe. Photographer: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images  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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