Louise Linton , the wife of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin , briefly expressed support for climate activist Greta Thunberg on Instagram just days after her husband dismissed the teen as too unqualified to preach.
Mnuchin said the 17-year-old, who urged world leaders to divest from the fossil fuel industry at the World Economic Forum last week, should get an economics degree if she wants to be taken seriously.
Mnuchins wife, however, appeared to publicly disagree with him on Saturday, at least momentarily.
Actress and producer Louise Linton, who is married to US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, says she stands with @GretaThunberg
Note how Linton says I dont have a degree in economics either
This is in response to Mnuchin saying that Thunberg should study economics. pic.twitter.com/W8JFqbWIdd
Actress and producer Louise Linton, who is married to US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, says she stands with @GretaThunberg
Yashar Ali (@yashar) January 25, 2020
Note how Linton says I dont have a degree in economics either
This is in response to Mnuchin saying that Thunberg should study economics. pic.twitter.com/W8JFqbWIdd
I stand with Greta on this issue. (I dont have a degree in economics either) We need to drastically reduce our use of fossil fuels. Keep up the fight @gretathunberg, the post on her verified Instagram account read.
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The post praising Thunberg was mysteriously deleted about 30 minutes later .
Thunberg not one to let others fight her battles for her also hit back at Mnuchin on Thursday, telling him that one doesnt need an economics degree to see the worlds current carbon emissions rate is exceeding levels set to prevent a rise in global temperatures.
My gap year ends in August, but it doesnt take a college degree in economics to realise that our remaining 1,5 carbon budget and ongoing fossil fuel subsidies and investments dont add up. 1/3 pic.twitter.com/1virpuOyYG
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Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman also trashed Mnuchins understanding of economics, tweeting : Its the people insisting that protecting the planet is incompatible with growth who dont know economics.
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