Mr. Trump with 213 electoral votes was trailing behind Mr. Biden, who had secured 253 votes. The 17-year-old used the president’s own words to mock him when he tweeted “STOP THE COUNT!”“So ridiculous,” Ms. Thunberg tweeted in reply to Mr. Trump’s post. Ms. Thunberg has proved something of a nemesis for the climate crisis-denying U.S. president, The Guardian newspaper wrote. Ms. Thunberg’s quick reaction to Mr. Trump’s tweet came as the U.S. formally exited from the Paris climate agreement on Wednesday. Top Democrats, including Mr. Biden had responded to Mr. Trump’s barb against Ms. Thunberg in December, criticising the Republican president for taking aim at the teenager.

Source: The Hindu November 06, 2020 11:03 UTC