Activist Greta Thunberg responded sharply to President Donald Trump’s latest comments mocking her emotional stability, suggesting the president might be the one in need of anger management.
“I hear Donald Trump has once again expressed his flattering opinions on my character, and I appreciate his concern for my mental health,” Thunberg said in an Instagram post Tuesday morning.
“I would kindly receive any recommendations you might have to deal with these so-called ‘anger management problems,’ since — judging by your impressive track record — you seem to be suffering from them too.”
Her comment came in response to Trump, who, speaking from the Oval Office on Monday, dismissed Thunberg as a “troublemaker” after her detention and deportation by Israel following the interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla — a 42-boat convoy attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza.
“She’s just a troublemaker,” Trump told reporters. “She’s no longer into the environment now. She has an anger management problem. I think she should see a doctor. She needs anger. Have you ever watched her? She’s a young person. She’s so angry. She’s so crazy. Now, you can have her. She’s just a troublemaker.”
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Trump’s remarks came days after Thunberg was deported alongside more than 170 pro-Palestinian activists detained by Israel.
In a video posted to social media, Thunberg accused Israeli authorities of “illegally abducting” participants in international waters and subjecting them to abuse.
“What Israel did was mainly not to illegally abduct us in international waters and abuse us in prison, but it was that it stopped a humanitarian mission and violated international law by preventing humanitarian aid from entering Gaza,” Thunberg said in the video. “This is a blatant violation of international humanitarian and maritime law.”
She went on to condemn Western governments for what she called complicity in Gaza’s suffering.
“Our imprisonment by Israel is a direct result of our governments,” she said. “They keep talking about the importance of upholding human rights and international law… and then when we do their job, while being completely peaceful and abiding by international law, they fail to ensure our safety.”
The 22-year-old Swedish activist also rejected Israeli claims that the flotilla was aligned with Hamas.
“Of course, we are not running errands for Hamas, nor are we terrorists,” Thunberg said. “Israel thinks they can get away with only recycling their old arguments and smear campaigns to justify their atrocities without addressing the evidence of them committing a genocide.”
Thunberg concluded her message by calling for global “solidarity” and urging the international community to act.
“Justice will prevail. Free Palestine,” she said.
Conservative commentator Meghan McCain also weighed in on Thunberg’s video, expressing skepticism about the activist’s claims of mistreatment and drawing a pointed contrast to her late father’s experience as a prisoner of war.
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“Greta Thunberg and I have extremely different definitions of what ‘being tortured in captivity’ is…” McCain wrote on X.
McCain’s father, the late Sen. John McCain, was a U.S. Navy pilot who spent more than five years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, enduring severe beatings and torture after his plane was shot down in 1967. He was released in 1973 and became one of America’s most respected political figures before he died in 2018.
Israeli authorities confirmed Monday that 171 people, including Thunberg, had been deported to Greece and Slovakia. The Israeli Foreign Ministry called the activists’ claims of mistreatment “brazen lies,” saying all detainees’ rights were respected.