Politicians "from Donald Trump down" who insulted teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg made themselves "absolutely ridiculous", says former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, while also calling politicians who cannot admit their mistakes "pathetic".
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| Malcolm Turnbull and his daughter Daisy Turnbull Brown with students Alice Morgan, Ethan Cheung and Eloise Aiken at Sydney University on Friday. |
"There is nothing more ridiculous than middle-aged or adult people, politicians in particular, mocking or deriding teenagers for expressing political opinion," Mr Turnbull said on Friday.
"The pile-on onto Greta Thunberg was surely one of the most ridiculous, absurd exercises. It made all those know-it-alls in the media and politicians, from Donald Trump down, attacking her, look absolutely ridiculous and I hope they all had enough self-awareness to realise."
Mr Turnbull was speaking at the University of Sydney, at the Side by Side conference on social inequality run by Sydney’s Wayside Chapel with which the Turnbulls have a long association.
Read the story from The Age by Jacqueline Maley - “Politicians 'from Donald Trump down' who insult Greta Thunberg are 'absolutely ridiculous', says Malcolm Turnbull.”
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