5,000 feet above sea level nearly as
many miles from the political strife
back home Donald Trump can take refuge
with his friends among the global elite
in the mountain resort of Davos but he
can't escape the teenage activist who's
accused him and the rest of the world of
leading us into a climate apocalypse no
helicopter here for Greta Tim Berg but
she took her place early in the hall
it's Greta right on climate change mr.
president the environment the
environment to me is very important this
is a man who once described global
warming as a hoax and shut the door on
the Paris climate deal welcomed on stage
by musicians in full national dress
Trump did try out a new tune winning
applause by backing a plan to plant a
trillion trees the kind of big number he
likes but he soon returned to a more
familiar theme to embrace the
possibilities of tomorrow we must reject
the perennial prophets of doom and their
predictions of the Apocalypse
he didn't name her but he didn't need to
she put climate change on the agenda
here but as his impeachment trial
formally began today Trump used his
platform as a dry run for re-election
years of economic stagnation have given
way to a roaring geyser of opportunity
u.s. stock markets have soared by more
than 50 percent since my election adding
more than 19 trillion dollars to
household wealth and boosting 401ks
pensions and college savings accounts
for millions of hardworking families the
claims of economic prowess were in part
spurious but that's never stopped him
before Donald Trump has just disappeared
down here having given his speech here
at Davos he's thousands of miles away
from the impeachment drama unfolding
back home but better face for climate
heat here than the cold legal arguments
in the US another corridor another
headline speaker
Greta do you think President Trump is
listening to you inside she didn't hold
back one year ago I came to divorce and
told you that our house is on fire I
said I wanted you to panic I've been
warned that telling people to panic
about the climate crisis is a very
dangerous thing to do but don't worry
it's fine trust me I've done this before
and I can assure you it doesn't lead to
anything the wealthy and influential
here detected in Trump not a Damascene
conversion to the environmental cause
but at best a Davos one as business
starts to talk about action Trump knows
he must - is it just lip service though
as committed to planting one Chilean
trees that earned him a lot of applause
so I think that's really a good thing on
the other hand I think it wasn't really
the the speech wasn't so appropriate for
all other stuff because the mission
statement of the World Economic Forum
for a forum is committed to improving
the state of the world and his mission
statement of the speech was I and
America are the greatest for the
president Davos is about deals he talked
trade with the new European Commission
President first LaVonda liar very tough
negotiator which is bad news for us and
he again lavished praise on what he
called the UK's wonderful new prime
minister talking up the prospect of a
tremendous trade deal with Britain after
brexit many will believe it when they
see it
climate protesters fight their way up to
see the president though safe inside the
Davos security bubble Whedon
see them worlds apart the one on fire
the other Coulee putting America first
well with me now is the former Danish
Prime Minister hello thorning-schmidt do
you believe Trump the tree planter is
warming to the idea that climate change
needs to be tackled we had a president
here today who didn't even mention the
word climate change I think there Sonia
there are only a handful of heads of
states of government in the world right
now who could do a speech like that and
completely ignore the suffering of so
many people who are impacted by climate
change we have to look to Australia he
didn't mentioned it mention anything
about that so no he is not convinced
there is a climate change at all climate
change at all he didn't even talk about
the crisis that people are suffering
from in but does he have a point about
the prophets of doom that if people
think it's too hopeless that they'll
sort of give up and you need to take the
public with you no I don't think he's
right because he's almost neglecting
that they have a point and I think that
we can be climate activists we can talk
about that climate crisis is a real big
deal and start acting and the point is
that it's not too late there's still so
much we can do but of course if the
American president is going to do a
quite long speech here today where it
doesn't even mention climate change we
are a bit doomed because then there's
the biggest economy that will not take
actually the business is shifting or at
least is talking more about climate
change do you think that Trump and other
world leaders will follow that lead
follow the money really so suddenly
degree they have to I mean we're seeing
big states in America right now who are
which are ships think completely because
they feel and see the climate change
that the consequences of that and we're
also seeing big business do the same so
I do think but it's very sad to see
political leaders being the last to
change their mind they're supposed to be
leaders and I didn't see a trump as a
leader trying to go against climate
climate change today
well Devils is usually about money
really and a lot of money now Donald
Trump likes money he's made no secret of
that can he he's talked been talking up
the prospect of a deal with the EU
and the UK on trade do you see either of
those deals in the offing soon no not at
all I I come from I know a lot about
great deals and I think it'd be very
very hard to get a trade deal for the UK
that both satisfies the biggest market
for the UK the European Union and also
satisfies the u.s. the European Union
will be extremely conscious that they
don't want a Singapore on teams they
don't want a country next to the
European Union which are lowering
standards on environmental environmental
standards social standards and that's
why this deal is going to be hard and I
think to do it at the same time as
negotiating with in my the Americans
will be actually impossible but can't
the UK play the EU in the u.s. off
against each other no I don't think they
can because I think as as always the EU
will be very clear what they want and
they will be very clear that the UK
cannot have their cake and eat it and
that means that you can't get a trade
deal that allows all kinds of trade
unless you live up to certain standards
we have very high standards in the
European Union and we will expect that
if the UK wants to get trading access
that they have similar standards and it
would be that would it's that there
would be a big deal when they want to do
a trading deal with you might Americans
will it come down to a sort of fish for
financing when it comes to the UK's deal
with the EU specifically might the UK
give a little bit on fishing rights in
return for the EU giving a little bit on
financial services well everyone will
have to give something in the end and
this would be of course long
negotiations but it's very hard to do a
trade deal and the best trade deals that
we have for example EU Canada it took a
long time to get that just right so if
we want a good trade deal it will take
its time so I think we have to and if so
many other cases we have to see is it
quality we want or is it speed but
because it is quality where both parties
are satisfied it will take some time and
it would be difficult to do with the
Americans at the same time put a date on
it then when do you think UK might get
an America deal and Annie no I'm not
going to put
a hard thing and this is something that
we haven't discussed some what's new in
the UK how hard it actually is because
the EU will not accept that the UK is
just there lowering standards so they
will say if you want access with your
products you also have high standards
gonna be years then I think it's going
to use hello Tania Schmidt thank you
very much for joining us