No, Greta Thunberg isn’t protesting Trump with a hunger strike

The headline of a story on a web page titled "Washington News Press" claims that Greta Thunberg, the 17-year-old climate activist from Sweden, has decided to go on a hunger strike until President Donald Trump is removed from office. 

If the premise of that story doesn’t seem suspect, perhaps this quote, attributed to Thunberg, will help you reconsider: "This is what Ghandi (sic) did. I saw the movie. The balance of a human life will outweigh the ignorance and douchebaggery of Trump. I will subsist for as long as I need on the elements of the air and the nutrients of the spirits that flow from mother nature through the wind. My will to heal this world is strong."

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That’s because the supposed news story originated on bustatroll.org, a self-described satirical website. It was published on Dec. 19, 2019, with the labels "impeachment satire" and "warm fuzzy fan fiction."

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The poached story that appears on "Washington News Press" has no such caveats, and as it gets shared widely on Facebook, users are missing that context. 

Thunberg has not announced a hunger strike in protest of Trump.

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