Sweden's deputy Prime Minister trolls Donald Trump & it's brilliant. - Women's Agenda

Sweden’s deputy Prime Minister trolls Donald Trump & it’s brilliant.

Over the weekend Sweden’s deputy Prime Minister Isabella Lovin shared a photo to mark the signing of a Climate law which binds all future governments to net zero emissions by 2045, ‘for a safer and better future’.

It is a significant achievement for the environment but that isn’t the only reason Lovin’s photo attracted attention. The photo, in which she is surrounded exclusively by women, is almost an exact replica of the images of President Donald Trump signing executive orders flanked by men.

Lovin expressed delight at the reaction the photo has sparked: it gained 20,000 Facebook ‘likes’ in 48 hours.

Lövin’s since told a Swedish paper The Local that they’re a “feminist government” and it’s up to the “observer to interpret the photo”. The interpretation, to this eye, is brilliant. A picture paints a thousand words, and this images paints a thousand starkly different words to the images of government in America right now.

Sweden boasts the first feminist government in the world, which means “gender equality is central to the Government’s priorities – in decision-making and resource allocation”.

According to an official statement: “A feminist government ensures that a gender equality perspective is brought into policy-making on a broad front, both nationally and internationally. Women and men must have the same power to shape society and their own lives.”

It is fitting then that Sweden’s female politicians are unashamed in flaunting their feminist credentials in the face of a leader who is decidedly anti-feminist in words and actions.     

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