Bill Gates was candid about the recent shift in US politics, following a three-hour dinner with Donald Trump last month, which the tech giant described as “engaging”.
talking to Times of London In the New York Times, Gates confirmed that he sat in December with then-President-elect Trump at his home in Mar-a-Lago, Florida. Gates narrated:
“On December 27, I had a three-hour dinner with Trump… It was a very interesting conversation as he listened to me talk about HIV and the need to remain generous and innovate to get a cure. “I talked a lot about polio, energy and nuclear, and he was not dismissive.”
Regarding his need to work with Trump in his tireless campaign to fund vaccines to help eliminate diseases, especially in the developing world, Gates said:
“There are a lot of issues with him – is he going to deport nine million or one million? Will he get 60 percent or 5 percent tariffs? Will it fund infectious disease innovations or end them? I need to stay close. “Whoever can get President Trump excited about the right things, that is God’s work.”
Gates seemed less enthusiastic about the prospect of Elon Musk's continued interest in UK, European and Asian politics, and his tendency to express his opinions on his social media platform X. Gates described it as “truly crazy that he could destabilize the political situation in countries.”
He continued: “I believe that foreigners in the United States are not allowed to donate money; Perhaps other countries should adopt safeguards to ensure that wealthy foreigners do not distort their elections. It's hard to understand why someone with auto plants in both China and Germany, whose missile business relies heavily on relationships with sovereign nations, and who is busy cutting $2 trillion in U.S. government spending and running five companies, would be obsessed with this. The story of grooming in the UK. I'm like what?
“We can all go too far… If someone is super smart, which they are, they should think about how to help. But this is populist sensationalism.”
