Watch Bill Gates reveal ‘surprising’ details of THREE-HOUR dinner with Trump – that left tech billionaire ‘impressed’
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BILL Gates has spilled "surprising" details of his first time meeting Donald Trump over a lengthy three-hour dinner. The billionaire Microsoft boss said the meet up with the newly-elected president even left him “impressed”. “We touched on a lot of things. It was over three hours, to my surprise,” Gates told The Wall Street Journal’s Emma Tucker.
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The dinner included just Gates, Trump, Trump’s chief of staff Susie Wiles, and a member of Gates’ team. Gates' foundation has pumped billions into fighting disease, raising issues like HIV cures and polio eradication at the exclusive meeting. And the tech mogul was apparently left captivated by Don's interest in global health.
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“I spoke a lot about HIV and that the Foundation is literally working on a cure for that. We’re at an early stage," he began. "He [Trump], in the COVID days, accelerated the vaccine innovation. I was asking him if maybe the same kind of thing could be done here.".
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Trump’s reaction surprised him. “We both got, I think, pretty excited about that,” he said. “I explained why polio’s been tough in Pakistan, Afghanistan. "We’ve had cases show up in Gaza and Africa. "He was fascinated to hear what he could do to help. I felt like he was energized. I was frankly impressed.”.
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The full interview will air on WSJ platforms next week. Bill Gates isn’t the only tech giant getting close to Donald Trump. The power trio, worth a combined $850 billion, seem eager to stay in Trump’s orbit. Musk, the world’s richest man, has even been tapped to co-lead Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
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