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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,920 posts)
Sat Mar 17, 2018, 12:27 PM Mar 2018

Bill Gates to meet with Trump: 'I dont agree with the American-first rhetoric'

Microsoft co-founder and global philanthropist Bill Gates plans to meet with President Donald Trump on Thursday afternoon in the oval office.

The meeting will be closed to the press, but Gates said Thursday morning that he plans to convince the "America-first" president that foreign aid spending benefits Americans.

"I don’t agree with the American-first rhetoric," Gates said an interview with Politico. "The alliances that we’ve built over time and the help we’ve provided to countries uplifting them… have made the world a more stable, a richer place."

Foreign aid benefits Americans by preventing diseases outbreaks and stabilizing foreign countries without using military resources.

"Americans don't want pandemics and they don't want to send soldiers off to provide stability in Africa," Gates said.

The U.S. spends 20 times more on defense than foreign aid – $600 billion versus $30 billion – while many European countries' ratio spends only two to three times more on defense, Gates said.

https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2018/03/15/bill-gates-meets-with-donald-trump.html?ana=e_ae_set1&s=article_du&ed=2018-03-17&u=ColXVN5SPzQtLHFP87ho2w07857290&t=1521301665&j=80549851

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Bill Gates to meet with Trump: 'I dont agree with the American-first rhetoric' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2018 OP
Waste your time in vain attempts, sure. But do not expect us poboy2 Mar 2018 #1
Can a genius influence a moron who thinks he's a genius? Doodley Mar 2018 #2
And after your meeting, Bill, you can work on teaching a pig to sing. tanyev Mar 2018 #3
Well Billy Boy,make sure you wear a Wellstone ruled Mar 2018 #4
 

poboy2

(2,078 posts)
1. Waste your time in vain attempts, sure. But do not expect us
Sat Mar 17, 2018, 12:31 PM
Mar 2018

to believe a goddamned thing you say he thinks, or what he says himself after this meeting.

tanyev

(42,550 posts)
3. And after your meeting, Bill, you can work on teaching a pig to sing.
Sat Mar 17, 2018, 12:50 PM
Mar 2018

You'll have a better chance of accomplishing something with that.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
4. Well Billy Boy,make sure you wear a
Sat Mar 17, 2018, 01:22 PM
Mar 2018

dark Blue suit,remember you will be just another Prop for the Dingle Berry.

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