Bill Gates compares Trump to JFK

[octoberlib]

Bill Gates said Tuesday that President-elect Donald Trump’s potential to bring innovation to the U.S. resembles that of President John F. Kennedy’s.

Gates, the billionaire Microsoft founder and philanthropist, told CNBC that Trump can lead the U.S. “through innovation” and compared Trump’s ideas to Kennedy’s expansion of the U.S. space program in the early 1960s.

“But in the same way President Kennedy talked about the space mission and got the country behind that, I think whether it’s education or stopping epidemics … [or] in this energy space, there can be a very upbeat message that [Trump’s] administration [is] going to organizing things, get rid of regulatory barriers, and have American leadership through innovation,” Gates said.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/310139-bill-gates-trump-resembles-jfk-in-his-ability-to-innovate


Don't even go there, nerd.

[duffyduff]

1. Hate Bill Gates.

He basically ran the education department under Obama through his puppet Arne Duncan.

Enough said.

[octoberlib]

3. Gates hasn't lived in the real world since he was

19 or something.

[rug]

2. That's like comparing Microsoft to Apple.

[octoberlib]

4. Lol!

[Charles Bukowski]

29. Sweet burn! Lol

[spanone]

5. billionaires club....

Oy!

[Cattledog]

6. Buy Mac.

[leftstreet]

7. "get rid of regulatory barriers" slave labor n/t

[emulatorloo]

8. Was Gates being sarcastic? If not, he's lost his damn mind.

[triron]

14. my thoughts as well

JFK was an intellect Trump is opposite

[onethatcares]

9. wtf does he mean by

getting rid of regulatory barriers? Wait until we're all wearing masks as we go through our daily routines.

[Wounded Bear]

10. Maybe it's time to rescind Bill's Western Washington State...

Billionaire Liberal card.

[lpbk2713]

11. Bill, your words can come back to haunt you.

And in this case I don't think it will take very long at all.

[GoCubsGo]

12. Another on the growing list of useful idiots.

He's right there with Elon Musk, Al Gore, Leonardo DiCaprio...

[neeksgeek]

13. Well... another company to boycott.

I've been using Windows 7 and now 10 for the past year. I guess it's time to install Linux on that PC, and get a Mac so I can run Adobe.

[smirkymonkey]

15. Oh, Jesus effing Christ!

I've heard it all now! What the hell? Has everyone in this country gone completely mad?

[workinclasszero]

16. Wow I can't believe Bill Gates said that

Doesn't he know scientists are frantically copying all climate data because flat earther Dump is going to kill NASA?

[a kennedy]

17. WTFUCK?????

I swear to gawd I will kill myself.

[Cicada]

18. Putin knows how to manipulate Trump, why not Gates?

I think Bill Gates is smarter than many who are complaining about him.

[angrychair]

19. Fuck him

Fuck all this normalization of this fascist sexual predator

[gratuitous]

20. Yeah, let's get rid of those regulatory barriers!

Car companies (for example) could make a lot more money if they didn't have to worry about being sued because their products blow up from time to time. If restaurant workers weren't wasting all that time washing their hands and following food handling regulations, they could serve a lot more food. Sure, there'd be some malcontent diners who insisted on getting poisoned from tainted food, but that's a risk Bill Gates is willing to take. While we're at it, let's loosen up some of those banking laws so that if Gates suddenly finds one or more of his bank accounts void of funds, he can be happy knowing that someone innovated their way to helping themselves to a big pile of his cash.

[lindysalsagal]

21. So much for Gates' "Higher education doesn't matter." claim.

Money just recognizes other money.

[KamaAina]

22. How much of that legal weed has he been smoking?!

:ref:

[11 Bravo]

23. Juvenile Fucking Klown?

[Rex]

24. Of course he does. He is an POS plutocrat just like Trump.

They can both fuck right off! Together!

[eleny]

25. Now there's a guy who loves the smell of his own fart gas

It's that or he's got enough fuck-you money.

[napi21]

26. WHAT? Comparing The Con to JFK is like comparing a kiddy pool to the Pacific Ocean!

In the pool casr, the only similarity is they both contain water, and in the Con's case, the only similarity is they are both male. SHAME on Gates for even suggesting it.

[Blue Owl]

27. PC as in Pinko Commie

n/t

[LAS14]

28. Wait a minute, Bill!!!! The Gates Foundation...

... suggests some fairly vital moral sense... How can you possibly say one tiny good thing about what's-his-name!!!!?????

[Lithos]

30. Read carefully what he said

He said several things..

First he was talking about the opportunity Trump has, not whether or not Trump *will* use it correctly. Many CEO's talk about things in terms of the "opportunity", so this is Bill Gates just using that language form.

One of the things I think he and other CEOs are doing is trying to give Trump a vision. To be honest if Trump did have a vision comparable to JFK he could do some awesome things. However, I'm not seeing anywhere where is giving any outlook pro/con of whether Trump will do this.

If anything, I think that he's also showing what Trump *could* have had and will have lost. Gates no where gives an opinion of where it will go.

To be honest, it's almost like Olivander describing both Harry Potter and Voldemort. One used great power for good, the other for evil even though had Voldemort wanted, he could have been an effective agent for good. Or Anakin as Jedi or Darth Vader.

L-

[True Dough]

33. Right on, Lithos

I came here to say much the same thing. You nailed it, IMO.

Jeff Bezos was sitting among the tech elites meeting with Trump. I'm not sure about Bill Gates, but there's no love lost between Drumpf and Bezos. These corporate presidents and CEOs have to deal with Drumpf and his policies now. They cannot avoid him. Some are clearly choosing to hold their noses. Get more flies with honey than vinegar, etc.

Hopefully Don the Con doesn't give them too much leeway though. I think that should be the greater concern for all of us non-one-percenters.

[Lithos]

34. Great point

Great point about no love lost between Bezos, Gates, Cook, etc. and Trump. Being a *good* CEO means you have to deal with what life deals you. They are very pragmatic individuals when times call for it and will work with what is dealt with them. I think Gates has a vision of what he wants as a legacy (in this case Education being one of the top ones) and will work with Trump to preserve it.

Most of Trump's cabinet are Ayn Rand rejects meaning they are pretty much defined by their lack of altruism and view of legacy. Most either inherited/married into wealth, or earned it in a highly sociopathic way. I think this differentiates significantly from the likes of Gates, Bezos, Cook, Buffett who did it by making something from something lesser.

L-

[True Dough]

35. Bang on once again

It's a pleasure to read perspective that is not reactionary, but well thought out.

[LandrosT]

31. Bill Gates has lost it

Trump doesn't deserve to even lick JFK's shoes clean. He's a scumbag of the highest order.

[HassleCat]

32. I think Gates is very wrong.

Kennedy outlined bold initiatives, inspired Americans to work together, etc. I don't see much of that now.

[oasis]

36. Trump asks "what his country can do for him".

[lunasun]

37. Already can not stand this guy so no surprise

[Bucky]

38. If you read past the headline, you'll see he did NOT make that comparison

reading... it's a forgotten skill