Microsoft founder Bill Gates makes a surprising assessment of President-Elect Donald Trump. After a phone call with Mr. Trump, Mr. Gates sees a lot of JFK-style leadership and innovation in The Donald. Silicone Valley has been anything but generous in their treatment of candidate Trump in the run-up to the election, so this was not expected. it is good that Donald Trump is displaying these sterling qualities.
President-elect Donald Trump has an opportunity to establish “American leadership through innovation,” Bill Gates told CNBC on Tuesday.
“A lot of his message has been about … where he sees things not as good as he’d like,” the billionaire Microsoft co-founder said on “Squawk Box.”
“But in the same way President Kennedy talked about the space mission and got the country behind that,” Gates continued, “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 organize things, get rid of regulatory barriers, and have American leadership through innovation.”
Gates said he recently spoke on the phone with Trump, and discussed the power of innovation. “Of course, my whole career has been along
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After talking with Trump, Bill Gates likens president-elect to JFK
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