Homie still has a shitload of MS stock, but he’s not running the company or on the board anymore.
A lot of his interactions with world leaders is because of the Gates Foundation these days. I can’t imagine that he’s stoked about RFK given all of the vaccine work he’s been doing.
Also, Gates is the subject of a lot of vaccine conspiracy theories that are promoted by the MAGA nuts. I imagine he wants to mitigate that by talking to, or striking a deal with, the MAGA king.
This smells exactly like one of Trump’s “successful businessman from the 80’s” power plays- someone won’t do what you want willingly, so you publicly announce they’re going to do it anyway to shame them into it so they don’t lose face. It’s not the first time he’s done this and Gates is probably one of the last very public billionaires who hasn’t fellated Trump yet.
In all seriousness, it probably doesn’t. Gates is focused on his charitable foundation and has been for a long time now. This is probably more about public health.
Surely has nothing to do with the FTC antitrust probe into Microsoft continuing into the new administration.
Homie still has a shitload of MS stock, but he’s not running the company or on the board anymore.
A lot of his interactions with world leaders is because of the Gates Foundation these days. I can’t imagine that he’s stoked about RFK given all of the vaccine work he’s been doing.
Also, Gates is the subject of a lot of vaccine conspiracy theories that are promoted by the MAGA nuts. I imagine he wants to mitigate that by talking to, or striking a deal with, the MAGA king.
This smells exactly like one of Trump’s “successful businessman from the 80’s” power plays- someone won’t do what you want willingly, so you publicly announce they’re going to do it anyway to shame them into it so they don’t lose face. It’s not the first time he’s done this and Gates is probably one of the last very public billionaires who hasn’t fellated Trump yet.
In all seriousness, it probably doesn’t. Gates is focused on his charitable foundation and has been for a long time now. This is probably more about public health.