Bill Gates was angry with Musk, because he was involved in the deaths of the world’s poor children

Bill Gates in the New York Times: Who cares if the rich man is rich, and when does he need to see Trump?

He told me about the exciting work the foundation has done in the R.&D., and it was waiting to be delivered.

It was almost hard to keep up with his survey of breakthroughs: on H.I.V., on tuberculosis, but also on more obscure and neglected diseases like lymphatic filariasis and visceral leishmaniasis. He predicts that maternal-mortality rates in the developing world could be brought into rough parity with those in the rich world, and that childhood deaths could be cut in half.

During an interview with the New York Times, Bill Gates said that cutting funding to the United States Agency for International Development will increase the deaths of children. “On childhood deaths, which over the next few years should have gone from five million to four million — now, unless there’s a big reversal, we’ll probably go from five million to six million,” Gates said.

Gates said the richest man had been involved in the deaths of the world’s poor children, and that he had put it in a wood chipper.

I thought there’d be, like, a 20 percent cut. Instead, right now, it’s like an 80 percent cut. I didn’t think that would happen. I don’t think anyone thought that would happen. Nobody expected the executive branch to cut PEPFAR or polio money without the involvement of Congress. I didn’t expect that either, with H.I.V. research and trial networks.

He knows that he has to show that he is serious about defense spending if he wants to see Trump. He is asking how to increase defense spending from 2.1 percent to 2.3 percent. The aid budget could be trimmed from its current size of 0.6 percent to a more benign rate of 0.3 percent. People don’t say anything about the kids who will not get vaccines.

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Throughout our conversation, he returned again and again to the promises of A.I. — not just in the area of drug discovery, but as part of a better delivery mechanism, to make sure that those in need can actually access the world’s most powerful tools.

Gates told The Wall Street Journal that he was impressed by the interest Trump expressed in the issues Gates brought up during the three-hour dinner. The Gates Foundation was rattled by Musk’s move into federal funding, as reported by the Times.

The reductions to the U.S.A.I.D. are stunning according to Gates. “I thought there’d be, like, a 20 percent cut. Instead, right now, it’s like an 80 percent cut. And yes, I did not expect that. I don’t think anybody expected that.”

Times reporter David Wallace-Wells then brings up Musk’s commitment to the Giving Pledge, to which Gates responds, “an unusual aspect of it You can fulfill the pledge until you die, if you sign the Giving Pledge. He adds, “So who knows? He could make a difference by becoming a great philanthropist. In the meantime, the world’s richest man has been involved in the deaths of the world’s poorest children.”

Gates said he plans to give away all his wealth over the next 20 years to help people around the world. The Gates Foundation will officially close on December 31st, 2045, when Gates’ net worth will have dropped by 99 percent.