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Bill Gates Shares His Memories of Donald Trump (cnn.com)
MSNBC recently published a video of Bill Gates telling his staff at the Gates Foundation that he had two meetings with Donald Trump since the president was elected. In the video, Gates says Trump doesn't know the difference between two sexually transmitted diseases -- human papillomavirus (HPV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) -- and that it was "scary" how much Trump knew about Gates' daughter's appearance. Gates also said he urged Trump to support innovation and technology during those meetings. CNN reports: Taking audience questions about his interactions with Trump at a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation meeting, the former Microsoft honcho said he first met Trump in December 2016. He told the audience that Trump had previously come across his daughter, Jennifer, at a horse show in Florida. "And then about 20 minutes later he flew in on a helicopter to the same place," Gates said, according to video of the event broadcast by MSNBC late Thursday. "So clearly he had been driven away but he wanted to make a grand entrance in a helicopter. "Anyway, so when I first talked to him, it was actually kind of scary how much he knew about my daughter's appearance. Melinda (Gates' wife) didn't like that too well."
Gates also said he discussed science with Trump on two separate occasions, where he says the President questioned him on the difference between HIV and HPV. "In both of those two meetings, he asked me if vaccines weren't a bad thing because he was considering a commission to look into ill-effects of vaccines and somebody -- I think it was Robert Kennedy Jr. -- was advising him that vaccines were causing bad things. And I said no, that's a dead end, that would be a bad thing, don't do that. "Both times he wanted to know if there was a difference between HIV and HPV so I was able to explain that those are rarely confused with each other," Gates said.
Gates also said he discussed science with Trump on two separate occasions, where he says the President questioned him on the difference between HIV and HPV. "In both of those two meetings, he asked me if vaccines weren't a bad thing because he was considering a commission to look into ill-effects of vaccines and somebody -- I think it was Robert Kennedy Jr. -- was advising him that vaccines were causing bad things. And I said no, that's a dead end, that would be a bad thing, don't do that. "Both times he wanted to know if there was a difference between HIV and HPV so I was able to explain that those are rarely confused with each other," Gates said.
Bill Gates should run for president. He's highly intelligent, genuinely cares about people and has so much money that he can't be corrupted. I would absolutely vote for him.
His money isn't a reason to vote for or against him. He has lived a basically ethical life and even did a lot of charity he didn't need to. Is Microsoft perfect? Of course not, but compared to what we have Bill would be an excellent choice.
Trump, on the other hand, has a charity, or at least had one, but it seemed to be mostly a useful tool by Trump for Trump. There are so many examples that showed Trump has no ethics, and yet here we are..
If I had to pick someone rich with the skills, I'd likely go Bloomberg. Sure his idea of restricting soda sizes is never going to happen and he clearly has the skills and the ethics to do the job.
If I had to pick a more normal figure, it would likely be Jon Stewart, though he would hate the job. Elizabeth Warren might work for a woman nomination, but I've not seen enough to convince me she is a top choice, though obviously she would be tons better than Trump. Hillary could probably do a credible job, but I just don't think it is happening, even though a lot of the scandal is manufactured.
Cuomo on CNN really seems to know the issues, but itsn't a politician and may not have the leadership skills. For that matter, I'm not sure Bernie has them either.
When it all comes down to it, I have two requirements for a president to vote for them.
1. Are they when all is said and done a good person? Before Trump I never really doubted that of our presidents.
2. Do they have the skills needed to do the job? Of course if they are a good person but have a huge blindspot in one area such that they will make poor decisions then the answer to 2 is no. The last Bush was arguably weaker in the skills area, but still a good person.