Bill Gates reveals his surprising takeaways from his dinner with Donald Trump

Bill Gates has revealed however helium sat down for meal with Donald Trump and came distant 'impressed' with the President-elect.

The tech mogul and philanthropist recounted his extended sit-down repast with Trump and offered a uncommon glimpse into the backstage treatment with The Wall Street Journal.

The gathering saw Gates, Trump, incoming White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, and a adjacent confidante of Gates chat implicit a 'long and really rather intriguing dinner.'

'So the 4 of america sat there, and it was rather wide-ranging,' Gates said, noting that overmuch of the three-hour treatment was focused connected planetary health, a cornerstone of Gates' philanthropic efforts. 

'You know, planetary wellness is the country that I enactment in, and specified astonishing things person happened and tin hap there.'

Gates elaborated connected his efforts to combat HIV, revealing that his instauration is moving connected a cure for the virus. 

'We're astatine an aboriginal stage,' helium admitted, but helium noted that Trump's relation during the COVID-19 pandemic successful accelerating vaccine improvement had fixed him hope. 

'I was asking him if possibly the aforesaid benignant of happening could beryllium done here. And we some got, I think, beauteous excited astir that.'

Another captious taxable was the ongoing combat against polio, a illness that Gates' instauration has agelong targeted for eradication.

'We talked astir polio, wherever we're precise adjacent to getting that done,' Gates explained while stressing the fragility of specified progress. 

'If you stop, it'll dispersed back,' Gates explained. 

He recounted detailing the challenges faced successful regions similar Pakistan, Afghanistan, Gaza, and parts of Africa. 

Trump, Gates said, was 'fascinated' by the complexities of achieving eradication and, helium claims, seemed anxious to research however his medication could enactment the effort.

Gates noted that achieving specified a milestone during Trump’s presidency would beryllium an historical accomplishment.

Overall, Gates said helium 'felt similar [Trump] was, you know, energized and… looking guardant to helping to thrust innovation.'

The tech titan, who has spent decades advocating for technological advancement, appeared genuinely optimistic astir Trump's willingness to prosecute with specified captious issues.

The gathering is the latest successful a agelong enactment of concern leaders attempting to found a renewed rapport with Trump, with figures including Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg seeking to marque inroads with the President-elect. 

Notably absent from Gates' gathering was Elon Musk, a chap tech billionaire and known Trump confidant.

While the Wall Street Journal released lone a abbreviated clip of Gates' interview, the work teased however much insights would beryllium revealed pursuing Trump's inauguration adjacent week.