Adds that Musk has no idea what these agencies do.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has announced a new plan to give away 99% of his $108 billion fortune by 2045, alongside which he’s given an interview to the Financial Times damning the actions of his fellow billionaire Elon Musk within the Trump administration.
Gates’ blog post outlines three core goals for the Gates Foundation, which are: the eradication of preventable diseases that kill mothers and children; the elimination of infectious diseases such as malaria and measles; and lifting hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. It’s in this context that Gates takes aim at not just Musk but countries like the UK and France for cutting foreign aid budgets.
“It’s unclear whether the world’s richest countries will continue to stand up for its poorest people”, says Gates. “But the one thing we can guarantee is that, in all of our work, the Gates Foundation will support efforts to help people and countries pull themselves out of poverty.
