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Everyone thinks this talk will be about MS, but don’t forget, Gates’ work these days is around his foundation, and its work that Trump’s MAGA base hates. The Gates’ Foundation focuses on developing / promoting / distributing vaccines, gender equality, public education, etc.
Gates is going to try and bend Trump's ear. Problem being, Trump's ear consistently gets re-bent by the last thing he heard.
Remember the first admin? His Tweets made it clear he was repeating Fox News. Then someone else would come along and whisper in his ear. Flip. Flop. And everyone was surprised!
Seems few caught this, but the bleach and UV thing for fighting COVID? It was actually dumber than most thought. When he took the stage, he stopped and looked at a CDC infographic for disinfecting surfaces. He pauses, gives it a scan, gets on the stage and starts repeating it. It's hard to find the video, almost all of them are him already at the podium.
On top of the narcissism, the man is simply stupid. He can't take two differing opinions and evaluate them, always goes with the last thing he heard. Give me a couple of hours with him and you'll see him blasting out liberal talking points, carefully shaded by me of course. :)
God, I remember this so clearly and it’s exactly as you described. I just can’t believe we’re doing this again. He’s so clearly, obviously, painfully stupid.