Billionaire Bill Gates revealed during an interview with The New York Times that he was surprised by Silicon Valley's shift to the right.

Bill Gates has been forthcoming with his take on the recent shift in US politics, after a three-hour dinner with Donald Trump last month that the tech titan called “engaging.” Speaking to The Times of London newspaper, Gates confirmed that he’d sat down in December with then-president elect Trump at his Florida home of Mar-a-Lago. Gates recounted:

I felt like he was energized and looking forward to helping to drive innovation. I was frankly impressed with how well he showed a lot of interest in the issues I brought up.”

His interest in Germany and politics elsewhere in Europe has set off alarm bells among politicians across the continent.

The Microsoft cofounder commended his fellow billionaire for “how well he showed a lot of interest in the issues I brought up.”

who reportedly donated $50 million to Kamala Harris' presidential campaign President-elect Donald Trump appears to have left a positive impression on former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates. The billionaires met up after the 2024 presidential election, Gates told ...

"I had a chance to go have a long and actually quite intriguing dinner with him," Gates told The Wall Street Journal.

In an interview with Wall Street Journal Editor in Chief Emma Tucker, the Microsoft co-founder said he and the president-elect discussed HIV, polio and global health.

The tech billionaire and global health innovator says Trump "showed a lot of interest in the issues that I brought up."

The billionaire spoke with The Wall Street Journal ahead of his coming book, “Source Code.”

The 69-year-old revealed he had a dinner with the incoming president, a meetup that left the billionaire very 'impressed' when it was over.

Donald Trump and Bill Gates' conversation touched on various topics, including HIV, polio, and the COVID-19 pandemic.