Summary
Bill Gates met with Trump and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles to advocate for continuing USAID’s foreign aid programs.
The Trump administration has frozen them amid scrutiny from Elon Musk.
Gates praised USAID as the world’s best development agency and warned its dismantling would be difficult to reverse.
While Trump and Wiles’ response was unclear, Gates noted he had not spoken with Musk, who has called USAID a “criminal organization” and pushed for deep federal workforce cuts.
Privatizing schools? The Gates foundation is one of the largest contributor to public schools. My wife is an elementary teacher and they get a ton of donations for supplies to programs. I mean, theres no good billionaire but its nice that he developed a concious at some point.
It mostly goes to charter schools.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/10/the-plot-against-public-education-111630/
https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/bill-gates-plans-to-invest-in-charter-schools-big-weak-spot-special-education/2017/10