"Why did Gates feel the necessity to make the pilgrimage and kiss the ring? [Article author asked.]
He looks at me as though I’m being dim.
'Well, he is the most powerful person in the world' and his decision over whether to consider changing HIV funding alone would make the trip worth it, or to encourage Pakistan and Afghanistan to take polio eradication seriously.'"
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"Trump wants to hear my thoughts himself and he’s very hands-on.”
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"I need to stay close. Whoever gets to enthuse President Trump about the right things, that is God’s work.”
https://archive.is/v1wso (archive of:)
https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/celebrity/article/bill-gates-interview-new-book-memoir-wh766b9bs
"Dim" author: Alice Thomson