President-elect Trump said Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates asked him to visit the Florida resort Mar-a-Lago on Friday night.
“Where are you? When are you coming to Mar-a-Lago, the Center of the Universe? Bill Gates asked you to come tonight,” Trump wrote Friday morning. real social posts. “I miss you and x! New Year's Eve is going to be amazing!!!”
President Trump's posts on the platform come as several major auto and tech companies, including Toyota, Ford, Amazon, Meta, and Open AI, have pledged or already made contributions to the president-elect's inaugural fund. It was held in
Various technology executives have already met with President Trump in Florida, and some are hopeful that he can build better relations with Republicans as his administration is scheduled to take office in late January.
Gates has criticized Trump in the past, particularly his foreign policy rhetoric and the administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic.
But even though the Microsoft co-founder reportedly endorsed Democratic candidates and backed a PAC aligned with Harris with a $50 million donation, Trump announced that Vice President Harris Congratulations on your victory. His ex-wife, Melinda French Gates, also supported Harris in the 2024 White House race.
Gates, a tech billionaire, met with Trump in December 2016 in New York City.
“Those were good times,” Gates said at the time. “We had a wide-ranging conversation about innovation, how it helps impact health, education, foreign aid and energy, and the power of innovation.”
Reached by email, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation directed The Hill to Gates Ventures, the billionaire's personal services firm, for comment.
The Hill has reached out to Gates Ventures for additional information.
