Bill Gates, who supported Harris, also requests a meeting with Trump

'Bill Gates, a Major Donor to Harris, Also Requests Meeting with Trump'

Microsoft (MS) founder Bill Gates reportedly requested a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump on the 27th (local time). Bill Gates had previously made a large donation to Vice President Kamala Harris in the U.S. presidential election.

President-elect Trump conveyed this in a post on his social media (SNS) platform, Truth Social, on the same day. A source told CNN that Gates contacted Trump's transition team to arrange a meeting with President-elect Trump. However, the source stated that it is unclear at this point whether Trump and Gates will actually meet.

The Hill, a congressional-focused media outlet, reported that Gates had met with then President-elect Trump in New York in 2016. At that time, Gates said, "We talked about innovation and how innovation helps in health, education, foreign aid, and energy."

Gates' request for a meeting with Trump coincides with a series of visits by major U.S. big tech companies. Since early last month after the election, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta; Tim Cook, CEO of Apple; Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google; Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google; and Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, have consecutively visited Mar-a-Lago to meet with President-elect Trump.

Regarding this, President-elect Trump recently mentioned the series of meetings with big tech CEOs at a press conference, saying, "During my first term, everyone fought against me, but this time everyone wants to be my friend."