Bill Gates has warned that Donald Trump's "America First" position could damage the US' relationship with Africa.
"[In] the balance of hard power versus soft power, the US uniquely has a ratio emphasising hard power and I’d hate to see it go even further,” Mr Gates said during the annual World Economic Forum summit in Davos, Switzerland. “You don’t want to give up your soft power tools.”
Mr Gates added that the US could lose its influence in Africa to countries like China that are continuing to invest in the continent.
Mr Gates' own charity, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is heavily involved in providing healthcare support to parts of Africa.
But President Trump has suggested he will cut the US' global health budget by around $2.2 billion (£1.55 billion).
He also angered some African leaders recently when he allegedly called African nations "shitholes."
Source: BBC
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The Mr Gate is dropping a hint listen all Africans and lets thing through this.
In] the balance of hard power versus soft power, the US uniquely has a ratio emphasising hard power and I’d hate to see it go even further,” Bill Gates. Microsoft Hard power is a reference to military power and soft power is the aid. I don't know what Mr. Gates was implying in saying the US has a unique ratio in emphasizing hard power and would hate to see it go even further where the interests of Africa are concerned with it's development partners of which he mentioned China and the influence it has already gained in Africa. Could he care to expand on that statement so Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Latin America, Eurasia, The Caribbean and all present at Davos can fully understand this emphasis on hard power and soft power and hating to see the hard power going even further where Trump and Africa is concerned?