{"id":2424259,"date":"2025-04-16T14:12:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T18:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/melinda-french-gates-slams-billionaires-for-showing-true-personalities-with-trump-in-white-house\/"},"modified":"2025-04-16T14:14:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T18:14:37","slug":"melinda-french-gates-slams-billionaires-for-showing-true-personalities-with-trump-in-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/melinda-french-gates-slams-billionaires-for-showing-true-personalities-with-trump-in-white-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Melinda French Gates slams billionaires for showing \u2018true personalities\u2019 with Trump in White House"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmelinda-french-gates-slams-billionaires-for-showing-true-personalities-with-trump-in-white-house%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2424259&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Melinda French Gates has recently expressed her views on the political landscape, notably regarding billionaires and thier influence in politics. During a promotion for her memoir, &#8220;The Next Day,&#8221; she <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">criticized fellow billionaires<\/a> who support President Donald Trump, implying that their true character has been revealed in recent years. French Gates,who has become more politically active,emphasized the importance of philanthropy among the wealthiest individuals,stating they have a &#8220;moral obligation&#8221; to give away at least half of their wealth. She maintained her belief that political donations from the wealthy do not affect voter outcomes, as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/modern-espionage-may-not-be-recognizable\/\" title=\"Modern espionage may be unrecognizable.\">true power lies<\/a> with the voters themselves, who are seeking change. Additionally, she has committed considerable funds to causes supporting women\u2019s rights and has called for more attention to issues such as paid family medical leave.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Melinda French Gates slams billionaires for showing &lsquo;true personalities&rsquo; with Trump in White House<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2095712\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/wealth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Billionaire<\/a> philanthropist Melinda French Gates admits she has &ldquo;become more political&rdquo; in recent years while also slamming other billionaires who are supporting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">President Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>French Gates, who was promoting her new memoir, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.melindafrenchgates.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">The Next Day<\/a><\/em>, made the statement when asked about the political donations of other billionaires and the influence they have within the country. She suggested on CNN that over the last few years, the public has seen &ldquo;some of their true personalities&rdquo; emerge. <\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3381975\/marjorie-taylor-greene-denies-insider-trading-accusations\/\">MTG denies insider trading accusations, says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marjorie-taylor-greene-defends-police-that-tasered-protester\/\" title=\"Marjorie Taylor Greene defends police that tasered protester\">portfolio manager &#8216;bought<\/a> the dip&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3382109\/democrat-iowa-senate-race-joni-ernst\/\">First Democrat enters Iowa Senate race against Joni Ernst<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3381939\/marjorie-taylor-greene-town-hall-commends-police-tasered-protesters\/\">MTG commends police officers who tasered protesters at town hall meeting<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Her ex-husband, Microsoft founder Bill Gates,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3291495\/bill-gates-impressed-by-trump-three-hour-dinner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> recently met with Trump<\/a> at Mar-a-Lago. She also referenced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3293339\/celebrity-hour-every-celebrity-seen-attending-trump-inauguration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elon Musk<\/a> and how the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-government-efficiency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Department of Government Efficiency<\/a> has gutted the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;All I can say is that a good manager doesn&rsquo;t just immediately cut something off. They go out. They understand the work. They see what differences have been made. And then you might say, &lsquo;ok, maybe 10% of it wasn&rsquo;t being spent well. Or this 5% over here was wasted in some way.&rsquo; None of us want that with our taxpayer dollars. But good management doesn&rsquo;t say you just cut something immediately&hellip; and then even all these U.S. employees are gone. That&rsquo;s just something I don&rsquo;t understand,&rdquo; she <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/stillgray\/status\/1912512651243962879\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a> on <em>CNN&rsquo;s NewsNight with Abby Phillip<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>French Gates, who is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/billionaires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">worth<\/a> an estimated $30 billion, made a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/melinda-french-gates-substantial-donation-to-harris-walz-2024-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">substantial donation<\/a> to the campaign of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. The exact amount has not been made public. She also offered to host events for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-months-of-saying-democracy-dies-if-trump-wins-kamala-confirms-it-was-all-a-lie-by-admitting-its-going-to-be-ok\/\" title=\"After Months of Saying Democracy Dies if ... Wins, Kamala Confirms It Was All a Lie by Admitting &#039;It&#039;s Going to Be OK&#039;\">failed campaign&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s bid for the White House.<\/p>\n<p>In further reflecting on the election, Gates suggested that the donations made by billionaires to both the Republican and Democratic parties did not sway the vote, as this &ldquo;power&rdquo; was with the voters. She also said it is likely that voters &ldquo;wanted a change&rdquo; and were not content with the status quo of the nation.<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zc9pV2bimAo?si=5wfkURMLhU5ON2cp\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>    <\/p>\n<p>Now, French Gates, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatesfoundation.org\/ideas\/media-center\/press-releases\/2024\/05\/melinda-french-gates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">exited the Gates Foundation last year<\/a> after receiving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/melinda-gates-step-down-co-chair-bill-melinda-gates-foundation-2024-05-13\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">$12.5 billion<\/a>, is urging people in the highest tax brackets to be more philanthropic, saying they have a &ldquo;moral responsibility&rdquo; to donate at least half of their wealth to causes.  <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And so the other thing I&rsquo;ve done with my ex-husband, and also Warren Buffett, is we&rsquo;ve started something called the Giving Pledge, because I think if you have a billion dollars, that&rsquo;s an absurd amount of wealth,&rdquo; French Gates said. &ldquo;You have a moral responsibility to give away at least half of it, and in my case, I&rsquo;m trying to spend my energy and my time and my resources doing exactly that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Last year, French Gates also committed to donating $1 billion to her organization, Pivotal Ventures, through 2026 in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pivotalventures.org\/articles\/melinda-french-gates-announces-1billlion-commitment-to-advance-women-globally\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">bid<\/a> to advance &ldquo;women&rsquo;s power globally.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>French Gates claimed that one of the things that spurred her to pursue her own ventures post-divorce is how her two granddaughters &ldquo;don&rsquo;t have as many rights right now as I did growing up.&rdquo; She did not specify what rights her granddaughters currently lack, but did state that there are some issues she would like to see advanced in the United States, mentioning paid family <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/medicine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">medical<\/a> leave as an example.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3381841\/democratic-party-troubles-mount-as-more-voters-turn-right-give-gop-edge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">DEMOCRATIC PARTY TROUBLES MOUNT AS MORE VOTERS TURN RIGHT, GIVE GOP EDGE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner&rsquo;s<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/tiana-lowe-doescher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Tiana Lowe Doescher<\/a> shared Gates&rsquo;s comment on X, noting that when the billionaire, 60, was born, a woman who was unmarried could not get a credit card &ldquo;without her dad co-signing it.&rdquo; She also pointed to how insurers that are legally required to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-one-is-coming-for-contraception-but-theyre-definitely-coming-for-conscience-rights\/\" title=\"No One is Coming For Contraception, But They\u2019re Definitely Coming For Conscience Rights\">provide birth control<\/a> at no cost &ldquo;did not exist&rdquo; at the time.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When Melinda was born, unwed women weren&rsquo;t allowed to get a CREDIT CARD without her dad co-signing it. To include a wife&rsquo;s income in a mortgage application, her doctor had to prove she was sterilized. The birth control that insurers are legally required to provide for women at&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AbhTQjSInV\">https:\/\/t.co\/AbhTQjSInV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tiana Lowe Doescher (@TianaTheFirst) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TianaTheFirst\/status\/1912505861504639088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Spare me this drivel,&rdquo; Doescher wrote. &ldquo;There is no better time or place in human history to be a woman than the USA, today.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2095712\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2095712\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melinda French Gates criticizes billionaires for revealing their true selves while supporting Trump<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2424260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Melinda-French-Gates-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[53575,7375,53574,37055,3634],"class_list":["post-2424259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-billionaires-2","tag-criticism","tag-melinda-french-gates","tag-philanthropy","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Melinda-French-Gates-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2424259"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2424263,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424259\/revisions\/2424263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2424260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2424259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2424259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2424259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}