President-elect Donald Trump has an opportunity to establish "American leadership through innovation," Bill Gates told CNBC on Tuesday.
"A lot of his message has been about ... where he sees things not as good as he'd like," the billionaire Microsoft (MSFT) co-founder said on "Squawk Box."
"But
in the same way President Kennedy talked about the space mission and
got the country behind that," Gates continued, "I think whether it's
education or stopping epidemics ... [or] in this energy space, there can
be a very upbeat message that [Trump's] administration [is] going to
organize things, get rid of regulatory barriers, and have American
leadership through innovation."
Gates
said he recently spoke on the phone with Trump, and discussed the power
of innovation. "Of course, my whole career has been along those lines.
And he was interested in listening to that. And I'm sure there will be
further conversation."
Gates said it was the first time he had spoken with Trump, though he said they have mutual friends.
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