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Geekwire: Melinda Gates denounces Trump’s immigration comments

Melinda Gates criticizes Donald Trump's immigration stance, calling it "language that should never be used."
Melinda Gates speaking at the University of Washington in December 2017, with the UW Ed Lazowska. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota)

As someone who has spent extensive time in the developing world, Melinda Gates thinks President Donald Trump’s alleged comments on Latin American and African countries are neither appropriate nor accurate.

Trump reportedly asked why so many “people from shithole countries” were allowed into the U.S. during a meeting on immigration last week. In an interview with The Financial Times, Gates called those comments “alarming in every way.”

“That kind of disparaging language should never be used about anybody that lives on this planet,” Gates said. “I’m in Africa all the time, that’s not the world I see. I see incredibly entrepreneurial people getting by on meagre means.”

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