Bill Gates: Don't expect charities to pick up the bill for Trump's sweeping aid cuts | Kate Hodal

Head of world’s largest private philanthropic organisation speaks out as report shows progress on reducing extreme poverty under threat

Bill Gates has warned that organisations like his are “absolutely not” prepared to plug the yawning gaps in development aid that will result from funding cuts, including those proposed by President Trump.

Speaking to the Guardian ahead of the UN general assembly meeting, which opens for general debate next week, the billionaire philanthropist said simply: “There’s no way to balance a cut in [a] rich country’s generosity.”

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