{"id":458238,"date":"2018-01-25T09:20:45","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T09:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/01\/25\/bill-gates-warns-trump-not-to-abandon-africa\/"},"modified":"2018-01-25T09:20:45","modified_gmt":"2018-01-25T09:20:45","slug":"bill-gates-warns-trump-not-to-abandon-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/01\/25\/bill-gates-warns-trump-not-to-abandon-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Gates warns Trump not to abandon Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-282403\">\n<div class=\"post-header post-tp-1-header\">\n<div class=\"single-featured\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/gates.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix single-post-content\">\n<div class=\"bsac bsac-clearfix bsac-post-top bsac-float-center bsac-align-center bsac-column-1 bsac-hide-on-phone bsac-hide-on-tablet-portrait bsac-hide-on-tablet-landscape bsac-hide-on-desktop\">\n<div id=\"bsac-277964-167038438\" class=\"bsac-container bsac-type-image  bsac-hide-on-desktop bsac-hide-on-tablet-portrait bsac-hide-on-tablet-landscape bsac-hide-on-phone\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WPAdBlock\" data-adid=\"277964\" data-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bsac-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/top-banner-web-renault.jpg\" alt=\"Renault\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bill Gates has warned that Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cAmerica First\u201d position could damage the US\u2019 relationship with Africa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[In] the balance of hard power versus soft power, the US uniquely has a ratio emphasising hard power and I\u2019d hate to see it go even further,\u201d Mr Gates said during the annual World Economic Forum summit in Davos, Switzerland. \u201cYou don\u2019t want to give up your soft power tools.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Gates added that the US could lose its influence in Africa to countries like China that are continuing to invest in the continent.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Gates\u2019 own charity, the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation, is heavily involved in providing healthcare support to parts of Africa.<\/p>\n<p>But President Trump has suggested he will cut the US\u2019 global health budget by around $2.2 billion (\u00a31.55 billion).<\/p>\n<p>He also angered some African leaders recently when he allegedly called African nations \u201cshitholes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: BBC<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"bsac bsac-clearfix bsac-post-bottom bsac-float-center bsac-align-center bsac-column-1\">\n<div id=\"bsac-268363-1635795628\" class=\"bsac-container bsac-type-image \" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WPAdBlock\" data-adid=\"268363\" data-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bsac-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Telesol-new-ad.jpg\" alt=\"Homepage Header Ad\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.10&appId=1136575713042949\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script>\n\t\t\t(function () {<\/p>\n<p>    function appendFbScript() {\n        var js, id = 'facebook-jssdk',\n            fjs = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];<\/p>\n<p>        if (document.getElementById(id)) return;\n        js = document.createElement('script');\n        js.id = id;\n        js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&appId=298184353996497&version=v2.0\";\n        fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);<\/p>\n<p>        window.fbAsyncInit = function () {\n            FB.init({\n                appId: '298184353996497',\n                xfbml: true,\n                version: 'v2.0'\n            });\n            FB.Event.subscribe('comment.create', function (comment_data) {\n                console.log(comment_data);\n                update_comments_count();\n            });\n            FB.Event.subscribe('comment.remove', function (comment_data) {\n                update_comments_count();\n            });<\/p>\n<p>            function update_comments_count(comment_data, comment_action) {\n                jQuery.ajax({\n                        type: 'GET',\n                        dataType: 'json',\n                        url: 'http:\/\/starrfmonline.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php',\n                        data: {\n                            action: 'clear_better_facebook_comments',\n                            post_id: '282403'\n                        },\n                        success: function (data) {\n                            \/\/ todo sync comments count here! 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