It’s protected to say there is no such thing as a misplaced love between Invoice Gates and Elon Musk after Musk annihilated Microsoft’s co-founder with a brutal quip throughout a discussion board in Qatar.
Gates beforehandslammed Musk for his function in DOGE with explicit ire over the cuts to the US Company for Worldwide Growth (USAID) in an interview with the Monetary Instances earlier his month. Throughout the interview, Gates baselessly accused Musk of “killing the world’s poorest youngsters” with the federal government spending cuts.
Gates then doubled down on his vile criticism of Musk throughout an interview with CNN.
If it was a modest minimize (to USAID) and a problem to be extra environment friendly… I’m fantastic with that, he told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria on Could 9. “However 80%, that’s going to be thousands and thousands of deaths, and it’s a mistake.”
Whereas talking remotely on the Qatar Financial Discussion board on Tuesday, Musk was requested about these heinous feedback.
“I do wish to ask you about USAID and the feedback Invoice Gates made the opposite day, which I do know that you just known as him…” the reporter started earlier than Musk interjected.
What Musk went on to say ought to make Gates remorse ever operating his mouth.
“Who does Invoice Gates assume he’s to make feedback in regards to the welfare of kids, given he was very near Jeffrey Epstein?” Musk retorted. “I wouldn’t need that man to babysit my child.”
Whoa!
WATCH:
.@elonmusk: “Who does Invoice Gates assume he’s to make feedback in regards to the welfare of kids, on condition that he was very shut with Jeffrey Epstein? … I wouldn’t need that man to babysit my child” pic.twitter.com/ADspVpA9lG
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) May 20, 2025
As TGP readers know, Epstein, who allegedly died by suicide in 2019 whereas awaiting trial on federal conspiracy and intercourse trafficking costs, had a number of conferences with Gates to debate philanthropic collaborations.
The Wall Avenue Journal additionally reported in 2023 that Epstein tried to leverage his reference to Gates by threatening to reveal an alleged affair between Gates and Russian bridge participant Mila Antonova.
Based on sources conversant in the matter, Epstein approached Gates with the proposal to contribute to a multibillion-dollar charitable fund in 2017. The convicted p*dophile allegedly threatened to disclose Gates’ relationship with Antonova except Gates agreed to the proposal.
The affair and Gates’ affiliation with Epstein had been vital components in his divorce from Melinda Gates, in line with reports. Melinda Gates slammed her ex-husband for persevering with his longtime friendship with Epstein regardless of her warnings to him about having “nightmares” about him.