In his sharpest reprimand of the richest man in the world, a distinction he once had, Bill Gates Elon Musk accused at least twice in the past week of ‘killing’ children in the poorest countries in the world by reducing foreign help under the Trump government.
Mr. Gates, co-founder and philanthropist of the billionaire Microsoft, addressed Mr. Musk for the actions he has taken as head of the Department of Government Efficiency of President Trump during interviews with the New York Times Magazine and the Financial Times.
He said that Mr. Musk was responsible for the disintegration of the American Agency for International Development, a decision that he claimed that he had undermined for decades of progress by diseases such as measles, HIV and Polio.
In a broad interview with The Times Magazine Last week Mr. Gates said that Mr. Musk had placed the USAID in ‘De Houtsnipper’.
He wondered if Mr. Musk, the Chief Executive of Tesla and SpaceX, would maintain his dedication to what is known as the promise – a non -binding obligation to give at least half of a person’s wealth to a charity – that Mr. Musk signed in 2012.
“He could become a great philanthropist,” Mr. Gates told the magazine. “In the meantime, the richest man in the world has been involved in the death of the poorest children in the world.”
His criticism was timed around an announcement by Mr Gates that the Gates Foundation, which turned 25, would close its work in the next 20 years. At that time he promised to give an extra $ 200 billion to a good cause, effectively publish his personal fortune.
Mr. Gates used more destructive language in an interview that was published on Thursday by The financial time.
“The image of the richest man in the world who kills the poorest children in the world is not beautiful,” he said.
Representatives of Mr. Musk and Doge did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Thursday. Not the White House either.
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