Bill Gates has strongly criticized Elon Musk, accusing him of endangering vulnerable populations by drastically slashing America’s international aid commitments.
“The picture of the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children is not a pretty one,” Gates told the Financial Times during an extensive interview that touched on global health and philanthropy.
He went even further, stating, “I’d love for him to go in and meet the children that have now been infected with HIV because he cut that money.”
The rebuke came after Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency took decisive action in February, effectively dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development — the main body tasked with managing foreign assistance and humanitarian support.
During the interview, Gates, 69, also disclosed that he intends to fully wind down the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation by the year 2045 and distribute $200 billion in philanthropic funds.
“People will say a lot of things about me when I die, but I am determined that ‘He died rich’ will not be one of them,” he explained in a post on his personal blog. “There are too many urgent problems to solve for me to hold onto resources that could be used to help people.”
“That is why I have decided to give my money back to society much faster than I had originally planned,” Gates emphasized.

{Matzav.com}