{"id":1195966,"date":"2026-02-18T03:56:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T03:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/DiUQndMUwxw3kNthNAgrqD"},"modified":"2026-02-18T03:56:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T03:56:44","slug":"bill-gates-says-elon-musks-doge-cutbacks-are-directly-responsible-for-kids-dying-the-picture-of-the-worlds-richest-man-killing-the-worlds-poorest-children-is-not-a-pretty-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/bill-gates-says-elon-musks-doge-cutbacks-are-directly-responsible-for-kids-dying-the-picture-of-the-worlds-richest-man-killing-the-worlds-poorest-children-is-not-a-pretty-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Gates says Elon Musk&#8217;s DOGE cutbacks are directly responsible for kids dying: &#8216;The picture of the world&#8217;s richest man killing the world&#8217;s poorest children is not a pretty one&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Microsoft founder Bill Gates has announced a new plan to give away <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gatesnotes.com\/work\/save-lives\/reader\/20-years-to-give-away-virtually-all-my-wealth\" target=\"_blank\">99% of his $108 billion fortune by 2045<\/a>, alongside which he&#8217;s given <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/bdd9bb89-ac3c-4043-9ca4-bc7efbd41fed\" target=\"_blank\">an interview to the Financial Times<\/a> damning the actions of his fellow billionaire Elon Musk within the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>Gates&#8217; blog post outlines his core goals for the Gates Foundation, but it&#8217;s in this context that Gates takes aim at not just Musk but countries like the UK and France for cutting foreign aid budgets.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s unclear whether the world&#8217;s richest countries will continue to stand up for its poorest people,&#8221; says Gates. &#8220;But the one thing we can guarantee is that, in all of our work, the Gates Foundation will support efforts to help people and countries pull themselves out of poverty.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gates then went for Musk, claiming that the Tesla CEO&#8217;s role in the Trump administration&#8217;s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) makes Musk personally responsible for the outcome of decisions such as cutting the US Agency for International Development&#8217;s budget and gutting its staff.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The picture of the world&#8217;s richest man killing the world&#8217;s poorest children is not a pretty one,&#8221; <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/bdd9bb89-ac3c-4043-9ca4-bc7efbd41fed\" target=\"_blank\">said Gates<\/a>. He raises the example of a hospital in Gaza Province, Mozambique, which President Donald Trump falsely claimed was using US funding to make condoms &#8220;for Hamas,&#8221; a claim that Musk himself later acknowledged was wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Musk also confused the hospital&#8217;s location with Gaza in Palestine, saying at the time &#8220;some of the things that I say will be incorrect.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:3840px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"z3VGCmFdCFKysgcs2toTqD\" name=\"GettyImages-2194420537\" alt=\"Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during the inaugural parade inside Capital One Arena, in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS \/ AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS\/AFP via Getty Images)\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bill-gates-says-elon-musks-doge-cutbacks-are-directly-responsible-for-kids-dying-the-picture-of-the-worlds-richest-man-killing-the-worlds-poorest-children-is-not-a-pretty-one.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2160\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;d love for [Musk] to go in and meet the children that have now been infected with HIV because he cut that money,&#8221; said Gates.<\/p>\n<p>Gates goes on to reference Musk calling USAID &#8220;a criminal organisation&#8221;, saying this shows Musk has no idea what the agency does. This is not the first time that the billionaires have clashed, with Musk previously calling Gates&#8217; style of philanthropic giving &#8220;bullshit&#8221; and claiming companies like Tesla would more effectively tackle issues like climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Gates&#8217; blog post says The Gates Foundation has spent around $100 billion on its various projects, and expects to spend $200 million over the next two decades. Gates explains some of his thinking by citing a 1889 essay by Andrew Carnegie, The Gospel of Wealth, which argues that the super-rich have a moral duty to return their fortunes to society.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People will say a lot of things about me when I die, but I am determined that &#8216;he died rich&#8217; will not be one of them,&#8221; says Gates.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/bill-gates-says-elon-musks-role-in-cutting-us-overseas-aid-is-directly-responsible-for-increasing-infant-mortality-the-picture-of-the-worlds-richest-man-killing-the-worlds-poorest-children-is-not-a-pretty-one\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft founder Bill Gates has announced a new plan to give away 99% of his $108 billion fortune by 2045, alongside which he&#8217;s given an interview to the Financial Times damning the actions of his fellow billionaire Elon Musk within the Trump administration. Gates&#8217; blog post outlines his core goals for the Gates Foundation, but it&#8217;s in this context that Gates takes aim at not just Musk but countries like the UK and France for cutting foreign aid budgets. &#8220;It&#8217;s unclear whether the world&#8217;s richest countries will continue to stand up for its poorest people,&#8221; says Gates. &#8220;But the one thing we can guarantee is that, in all of our work, the Gates Foundation will support efforts to help people and countries pull themselves out&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/bill-gates-says-elon-musks-doge-cutbacks-are-directly-responsible-for-kids-dying-the-picture-of-the-worlds-richest-man-killing-the-worlds-poorest-children-is-not-a-pretty-one\/\">Read 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