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Elon Musk has issued a brutal five-word response after Bill Gates claimed that he was \u2018killing\u2019 children.<\/p>\n
Musk\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0role within government has proven to be controversial ever since he was appointed as the head of the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) earlier this year.<\/p>\n While not technically a government department, Musk was said to act as an outside advisor to the\u00a0Trump<\/a>\u00a0administration on federal spending.<\/p>\n The SpaceX founder has since taken a step back from his role within the government, but when his appointment was first announced he vowed to\u00a0slash the federal budget<\/a>\u00a0– although most cuts have since been made by canceling contracts and making mass layoffs.<\/p>\n Speaking\u00a0to<\/a>\u00a0CBS Mornings<\/em>, the co-founder of\u00a0Microsoft<\/a>\u00a0warned that he believed the cuts being made by DOGE would be at the expense of two million lives.<\/p>\n Speaking about his charity work to fund life saving vaccines to save children\u2019s lives around the world,\u00a0Gates<\/a>\u00a0said: \u201cNow with these cuts if they\u2019re not reversed, it\u2019ll go to over six million dying. So, instead of [the figures] going down, it\u2019ll go back up.\u201d<\/p>\n The reporter replied: \u201cWow, so it\u2019s a difference of two million lives.\u201d<\/p>\n In response, Gates said: \u201cAbsolutely.\u201d<\/p>\n This discussion took place during an interview where Gates shared his plans to donate 99% of his wealth.<\/p>\n Pledging to part with his\u00a0money<\/a>\u00a0before his death, Gates previously said: \u201cPeople will say a lot of things about me when I die, but I am determined that \u2018he died rich\u2019 will not be one of them.<\/p>\n \u201cThere are too many urgent problems to solve for me to hold onto resources that could be used to help people.\u201d<\/p>\n It seems that Musk isn\u2019t best pleased by this interview after he took to\u00a0social media<\/a>\u00a0to respond.<\/p>\n Taking to his own platform X, formerly\u00a0Twitter<\/a>, the billionaire wrote: \u201cGates is a huge liar.\u201d<\/p>\n The\u00a0Tesla<\/a>\u00a0boss went on to share a video from an appearance he made on the\u00a0Joe Rogan Experience\u00a0<\/em>podcast, where he called out Gates.<\/p>\n Gates is a huge liar<\/p>\n \u2014 gorklon rust (@elonmusk) May 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n