Bill Gates doubles down on criticism of Elon Musk throughout Colbert interview as he ‘looks forward’ to assembly with Trump | EUROtoday

Billionaire Bill Gates doubled down on his criticism of Elon Musk when he appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. The Microsoft founder additionally elaborated on his determination to donate a lot of the rest of his fortune to the Gates Foundation over the subsequent twenty years.

Gates, 69, informed Colbert on Thursday night that he estimates his gesture will probably be value roughly $200bn over the subsequent 20 years and allow the inspiration to contribute to the worldwide battle towards childhood mortality and lethal illnesses like malaria and HIV.

The announcement comes as Donald Trump’s administration has successfully shuttered the United States Agency for International Development and slashed funding for healthcare packages all over the world, a lot of which is being overseen by Musk’s DOGE.

Prior to his interview with Colbert, Gates had informed The Financial Times that the Tesla and SpaceX boss was liable for “killing the world’s poorest children” by his actions in authorities.

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Musk responded angrily to a clip of Gates making an identical accusation on CBS Morning, saying in an X put up: “Gates is a huge liar.”

Revisiting the topic of DOGE’s cuts with Colbert, Gates was requested: “Does it make any sense to you, does the rationale make any sense to you, do you talk to these people, you must talk to some of them and say, ‘Why are you doing this, guys?’”

He answered: “I’ve been out in the field with the people who work for USAID and seen the brilliant work they do and how important that is.

“Unfortunately, you know, there was a weekend where it was decided they were criminals and they were put in the woodchipper, and so we lost a lot of capacity there. Now, we can get it back. Eventually, Congress is the one who will have the final word on this.

“[But] I’m not even sure the administration understands what is going on in the field because we do have, for the first time in 25 years, we have more children dying. Instead of it going down, it’s now going up. And unless we reverse pretty quickly, that will be over a million additional deaths.”

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The comic pressed Gates on who he felt was in charge for the misunderstanding he had recognized on the coronary heart of the Trump administration.

“You lay some of this at the feet of DOGE and, of course, Elon Musk and – I hope I’m getting this even close here – you said: ‘The picture of the world’s richest man being involved in the death of the world’s poorest is not a pretty one’,” Colbert stated.

“That’s right,” Gates nodded.

“Well said! Well said!” Colbert responded. “I mean, not that all billionaires know each other, but have you called him to say, ‘What gives, man? Don’t you know that this is going to be on you, that you have blood on your hands?’

“Well at this point, you know, he’s withdrawn…” Gates started, earlier than the comic interjected: “From reality? Where has he withdrawn from?”

“He’s headed to Mars,” Gates joked.

He went on to say that he was “looking forward to getting more time with President Trump” to make the case towards defunding healthcare initiatives. Gates stated that he had discovered the commander-in-chief to be extra receptive than he had anticipated about supporting HIV and polio vaccination efforts of their previous encounters.