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Elon Musk Says He Wouldn’t Let Bill Gates ‘Babysit His Kid’ Because of Epstein Ties

  • Elon Musk publicly criticized Bill Gates on Tuesday at the Qatar Economic Forum over severe budget cuts to USAID by the Department of Government Efficiency .
  • The conflict ignited when Gates criticized DOGE for reducing more than 80% of USAID’s funding, suggesting these reductions might lead to a large number of fatalities, while Musk challenged Gates to provide proof supporting this assertion.
  • Musk criticized Gates for hypocrisy by highlighting Gates' former friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, remarking that he would not trust Gates to care for his children.
  • In 2024, USAID provided close to $32.5 billion in aid, allocating more than $2.3 billion specifically to combat AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, while Musk emphasized that key services continued uninterrupted despite the transfer of some programs to the State Department.
  • The exchange underscores tensions between Gates' focus on global health philanthropy and Musk's aggressive government spending cuts, raising questions about aid effectiveness and welfare impacts.
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Mediaite broke the news in United States on Tuesday, May 20, 2025.
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