Bill Gates Accuses Elon Musk of ‘Killing the World’s Poorest Children’ With DOGE Cuts

Bill Gates strongly criticized Elon Musk’s work with the Department of Government Efficiency for prioritizing the cuts of aid programs over the needs of vulnerable populations, calling the effects on poorer children “not a pretty one.” He lambasted Musk’s $80 percent reduction in the U.S.A.I.D. budget as devastating and tied it directly to his stated aim of drastically cutting global aid. Gates highlighted how Musk’s focus on self-aggrandizement led to widespread suffering, with millions more children at risk of death due to the cuts. He also pointed out that Musk claimed to cut $2 trillion but only allocated $162 billion so far, far less than his target.