Bill Gates has criticized his multimillionaire partner Elon Musk for his participation in the policy of other countries, including Germany and the United Kingdom.
“It's crazy that can destabilize political situations in countries,” said Gates, 69, said In an interview with The Times of London. “I think that foreigners are not allowed to give money; Other countries should adopt safeguards to ensure that super rich foreigners are not distorting their choices. “
Musk, co-leader of an efficiency department of the newly created government, donated millions of dollars to help the president of the United States, Donald Trump, to be elected.
On Saturday, Musk, 53, made a virtual surprise appearance during Germany's alternative for the Electoral Campaign event of Germany (AFD) and spoke in support of the extreme right party. Tesla's CEO told the crowd that they should be “optimistic” and “excited” about the future of Germany, adding: “I hope its people join and firmly support AFD.”
Earlier this month, Musk advised the United Kingdom's right -wing reform party to leave its leader, Nigel Farage, and requested the elimination of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. He also published An online survey For its 210 million followers on the proposal: “The United States should free the people of Great Britain from their tyrannical government.”
Gates addressed Musk's recent political opinions in his interview. “You want to promote the right wing, but say that Nigel Farage is not enough to … I mean, this is madness S – T,” Gates told the newspaper. “You are for the AFD (in Germany). We can all exalt. If someone is super intelligent, and it is, I should think how they can help. But this is a populist agitation. “
Musk has expressed a lot about a series of cases that shook cities in northern England, where groups of men were judged to prepare and abuse dozens of girls. The cases have been used by extreme right activists to link childhood abuse with immigration and accuse politicians of covering the “gang gangs” for fear of looking racist.
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“It is difficult to understand why someone who has a car factory both in China and Germany, whose rocket business depends on relations with sovereign nations and who is occupied by reducing $ 2 billion in government expenses of the United States and that Manage five companies, he becomes obsessed with this hygiene story in the United Kingdom.
During his interview, Gates also shared details about a three-hour dinner with Trump in Mar-A-Lago in December 2024, calling the “quite constructive” meeting.
“It was a quite attractive conversation in which he heard me talk about HIV and the need to stay generous and innovate to get a cure,” Gates said. “I talked a lot about polio, energy and nuclear, and he was not derogatory.
“Well, he is the most powerful person in the world and his decision about whether to consider changing HIV financing would only make the trip worth it, or encourage Pakistan and Afghanistan to take the eradication of polyomyelitis.”
Gates said that during Trump's first mandate, he met with him more times than he met with Joe Biden during his White House.
“I had many times when I went to the White House and they said: 'We believe that you are going to see President Biden today', but six times in a row,” Gates said.
He said Trump “has a lot of ability to help me” and that he needs to “stay close.”
“There are so much in the air with him: Are you going to deport nine million or one million? Are you going to have 60 percent or 5 percent rates? Are you going to finance the innovation of infectious diseases or will it finish it? I need to stay close. Whoever excites President Trump about the right things, that is the work of God. “
Musk has not responded to Gates's comments from this writing.
–With Associated Press files
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