Billionaire Microsoft founder Bill Gates slammed Elon Musk’s growing influence on global politics as “insane shit” and “populist stirring.”
Musk, who spent over $250 million backing former President Donald Trump’s campaign and gained a spot in his inner circle, recently took aim at the UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his Labour Party while advising the right-wing Reform UK party to ditch leader Nigel Farage.
In Germany this weekend he addressed members of the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party, urging them to “take pride in Germany” and reject feelings of guilt tied to the nation’s history.
In a ranging interview with The Times published Sunday about the release of his new memoir, Source Code, Gates expressed concern over Musk’s political maneuvering.
It’s really insane that he can destabilise the political situations in countries. I think in the US foreigners aren’t allowed to give money; other countries maybe should adopt safeguards to make sure super-rich foreigners aren’t distorting their elections.
It’s difficult to understand why someone who has a car factory in both China and in Germany, whose rocket business is ultra-dependent on relationships with sovereign nations and who is busy cutting $2 trillion in US government expenses and running five companies, is obsessing about this grooming story in the UK. I’m like, what?
You want to promote the right wing but say Nigel Farage is not right wing enough… I mean, this is insane shit. You are for the AfD.
We can all overreach… If someone is super-smart, and he is, they should think how they can help out. But this is populist stirring.
Source : https://www.mediaite.com/news/insane-sht-bill-gates-rips-elon-musk-for-populist-stirring-in-europe/