{"id":1451377,"date":"2022-04-23T10:14:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-23T14:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1451377"},"modified":"2022-04-23T10:14:43","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T14:14:43","slug":"elon-musk-calls-out-bill-gates-in-uncovered-text-messages-posts-side-by-side-photo-mocking-gates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-calls-out-bill-gates-in-uncovered-text-messages-posts-side-by-side-photo-mocking-gates\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Calls Out Bill Gates In Uncovered Text Messages, Posts Side-By-Side Photo Mocking Gates"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felon-musk-calls-out-bill-gates-in-uncovered-text-messages-posts-side-by-side-photo-mocking-gates%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1451377&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/Screen-Shot-2022-04-23-at-9.27.24-AM.png?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Tesla founder Elon Musk confirmed testy text messages sent between him and fellow tech billionaire Bill Gates on Friday night, just minutes before Musk posted a side-by-side photo mocking the Microsoft founder.<\/p>\n<p>The messages show that Gates was pressing Musk to donate money for \u201cphilanthropy possibilities.\u201d Musk rejected the offer and told Gates he couldn\u2019t take his climate change activism \u201cseriously,\u201d since Gates was shorting the Tesla stock by half a billion dollars. Tesla, of course, focuses on electric cars.<\/p>\n<p>Shorting a stock means a buyer bets the share price will drop, as Gates apparently did with Tesla.\u00a0If big investors do this, it can send a message to other investors that the short seller is in-the-know about something they don\u2019t know, sending the shares into a spiral.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you still have a half billion dollar short position against Tesla?\u201d Musk said to Gates via text message, screenshots show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSorry to say I haven\u2019t closed it out yet,\u201d Gates replied. \u201cI would like to discuss philanthropy possibilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk came back hard against Gates, calling out the billionaire for being insincere in his philanthropic efforts. \u201cSorry, but I cannot take your philanthropy on climate change seriously when you have a massive short position against Tesla, the company doing the most to solve climate change,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So apparently Bill Gates hit up <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@elonmusk<\/a> to discuss \u201cphilanthropy on climate change\u201d but Elon asked if he still had a half billion dollar short position on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24TSLA&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$TSLA<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Bill said he hasn\u2019t closed it out, so Elon told him to get lost. No idea if this is true lol <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iuHkDG3bAd\">pic.twitter.com\/iuHkDG3bAd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Whole Mars Catalog (@WholeMarsBlog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WholeMarsBlog\/status\/1517626832241057792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The SpaceX CEO later confirmed the messages via Twitter.\u00a0\u201cYeah, but I didn\u2019t leak it to [The New York Times],\u201d he wrote. \u201cThey must have got it through friends of friends. I heard from multiple people at TED that Gates still had half billion short against Tesla, which is why I asked him, so it\u2019s not exactly top secret.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yeah, but I didn\u2019t leak it to NYT. They must have got it through friends of friends. <\/p>\n<p>I heard from multiple people at TED that Gates still had half billion short against Tesla, which is why I asked him, so it\u2019s not exactly top secret.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1517702987359133696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Minutes later, Musk mocked Gates with a side-by-side image, captioned, \u201cIn case u need to lose a b*ner fast.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">in case u need to lose a boner fast <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fcHiaXKCJi\">pic.twitter.com\/fcHiaXKCJi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1517707521343082496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And for good measure, the 50-year-old added a post ripping on Twitter, saying personnel at the company were at a \u201cshadow ban council\u201d reviewing his tweet, a knock on the platform\u2019s censorship practices.<\/p>\n<p>Musk has recently made moves to buy Twitter and take the company private.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/musk-announces-hes-secured-funding-for-twitter-details-potential-next-move-to-work-around-unresponsive-board\">disclosed<\/a>\u00a0that he\u2019s received commitment letters for $46.5 billion in funding for his hostile takeover of the company and is considering going straight to shareholders with a tender offer.<\/p>\n<p>The tech billionaire and world\u2019s richest man has repeatedly indicated that he plans on opening up transparency and adhering to principles of free speech, if he does snag the company.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">shadow ban council reviewing tweet \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cawjtwc7CW\">pic.twitter.com\/cawjtwc7CW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1517716718382166016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/shark-tanks-kevin-oleary-boosts-elon-musk-bid-slams-twitter-censorship-says-fire-board-members\">Shark Tank\u2019s Kevin O\u2019Leary Boosts Elon Musk Bid, Slams Twitter Censorship, Says \u2018Fire\u2019 Board\u00a0Members<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/musk-responds-to-snl-skit-mocking-him-links-to-satirical-babylon-bee-post\">Musk Responds To SNL Skit Mocking Him, Links To Satirical Babylon Bee\u00a0Post<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/elon-musk-can-f-off-reaction-explodes-online-over-musk-bid-to-outright-buy-twitter-take-it-private\">\u2018Elon Musk Can F*** Off\u2019: Reaction Explodes Online Over Musk Bid To Outright Buy Twitter, Take It\u00a0Private<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. 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