{"id":2030703,"date":"2023-09-13T14:57:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T18:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-time-elon-musk-called-bill-gates-an-ahole-to-the-core-and-categorically-insane\/"},"modified":"2023-09-13T15:01:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T19:01:26","slug":"the-time-elon-musk-called-bill-gates-an-ahole-to-the-core-and-categorically-insane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-time-elon-musk-called-bill-gates-an-ahole-to-the-core-and-categorically-insane\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk slams Bill Gates as &#8216;core a**hole&#8217; and &#8216;crazy&#8217;."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fthe-time-elon-musk-called-bill-gates-an-ahole-to-the-core-and-categorically-insane%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=2030703&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--><h2>The Chief Twit versus Global Gates!<\/h2>\n<p>Sounds like a \u201960s monster movie, or an \u201980s pro-wrestling promo,\u2064 doesn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, nothing quite that entertaining\u2062 is going on here, though it is a sign of the amusing times \u2062that mega-billionaire Elon Musk might actually crawl\u200d into the ring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-elon-musk-says-cage-match-zuckerberg-livestreamed-platform\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to fight a\u2063 different billionaire<\/a> altogether.<\/p>\n<p>However,\u200d when\u200b it comes to the most household-name of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kurt-schlichter-oligarchs-will-not-save-us\/\" title=\"Kurt Schlichter: Oligarchs Will Not Save Us\">rich guys<\/a>, Microsoft\u2062 co-founder Bill Gates gives Musk a run for his money.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, both Musk and Gates\u200d have held the undisputed\u200d \u201cworld \u2062title\u201d of all\u200c rich dudes in\u200b that both have \u2062been, at points, \u201cthe richest man in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019d think the two would be \u2063good bros. After all, they are both techy \u2063nerds with \u200dtons of cash. But when you stop \u200bto ponder this for even a\u200b mere five\u2064 minutes, you soon realize that few billionaires \u2062are \u2064probably buds with other billionaires.<\/p>\n<p>After all, they didn\u2019t make their beaucoup \u200dbucks by playing nice\u200d and strolling through \u2063fields of flowers with their pals.<\/p>\n<p>Nope,\u200b and this latest revelation regarding\u200c Musk and\u2062 Gates \u2062is no surprise\u2063 at \u2064all.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/09\/11\/tech\/elon-musk-bill-gates-isaacson-book\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN Business reported<\/a> on Monday\u2064 about a new Musk biography by author \u2062Walter Isaacson:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMusk told Isaacson he felt Gates\u2063 was hypocritical to fight against climate change while trying to make money on \u200dthe failure of a\u200d sustainable\u2063 energy car\u2064 company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen \u200cGates sent\u2063 documentation about his philanthropic work and followed up with a\u200c text to Musk, Musk asked \u2063if \u2063he was still holding a short bet against \u200bTesla. Gates \u200badmitted he was.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMusk texted\u2064 back: \u2018Sorry\u2026 I cannot take your philanthropy on climate seriously.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Apparently, ol\u2019 Bill <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elon-musk-appears-massively-smack-bill-gates-via-text-message-disrespecting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was betting against<\/a> the success of Tesla in an investment strategy known as shorting\u200b (a practice well-known to those\u2062 who followed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/small-investors-get-revenge-americans-get-last-laugh-hedge-fund-tried-destroy-gamestop-makes-humiliating-announcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the great\u2062 Gamestop war<\/a>), \u200bwhich really can be seen as a hostile move. Musk (shocker) wasn\u2019t too happy about it and responded publicly in his own \u200bcrudely\u2063 humorous way:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">in case u need to lose a boner fast <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fcHiaXKCJi\">pic.twitter.com\/fcHiaXKCJi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2062Elon \u2062Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1517707521343082496?\">April 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bill \u200cGates actually\u200c had the audacity, after \u201ccovertly\u201d shorting Tesla stock, to get\u200d on Musk about his lack of\u200d charitable giving and attempted \u2064to solicit\u2064 him to donate money to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Musk confronted the Microsoft founder on the fact that he had shorted Tesla stock, and after\u200b he admitted to doing so, Elon let him have it.<\/p>\n<p>As Musk wrote to Isaacson\u200b in a text message, according to CNN Business:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this point, I\u2064 am \u2063convinced he\u2064 is categorically insane (and an a\u2013hole to the core)\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As is apparent from the above quote, the idea of supposedly championing the effort to help \u2064the environment \u200cand then betting against the failure of the world\u2019s leading companies when it comes\u2064 to electric vehicles is the utter depth of\u2063 hypocrisy.<\/p>\n<p>At\u2064 least Gates has the cojones to admit that he did\u2064 it\u200d to \u201cmake money\u201d\u200c (though he ended up losing close $1.5 billion, according to CNN Business.)<\/p>\n<p>However, there\u200d may be more \u2063to Gates\u2019 actions than just the fact that he wanted to make money. Though Gates\u2064 and Musk are\u2062 both insanely rich nerds, they do have worldviews\u200d regarding the future of \u2062humanity that are \u200cquite divergent, to say the\u200b least.<\/p>\n<p>For one, \u200bGates\u2064 is deeply concerned \u200cabout overpopulation, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bill-gates-funded-development-skin-vaccine-history-storage-using-specialized-dye\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Bill and \u200dMelinda Gates Foundation<\/a> has spent much of its time and money working towards lowering global population and birth rates through, as Bill Gates himself\u2064 has\u2062 said, vaccinations, birth \u200dcontrol, and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatesfoundation.org\/ideas\/media-center\/press-releases\/2021\/06\/gates-foundation-commits-2-1-billion-to-advance-gender-equality-globally\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> women\u2019s liberation<\/a> in the Third World:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Not only this, but Bill Gates has\u200c supported\u200d the curbing of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bill-gates-tells-anti-lockdown-musk-stay-lane-ignoring-sharing-covid-misinformation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COVID misinformation<\/a>\u201d which is a violation of the American ideals of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/project-veritas-strips-cnn-naked\/\" title=\"Project Veritas Strips CNN Naked\">free speech<\/a> and the Christian ideals of \u201cliberty \u2064of conscience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Plus, he \u2062is now the largest owner\u200b of farmland\u2062 in the United States according \u2063to \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/arielshapiro\/2021\/01\/14\/americas-biggest-owner-of-farmland-is-now-bill-gates-bezos-turner\/?sh=7a34c98d6096\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forbes<\/a>, which is part of \u200bhis\u2062 attempt to help curb \u200cthe production of meat in the U.S. as \u200dhe supports the making of synthetic meat\u200d using GMO grains through <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/bill-gates-backed-lab-grown-195311408.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Upside Foods<\/a>, a company he backs.<\/p>\n<p>These same GMO grains, which were nearly all originally patented by the Monsanto corporation in which Bill\u200d Gates\u200d was once a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/poverty-matters\/2010\/sep\/29\/gates-foundation-gm-monsanto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leading shareholder<\/a> \u200c before it was \u200cabsorbed into Bayer (the \u2064pharmaceutical giant).<\/p>\n<p>Not to mention that he is deeply\u200b connected <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bombshell-report-epstein-appeared-threaten-expose-bill-gates-dirty-secret\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to \u200cJeffery Epstein. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>In contrast to the almost demonic \u200cBond-villain level activity of Gates, Elon \u2062grossly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elon-musk-announces-unprecedented-bid-buy-100-twitter-will-unlock\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">overpaid for Twitter<\/a> to guarantee free speech for all and has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/felt-like-dying-elon-musk-makes-scary-claim-booster-shot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">critical of the COVID \u2063vaccine<\/a>, which  has not helped his public \u2062reputation \u2063in the establishment media.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, Musk\u200b exposed that the entire lockdown and\u200d censorship\u2062 campaign on the internet was instigated by \u2064the federal government on behalf of Big Pharma. He showed Americans how Uncle Sam was twisting the arm of social media to crush dissent and \u200dhe\u200b did this\u2063 through the release\u2062 of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/twitter-files-platform-suppressed-valid-200142382.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Twitter Files<\/a>\u201d (which we\u200c should rename the \u201cX-Files\u201d just because it would be\u2063 hilarious).<\/p>\n<p>Not only this but Musk has\u200c repeatedly argued <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/business\/2021\/12\/07\/elon-musk-declining-birthrate-threatens-human-civilization\/6414749001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mysterious-explosion-destroys-americas-stonehenge-crews-demolish-remains\/\" title=\"Mysterious Explosion Destroys \u2018America\u2019s Stonehenge,\u2019 Crews Demolish Remains\">global depopulation<\/a><\/a> is a huge \u2063threat to civilization and needs to be reversed by growing the birth\u2063 rate (exactly the opposite of\u2063 the claims made by \u200bBill Gates).<\/p>\n<p>Can you get more antagonistic to Gates than all of this? \u2064One would almost think that\u2063 Musk\u2019s entire public persona is just one big troll of Gates.\u200c I mean, would it really surprise anyone?<\/p>\n<p>Personally, as a working-class Christian, I am \u2063still reserving\u200c my judgment regarding Musk, as I am skeptical of billionaires, especially billionaires who are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/news\/22\/08\/28442608\/does-elon-musk-believe-in-god-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">openly \u2063secularist <\/a>in their worldview. Not only this, but I believe he could go much further in \u200bmaking\u200b X a bastion of free speech by sticking it to the advertisers who \u2062clearly run the\u200c show everywhere when it comes to social media (his recent threat to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/09\/05\/x-boss-elon-musk-vows-to-sue-adl-for-22b-for-falsely-accusing-it-and-me-of-being-antisemitic\/#:~:text=Elon%20Musk%20said%20in%20a%20series%20of%20tweets,billion%20in%20value%20over%20the%20past%20six%20months.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sue the ADL<\/a> is admittedly a \u2062good \u2064step\u200c in the right direction).<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, I think<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/04\/12\/elon-musks-disturbing-dalliance-with-transhumanism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> his \u2064dabbling<\/a> in AI and digital currencies and his company <a href=\"https:\/\/neuralink.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neuralink<\/a> \u200d (a transhumanist wet dream of merging the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wuhan-lab-kept-nih-funding-despite-trump-crackdown\/\" title=\"Wuhan Lab Kept NIH Funding Despite Trump Crackdown\">human brain<\/a> \u2064with\u2064 computers) is deeply concerning, \u2063if not disturbing, and smacks \u2062the sort \u200dof evil\u200d being conjured by the darling of the \u2063World Economic Forum, \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-think-klaus-schwab-bad-look-top-advisers-ideas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yuval Harari.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, in picking a \u2064team in this \u200bfight I think it\u2019s a no-brainer \u200cfor those who\u2064 love human life and liberty.<\/p>\n<p>That, and anyone who is willing to punch Mark Zuckerberg in the face at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-musk-zuckerberg-fight-details-nearly-set-italian-epic-location-worthy-gladiators\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roman Colosseum<\/a> can\u2019t be\u2063 all\u2063 that bad.<\/p>\n<p>Well, as\u200d far as\u2063 billionaires go anyway.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/time-elon-musk-called-bill-gates-ahole-core-categorically-insane\/\">The \u200bTime Elon Musk Called Bill Gates an &#8216;A**hole to the Core&#8217; and &#8216;Categorically Insane&#8217;<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western\u200d Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chief Twit battles Global Gates! It resembles a vintage monster flick or a wrestling promo. Alas, it&#8217;s not as entertaining. Nonetheless, it reflects the amusing era where Elon Musk, a mega-billionaire, may enter the ring against another billionaire. But when&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2308,"featured_media":2030704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2030703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2030703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2308"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2030703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2030703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2030704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2030703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2030703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2030703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}