Trump vs Musk vs Gates: Battle of the billionaires has just begun

The South African

11 hours ago

By now you've probably heard the cyber supersonic boom of the internet exploding after Elon Musk dropped a bombshell tweet about President Donald Trump.
Musk alleged that the reason why the Epstein files have not been fully disclosed to the public yet is because POTUS Donald J. Trump is in them. Musk ended the tweet with, 'Have a nice day, DJT!'
He then attached a second tweet which read: 'Mark this post for the future. The truth will come out.'
In response, Trump dropped a post on his Truth Social announcing that his administration is revoking funding and subsidies for Musk's companies, including Tesla and Space X.
To which Musk responded by announcing on X that he would be decommissioning the latest SpaceX Dragon rocket programme – which is much needed by NASA to service and supply the International Space Station.
Given these latest developments, one has to wonder whether the rumours and reports are indeed true – is Musk on hard chemical drugs?
Part of the backlash in the media and on social media right now is around who started the spat, and who's going to 'win'.
One Musk-supporting X user pointed out: 'Musk criticized Trump's Bill. Trump, however, criticised Musk. Elon Musk played the ball, some are arguing, while Donald Trump played the man.'
Musk's first salvo against Trump's budget came when, on 3 June, he could no longer contain his disgust at Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' and spilt his guts about it on X, when he tweeted: 'I'm sorry, but I just can't stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it.'
During a live press briefing in the Oval Office on 5 June, while hosting neo-Nazi, pro-Zionist, ex-Blackrock executive, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Trump addressed Musk's comments about the bill.
'We've done a great job. Elon knew that. Elon endorsed me very strongly. He campaigned for me.' Then Trump said, 'I think I would've won Pennsylvania easily anyway,' Trump told reporters.
Elon must've been watching that press briefing live because minutes later, he responded to Trump's statement by tweeting: 'Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate.'
'Such ingratitude,' he then added.
Trump went on to tell the press: 'I'm very disappointed, because, Elon knew the inner workings of this bill better than almost anybody sitting here. He knew everything about it. He had no problem with it. He only developed a problem when he found we're going to cut the EV [electric vehicle] mandate…because that's billions and billions of dollars. We wanna have cars of all types.'
Trump also said, 'When he left, he said the most beautiful things about me. He hasn't said anything bad about me personally, but I'm sure that will be next. But, I'm very disappointed in Elon, I've helped Elon a lot.'
Trump also later posted on his Truth Social: 'The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon's Governmental Subsidies and Contracts. I was always surprised that Biden didn't do it!'
That's when the break-up started to turn nastier than the War of the Roses.
The jibes went back and forth until it culminated in that earth-shattering tweet of the century from Musk.
But Trump is not the only one Musk has just thrown under the Epstein bus. He recently, and in the past, did the same to Bill Gates.
On 7 October 2024, during an interview with Tucker Carlson, Musk said: 'You know, I think part of why Kamala's getting so much support is that if Trump wins, that Epstein client list is going to become public. And some of those billionaires behind Kamala are terrified of that outcome.'
Carlson asked Musk: 'Do you think Reid Hoffman (billionaire founder of LinkedIn) is uncomfortable?'
Musk answered: 'Yes.' After a brief pause, he added, 'And Gates.'
Last month, on 20 May 2025, at the Qatar Economic Forum in Doha, Musk was interviewed before a live and online audience by Bloomberg's Mishal Husain.
Husain started to ask Musk about comments made by Bill Gates regarding Elon's decision to cut funding to the USAID programme – when Musk interjected.
'He's a huge liar', Musk said.
'I know, you've said that already,' Husain replied.
The comments they're referring to emerged when Bill Gates, in an interview with the Financial Times on 8 May, accused Elon Musk of 'killing children in the world's poorest countries' by cutting foreign aid under the Trump administration. Gates assailed Musk for the actions he took as head of President Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
'He could go on to be a great philanthropist,' Gates told the magazine. 'Meantime, he's involved in the deaths of the world's poorest children.' Sticking the blade in a little deeper, he added, 'The picture of the world's richest man killing the world's poorest children is not a pretty one.'
Responding to Gates' comments in Qatar, Musk sprung an unexpected gobsmacker on Husain and the audience; 'Who does Bill Gates think he is to make comments about the welfare of children, given that he has frequented Jeffrey Epstein?', he said.
'Ok, Well…', Husain started to respond, but she was drowned out by applause and cheers from the audience.'
When the ovation died down, Musk added, 'I wouldn't trust that guy to babysit my kids.'
It's worth noting that, curiously, Jeffrey Epstein 'committed suicide' (by breaking his own neck twice with paper sheets, while the prison cameras were switched off and the guards were fast asleep) during Trump's first term.
It's also worth noting that the last remaining, vocal survivor in the Epstein case, Virginia Giuffre – who accused Prince Andrew of raping her when she was 17, a woman who was close to seeing justice served for being sex-trafficked by Epstein to Andrew and other predatory paedophiles – allegedly committed suicide on 6 April this year…during Trump's second term.
What's all the more mysterious about her death is the fact that…just a few years earlier, on 11 Dec 2019, she tweeted: 'I am making it publicly known that in no way, shape or form am I suicidal. If something happens to me – for the sake of my family do not let this go away and help me to protect them. Too many evil people want to see me quieted.'
Here's where it gets dubiously curious. The person who recruited Virginia Giuffre to be Jeffrey Epstein's personal 'masseuse' was Epstein's partner in life and crime, Ghislaine Maxwell (currently serving time for child sex trafficking). Ghislaine is the daughter of (media mogul and alleged ex-Mossad agent) Robert Maxwell.
Do you know where Ghislaine Maxwell met and recruited Virginia Giuffre?
At a place called Mar-a-Lago.
Ring any bells? That's right, Donald Trump's Florida mansion. Where 16-year-old Giuffre was working as a spa attendant at the time.
It's been rumoured and reported that Epstein himself was also a Mossad agent, running a 'honey trap' operation for Israeli intelligence.
So far, the rumours and accusations by the Democrats of Trump playing golden showers and glass-topped coffee tables with Russian hookers in a swanky Moscow Hotel have proven to be unfounded.
But if there is compromising footage of POTUS Donald Trump on Epstein island molesting minors, and that footage is being held by Mossad, it would certainly explain a lot about why Trump has allowed barbaric Bedlam Bibi Netanyahu to steamroll over him…like that bulldozer did to Rachel Corrie.
Of course, the whole world and their brother – including me – have dropped everything to weigh in on this Musk-Trump (and Gates) feud.
On X and other platforms, people are digging up and dropping videos from the '90s of Donald Trump with Jeffrey Epstein (and Ghislaine Maxwell) surrounded by a bevy of beautiful nubile babes, partying their a**es off at Mar-a-Lago. Others have posted photos of Elon posing alongside Maxwell.
Someone posted: 'Elon Musk didn't kill himself.'
Another, recommended Musk multiply his security detail immediately.
Piers Morgan posted: 'Holy sh*t!' And a string of 'shocked' emojis.
Alex Jones posted: 'God Help Us ALL…'
Russell Dobular from Due Dissidence said in the duo's commentary video: 'This actually reinforces the idea that Elon is whacked out on drugs, because…this is such a self-destructive move.'
'Going out on a limb here – the Tesla board is going to replace Elon as the CEO by the end of the year,' he added.
Tesla shares have slumped by 14% on Wall Street since Thursday's clash of the titan tycoons.
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