Gates blames Musk for harming the world's poorest children

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Bill Gates risked sparking a fresh row with fellow billionaire Elon Musk as he accused him of 'killing the world's poorest children' by closing a major US aid agency. Musk, who heads up Donald Trump 's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), effectively shut down the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in February, saying it was 'time to die'. But the Microsoft co-founder, who is ramping up his own philanthropic efforts, has now said Musk's decision could spell disaster for the world's most destitute. 'The picture of the world's richest man killing the world's poorest children is not a pretty one,' Gates told the Financial Times.