Elon Musk dispute with Bill Gates has gone on over Twitter

• Elon Musk responded on Twitter to Bill Gates’ attempt to short Tesla shares.
• Musk accused Gates of being unconcerned about climate change.
• Musk turned down an opportunity to work on philanthropy with Gates earlier this year.

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, responded on Twitter to billionaire Bill Gates, who minimized his attempt to short Tesla shares on Saturday.

Gates made the remarks during an interview with HugoDécrypte, a French YouTuber. Musk recently accused Gates of being unconcerned about climate change because he placed a “half-million dollar” bet on Tesla.

Gates said he had spent more money on climate change than Musk or anyone else, to which Musk replied, “Sigh.”

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“I give a lot more to climate change than Elon or anyone else,” Gates said. “I give a lot of philanthropic dollars, I back companies – you know electric cars are about 16% of emissions, so we also need to solve that other 84%.”

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“Tesla’s done a fantastic job; I give a lot more money to climate change than @elonmusk or anyone else; He’s (Elon) done a great job, but somebody shorting the stock doesn’t slow him down or hurt him in any way.”

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The communication comes more than a month after Musk acknowledged in late April that he turned down an opportunity to work on philanthropy with Gates. Musk shared a text discussion in which he questioned Gates about his $500 million shorting stock purchase against Tesla.

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The billionaire pair appeared set to meet before Musk asked Gates if he still had a “half billion dollar short position against Tesla.”

“Sorry to say I haven’t closed it yet,” Gates responded. “I would like to discuss philanthropy possibilities.”

Musk then blew him off, saying he couldn’t take Gates’ offer seriously “when you have a massive short position against Tesla, the company doing the most to solve climate change.”

The conversation took place just days before Musk sent a crude tweet comparing Gates to the “pregnant man” emoji.

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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 23, 2022

Gates has yet to respond publicly to the tweet.

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