“Leaked Text” Between Elon Musk And Bill Gates Proves That Money Is All That Matters

We’ve all seen movies about powerful individuals who are different on the inside and outside. They always put on the mask of a kind man who only wanted to do good for society, but we all know that, in the end, they expose their true selves by becoming villains.

Well, it’s not simply a movie storyline. Unfortunately, in reality, too, these kinds of people exist. There are many people who have become wealthy and then become so-called philanthropists and influencers in order to increase their public profile. Because we all know that film is a reflection of society, what we’ve seen in movies may have reflected someone’s life in some way. Of course, I’m not talking about fairy tales or witches, but rather human emotions and character development.

One recent example of this may be seen here when Elon Musk and Bill Gates‘ conversations are leaked. We don’t go into their villas with weapons because the two of them are millionaires who pretend to be environmentalists and philanthropists. But this strange little chat has clearly exposed them.

According to a text exchange that was posted online, Elon Musk asked Bill Gates about his half-billion-dollar short position against Tesla. The Tesla CEO admitted that the screenshots that surfaced online were genuine, but denied that he was the one who released them.

An account named Whole Mars Catalog uploaded screenshots of the texts on Twitter, tagging Musk and asking whether they were genuine. Although the colour of the text message boxes implies they were taken on Musk’s phone, the origin of the screenshots was not immediately known.

The first screenshot appears to show Gates texting Musk to confirm the meeting date and time, to which Musk replied, “Great.”

Another screenshot shows a message from Gates that says “just landed,” to which Musk replies, “cool.”

Musk followed up with a text, “Do you still have a half billion dollar short position against Tesla?”

According to the screenshots, Gates answered, “Sorry to say I haven’t closed it out,” and added, “I would like to discuss philanthropy possibilities.”

“Sorry, 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,” Musk said.

A short position is when an investor sells a stock they’ve borrowed intending to repurchase it at a cheaper price later, effectively betting on the company’s value falling.

Musk responded to the screenshots by tweeting that they were genuine but that he had not leaked them, adding that they must have spread “via friends of friends.”

Musk said, “I heard from multiple people at TED that Gates still had a half billion short against Tesla, which is why I asked him, so it’s not exactly top secret.”

Yeah, but I didn’t leak it to NYT. They 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’s not exactly top secret.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 23, 2022

Although the exact date of the text conversation is unknown, Musk stated on Joe Rogan’s podcast in February 2021 that he had heard Gates was betting against Tesla in the stock market.

Twitterati reacted to the billionaire chat incident

Why is a climate change philanthropist shorting Tesla? https://t.co/VQHb3AgC42

— Josh Galuszka (@joshgaluszkanz) April 23, 2022

Gross. https://t.co/qRP6trzW0c

— Rajeev Goyal (@rajeevbeijing) April 23, 2022

The real question we should all be asking is which one of these billionaires is texting with an android.. https://t.co/1dAvQhDmQU

— Vin (@VicenteLizcano) April 23, 2022

None of this is about philanthropy or climate change…it’s all about money and control. https://t.co/UPffcw9LUg

— The Beaver (@kbeaver79) April 23, 2022

Bill Gates < Elon Musk

Still skeptical of both though! pic.twitter.com/AoBdCsyNQr

— Luke Rudkowski (@Lukewearechange) April 18, 2022

Musk tweeted a cartoon of Gates on Friday night, comparing the Microsoft founder to the pregnant guy emoji and writing, “in case u need to lose a boner fast,” shortly after commenting on the texts.

in case u need to lose a boner fast pic.twitter.com/fcHiaXKCJi

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 23, 2022

Musk and Gates, two of the world’s wealthiest individuals, have previously openly locked horns on issues such as electric vehicles, COVID-19, and colonising Mars.

Many media sites tried to reach out to Tesla and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for comment, but neither responded right away. It’s expected as these texts expose their hypocrisy on matters on which they would love to speak against or in favour.