Bill Gates was one of the few billionaires not to attend US President Donald Trump's inauguration earlier this year, and he's offered his own 'savage' rebuttal to the mega-rich gathering.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has remained one of the richest individuals in the world after his computer company exploded in value and has become the technology behemoth it is today.
Despite this, he has vowed to give away much of his overwhelming wealth to charities and positive initiatives, indicating that he 'still has more to give' despite donating over $100,000,000 of his fortune.
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On top on charitable donations, Gates also gave around $50,000,000 to a nonprofit organization in support of Kamala Harris' presidential bid, which is a stark contrast to many of the biggest names in tech like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Tim Cook who have all donated to her opponent Donald Trump.
This juxtaposition was made even clearer after the presidential inauguration, as Gates was one of the only names near the top of Bloomberg's Billionaire Index to not attend, as the front row's combined net worth rocketed beyond $4,500,000,000,000.
In response to his absence, Bill Gates offered a 'savagely' sarcastic remark on The View that implied he's not too happy with the use of the funds, with a smirk, Gates said:
"You know they clearly wanted to fund the inauguration," Gates said sarcastically, adding that "they wanted it to be a great inauguration, for the good of the country no doubt."
He also added in response to the shift of tech billionaires to the political right: "There's no club of these people, we're kinda individual. You know, I'm very focused on global health and I hope the transition to this administration doesn't interrupt some of the incredible work that's going on."
That's far from the only choice words that Gates has had for his fellow billionaires either, as he previously claimed that Elon Musk's far-right politics are 'insane s***' - particularly his keen interest in foreign political parties like Reform UK and AfD.
Many in the comments underneath Gates' interview with The View don't appear to believe that he's being hard enough on his contemporaries though, with one pondering: "Does anyone feel like he's treading lightly? I have an opinion but I don't want to express it too loudly."
Another added that gates "really said a bunch of nothing. All I got from this is he doesn't want to tick Trump off cause he still needs favors."
Some said the same when Gates met Trump at Mar-a-Lago in a three-hour long meeting following the election result, although it's indicated that the purpose of this meeting was to express the importance of continuing the aforementioned global health programs.