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Elon Musk Likens Bill Gates To Pregnant Man Emoji In Tweet Mocking The Billionaire’s Belly
He’s set to get richer with an expected $23billion share bonus.
Tesla Founder Elon Musk has sparked mixed reactions on Twitter after sharing an image of Bill Gates alongside Apple’s pregnant man emoji. It’s suspected to be a response to the pair’s recent disagreement, which saw Musk ask Gates to half a billion short against Tesla but the Microsoft billionaire instead wanted to discuss philanthropy projects regarding climate change.
Also, Musk shared an image of six hooded figures captioned ‘shadowban council reviewing tweet.’
This joke could infuriate woke Twitter staffers, especially as Musk’s bid to buy the firm is still ongoing, and he had said he would take a hardline stance supporting free speech. Notably, the pregnant man emoji aims to be inclusive to transgender people. Musk has often aimed at what he sees as woke overreach yet has repeatedly insisted he bears no ill-will towards the LGBTQ community.
His post of Bill Gates was captioned: “In case u need to lose a b*ner fast.”
In the comments, one person wrote: “How is this man such a savage Hahahaha.” Another asked: “Did he attack you, though? Just trying to figure out the motivation for the post. And not being overly sensitive or holier than thou or anything like that. But something about attacking appearance has a high school-age bully kind of feel to it.”
Many have moaned about Musk in past years, accusing him of being a transphobe over a 2020 tweet mocking pronouns and a bully. Some people said he was the breath of fresh air that America needed against big tech censorship, while a few didn’t agree.
However, this tweet comes hours after it was alleged Musk is poised to collect a $23billion bonus after his electric car company Tesla reported its record quarterly profits. Accordingly, the expected windfall to Musk, the world’s richest who already has an estimated $249billion to his name, came as he secured $46.5bn packages to fund his attempt to launch a takeover of social media Twitter.
