“It’s really insane that he can destabilize the political situations in countries… I mean, this is insane shit.”
— Bill Gates, quoted by the Daily Beast, on Elon Musk supporting right wing parties in Germany and the U.K.
“It’s really insane that he can destabilize the political situations in countries… I mean, this is insane shit.”
— Bill Gates, quoted by the Daily Beast, on Elon Musk supporting right wing parties in Germany and the U.K.
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