India, May 8 -- Bill Gates, who recently announced that his Gates Foundation will close by 2045, went on to accuse the world's richest man, Elon Musk, of 'killing' children in poor countries by cutting the USAID budget. The 53-year-old Tesla chief is currently serving as President Trump's senior adviser and also leads cost-cutting initiatives as the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chief.

"The picture of the world's richest man killing the world's poorest children is not a pretty one," Gates told The Financial Times, adding that the tech billionaire "acted through ignorance" by shutting the department, which served as a conduit for US aid.

In February, Elon Musk's cost-cutting team, Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), ...