Bill Gates Says What We're All Thinking About Elon Musk's Politics In NSFW Takedown

After twice flashing a very familiar "hail victory" salute—or "sieg heil" in the original German—during a President Donald Trump inauguration event, South African immigrant Elon Musk found himself facing a lot of backlash from across the globe.

Now one of his fellow billionaires has spoken out about Musk’s influence—or interference—in global politics. Musk’s far-right fascist-leaning political views prompted Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates to get profane in his response.

Gates addressed Musk in an interview with The Times of London, saying:

"You want to promote the right wing, but say Nigel Farage is not right wing enough…"

"I mean, this is insane sh*t."

"You are for the AfD [far-right Alternative for Germany Party]."

Gates had been asked if he regretted not being as involved in politics as Musk.

He responded:

"Not at all. I thought the rules of the game were you picked a finite number of things to spout about that you cared for, focused on a few critical things, rather than telling people who they should vote for…"

"For me it’s only ever about aid. I did think Brexit was a mistake, but I wasn’t tweeting every day.”

Gates took exception to Musk's meddling and misinformation.

He stated:

"It’s really insane that he can destabilize the political situations in countries.

"I think in the US foreigners aren’t allowed to give money; other countries maybe should adopt safeguards to make sure super-rich foreigners aren’t distorting their elections."

"It’s difficult to understand why someone who has a car factory in both China and in Germany, whose rocket business is ultra-dependent on relationships with sovereign nations and who is busy cutting $2 trillion in US government expenses and running five companies, is obsessing about [a] grooming story in the UK."

"I’m like, what?"

When asked if Musk was an embarrassment, Gates replied:

"We can all overreach…"

"...they should think how they can help out. But [Musk’s politics] is populist stirring."

The retired CEO—who now focuses on philanthropy through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation—added:

"The whole political situation with polarization is very dangerous. Certainly, if you think through my lens of ‘Let’s help the poor countries,’ there is a lot going on."

"Our problem is an aging society, tight budgets and a right wing inward turning, with hatred of all foreigners, and hence refusing aid to them even if they’re not in your own country. We’re in a challenging situation."

People concurred with much of what Gates said.

Images of Musk raising his fists as he spoke remotely during the Alternative for Germany (AfD) general election campaign launch in Germany on Saturday are making the rounds on social media.

Musk’s address to the crowd is drawing criticism.

During his virtual speech, Musk said—in a clear reference to Germany's Nazi past and his own South African apartheid roots—that:

"...children should not be guilty of the sins of their parents, let alone their great-grandparents."

"...we focus too much on the guilt of the past, and we need to overcome that."

Musk spoke about restoring a "Great Germany" and preserving the purity of German culture and a pure German nation instead of losing it to "some sort of multiculturalism" that "dilutes everything."

Many found Musk's comments an echo of calls for Aryan purity.

Musk has called the AfD the "last hope for Germany" and has been using his platform to promote it.

The AfD is Eurosceptic—opposed to increasing the powers of the European Union (EU)—and opposes immigration into Germany, especially by Muslims. Germany's domestic intelligence agency, the BfV, classified the AfB as a "suspected extremist" organization.

The group also supports and promotes a "remigration" plan for deporting immigrants, which could include naturalized German citizens.

Those goals sound very, very familiar.