Elon Musk lashed out at fellow tech billionaire Bill Gates at the at the Qatar Economic Forum on Tuesday

He taunted Gates by calling out his connection to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein after the Microsoft co-founder accused him of “killing the world’s poorest children” with his work at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

The Tesla CEO received some applause when he said: “Who does Bill Gates think he is to make comments about the welfare of children, given that he frequented Jeffrey Epstein?”

Calling Gates out for his close ties to the late convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, Musk added: “I wouldn’t want that guy to babysit my kids”

Yahoo News reports: Gates met with Epstein multiple times in the 2010s, even after Epstein had served jail time for soliciting a minor and was registered as a sex offender.

What Musk failed to mention is that he himself once visited Epstein at his Manhattan home—after the financier pled guilty to and was convicted for procuring an underage girl for prostitution in 2008. And in 2011 Musk attended the same “billionaire’s dinner” as Epstein.

Gates has slammed Musk’s government-slashing spree at DOGE multiple times this month, with special criticism reserved for the gutting of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

Warning that the sudden cuts have left life-saving food and medicines expiring in warehouses, he told the Financial Times, “The picture of the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children is not a pretty one.”

When Musk repeated his claim that Gates is a “huge liar,” while speaking to journalist Mishal Husain at the economic forum, Husain questioned whether there might be some truth to Gates’ claims that the cuts would lead to “millions of deaths.”

“It’s false,” the Tesla CEO said, arguing that USAID wasn’t aiding any children. He claimed he had asked to meet with children who had benefited from the agency’s programs—but to no avail.