{"id":387936,"date":"2025-11-18T16:32:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T16:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/387936\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T16:32:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T16:32:15","slug":"not-the-sharpest-tool-in-the-shed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/387936\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Not the Sharpest Tool in the Shed\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elon Musk has hit back at Billie Eilish<\/a> after the singer slammed the world\u2019s richest man last week in an infographic suggesting how the Tesla CEO could use his historically massive wealth to do some charitable good. Borrowing a page from his former DOGE boss Donald Trump\u2019s book of sexist insults targeting women\u2019s intelligence, Musk posted a message responding to Eilish\u2019s graphic, saying, \u201cShe\u2019s not the sharpest tool in the shed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eilish\u2019s post came amid news last week that Musk, 54, could soon become the world\u2019s first-ever trillionaire. The 23-year-old \u201cBury a Friend\u201d singer has had America\u2019s wealth gap on her mind lately, including at WSJ Magazine\u2018s 2025 Innovator Awards last month, where late night host Stephen Colbert presented her with the honor, noting that she has raised more than $11.5 million for organizations addressing food insecurity and climate change through her Hit Me Hard and Soft tour.<\/p>\n

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Eilish then proceeded to lay down the gauntlet <\/a>for American billionaires \u2014\u00a0including Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg (net worth $228 billion), who was in the room \u2014\u00a0suggesting that perhaps they could use some of their cash to help others in need. \u201cI\u2019d say if you have money, it would be great to use it for good things and give it to some people that need it,\u201d Eilish said. \u201cLove you all, but there\u2019s a few people in here that have a lot more money than me. If you are a billionaire, why are you a billionaire? No hate, but give your money away, shorties.\u201d<\/p>\n

But it was what she said last week about Musk that appeared to get under his skin. Eilish posted the series of infographics suggesting the world of good that Elon could do with his money, including spending $40 billion every year to end hunger by 2030 or provide universal safe clean water for the planet for the next seven years with for $140 billion, save all 10,443 critically endangered species by spending $1-$2 billion annually to bring them all down to endangered status, or rebuild war-ravaged Gaza and the occupied West Bank for $53.2 billion.<\/p>\n

Eilish doubled-down on her suggestion last Thursday (Nov. 13), specifically slamming Musk in her Instagram Story, calling him a, \u201cf\u2013king pathetic p\u2013sy b\u2013ch coward.\u201d Billie\u2019s remarks came after a shareholder vote<\/a> paved the way for Musk \u2014\u00a0already the world\u2019s richest man with a net worth of $465 billion<\/a> \u2014\u00a0to rake in $1 trillion in Tesla stock if he delivers on specific performance goals over the next decade.<\/p>\n

While Musk reportedly donated nearly $1.9 billion shares of Tesla<\/a> to unnamed charities in 2022 \u2014\u00a0as well as $5.7 billion worth of shares in 2021 \u2014\u00a0a March 2024 New York Times story said that unlike fellow billionaire Bill Gates, who has used his massive wealth to improve health care across Africa, Musk\u2019s philanthropy has \u201cbeen haphazard and largely self-serving<\/a>, making him eligible for enormous tax breaks and helping his businesses.\u201d The paper reported that Musk has seeded his charity with tax-deductible donations of more than $7 billion in stock since 2020, noting that the foundation housing the money has \u201cfailed in recent years to give away the bare minimum required by law to justify the tax break.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition, according to the Times, the foundation has not hired any staff, with the billions in its coffers overseen by a board consisting of Musk and two volunteers, one of whom devoted the equivalent of six minutes per week working on its charitable works. A Times analysis also found that the Musk Foundation\u2019s giving in 2021 and 2022, the latest years for which the full data was available at the time, about half of the donations had some link to Musk, one of his employees or one of his businesses.<\/p>\n

At press time a spokesperson for Eilish had not returned Billboard\u2018s request for comment on Musk\u2019s post.<\/p>\n

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