Elon’s jab on X, formerly known as Twitter, came after a user posted about MacKenzie giving away her money to nonprofits.
“According to her fund’s website, over half of the orgs to which she’s donated so far deal with issues of race and/or gender,” one userwrote. “Her fund ought to be called The AWFL Fund. It’s the ultimate aspirational expression of the most awful group in the US.”
Elon Musk made a jab at MacKenzie Scott’s philanthropic efforts and later deleted the tweet
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Elon replied to the tweet, saying, “‘Super rich ex-wives who hate their former spouse’ should be listed among ‘Reasons that Western Civilization died.'”
The tweet from theTesla founderhas since been deleted but can be foundarchived.
MacKenzie, who was married to Jeff for 25 years, has been growing as a philanthropic powerhouse ever since their 2019 divorce. After her finances were spruced up with $38 billion in Amazon shares following the divorce, MacKenzie has increasingly been focusing on charitable giving.
MacKenzie Scott and Jeff Bezos divorced in 2019 after more than two decades of marriage
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A number of colleges and nonprofits have unexpectedly received financial gifts from MacKenzie in recent years, including the Prairie View A&M University, a historically Black university in Texas that received $50 million from MacKenzie in 2021, according toAP News.
Elon Musk once said in the past that MacKenzie isn’t a “big fan of her ex-husband”
Yes. It’s safe to say that Mackenzie [ahem] Scott is not exactly a big fan of her ex-husband.
Unfortunately, a lot of others are getting caught in the crossfire.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk)May 31, 2022
While MacKenzie appears to strongly support causes related to race and gender, Elon appears to take a different stance on the issue.
He once showed strong opposition towards diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and called it “racism.”
“DEI is just another word for racism. Shame on anyone who uses it,” Elon Musk once wrote on X
DEI is just another word for racism. Shame on anyone who uses it.https://t.co/HM94ZZmfhU
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk)January 3, 2024Donata Leskauskaite
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