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Elon Musk is once again publicly criticizing MacKenzie Scott’s philanthropy.<\/p>\n

Tesla and SpaceX’s trillionaire CEO has reposted or commented approvingly on at least eight posts on X criticizing Scott’s giving in the past four days.<\/p>\n

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For example, Musk shared one user’s post saying that Scott, who divorced from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 2019, has “burned through 26 billion dollars of her ex-husband’s money and accomplished absolutely nothing of note.”<\/p>\n

Scott’s Yield Giving website says her team has disbursed more than 2,700 gifts totaling over $26 billion, including more than $7 billion last year.<\/p>\n

The philanthropic organization has supported more than 2,000 non-profits, ranging from Meals on Wheels and Habitat for Humanity to Ghetto Film School and the Florida Immigrant Coalition.<\/p>\n

Scott has pioneered a form of trust-based philanthropy where she distributes her wealth quickly, directly, and with no strings attached.<\/p>\n

“Unfortunately, she’s spending it on making the world a worse place,” another X user posted about Scott’s giving. “Sadly, yes,” Musk replied.<\/p>\n

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Sadly, yes<\/p>\n

\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 28, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n

In response to a third user’s post suggesting Bezos disapproves of his ex-wife giving billions of dollars to progressive non-profits, Musk responded with emojis suggesting he agreed and found it funny.<\/p>\n

Musk’s comments about Scott come amid a fresh wave of criticism of his short-lived Department of Government Efficiency for championing cuts to USAID early last year.<\/p>\n

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The world’s richest man defended the suspension of USAID programs and staff layoffs as an effort to clamp down on waste, fraud, and abuse.<\/p>\n

But others, including Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates, warned at the time that disrupting foreign aid could result in preventable deaths and unnecessary hardship overseas.<\/p>\n

In addition to targeting Scott, Musk has been railing against New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof after he posted a list on X on Sunday of people who, he said, “died because of Musk’s aid cuts.”<\/p>\n

Some of Musk’s followers shared an oft-cited argument that less US taxpayer money should be spent on foreign aid and diverted to domestic issues instead.<\/p>\n

Musk has previously described the speed and scale of Scott’s giving to causes such as racial equity, social justice, immigration protection, and LGBTQ+ rights as “concerning.”<\/p>\n

He also wrote in a now-deleted post in March 2024: “super rich ex-wives who hate their former spouse” should be included among the “Reasons that Western Civilization died.”<\/p>\n

Scott has not publicly engaged with Musk’s criticisms. Neither Musk nor Scott immediately responded to requests for comment from Business Insider.<\/p>\n

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