Did Bill Gates use his turn speaking at a White House dinner to apologize for things such as: Windows, viruses, vaccines, sterilizing people, and trying to block out the sun -- finishing by asking for a pardon over "all the Epstein shit"? No, that's not true: This video was published by a parody account and bears their watermark in the upper left hand corner. The video footage of Gates speaking, including his hand gestures, is real footage from a White House dinner with tech CEOs -- but an AI-generated voice that sounds like Gates was added.
The video (archived here) was published on X on Sept. 4, 2025 by the parody account il Donaldo Trumpo (@PapiTrumpo). It was captioned:
STOP IT!!!🤣🤣🤣
This is how the altered video appeared at the time of writing:
(Image Source: Lead Stories screenshot from @PapiTrumpo post on X)
The X account il Donaldo Trump is a well-known parody account which carries that disclaimer (pictured below circled in red). A barely visible watermark appears in the upper left hand corner of the video several seconds in. It reads, ILDONALDO.COM. That web address redirects to the account's Patreon webpage patreon.com/ildonaldotrumpo.
(Image Source: Lead Stories screenshot with markup from @PapiTrumpo post on X)
In the 37-second altered video, the fake voice of Gates says:
Well, I just want to apologize for every single fucking version of Windows that sucked, which is basically all of them. Also sorry for creating viruses just so I could profit from selling you the antivirus software. And on that note, sorry for spreading real viruses by profiting from vaccines and shit. Also sorry for sterilizing so many of you. There's just too many of us, and some of you are not nice - that's why I'm trying to block out the sun. Anyway, I just came here to ask for a pardon from all the Epstein shit. Thank you.
Unaltered footage from the White House dinner shows what Gates actually said. Video of the Sept. 4, 2025 gathering was posted on YouTube by The National Desk (embedded below). The clip in question begins after Trump invites Gates to speak. At the 03:19 mark, Gates adjusts the microphone and says:
Well I'm in the second phase of my career giving away all the wonderful money that Satcha's good work is uh help uh multiply a lot, but I think the thing that ties my first career that I still spend some time on, because AI is so phenomenal -- and my second career is innovation. You know, innovating in health, in areas like vaccines or gene editing. And the president and I are talking about taking American innovation to the next level, to cure and even eradicate some of these diseases.
Several false rumors about Bill Gates were used to frame the apology in the altered video. These have already been debunked by Lead Stories in the past:
- Fact Check: Bill Gates Did NOT Invent Computer Viruses To Sell Microsoft Antivirus Programs.
- Fact Check: Bill Gates Did NOT Write A 2011 Article Calling For 'Depopulation Through Forced Vaccination'
- Fact Check: Bill Gates Did NOT Say '3 Billion People Need To Die'
- Fact Check: NO Evidence Bill Gates 'Facing Life Behind Bars On Child Rape Charges' Over A Purported 'Epstein Client List' Mention
