Elon Musk Bringing His Kid to the White House Is a Privilege Moms Don’t Get
Originally published by Stephanie McNeal for Glamour
The center of attention during a White House press briefing in the Oval Office on Wednesday afternoon wasn’t President Donald Trump. It wasn’t even Elon Musk, the billionaire turned Trump sidekick who has been tasked with running the new Department of Government Efficiency under the administration.
No, the star of the day was X AE A-XII, a.k.a. X, Musk’s four-year-old son, whom he brought along. It’s unclear why Musk took X, the oldest of his three children with singer Grimes and one of his 12 kids overall, to his press conference, but it’s become a pattern for the billionaire businessman. X (but never any of the other children) has been a constant presence by his dad’s side for the past year or so, accompanying his dad to Mar-a-Lago, events, and parties.
Although Musk gave a 30-minute briefing on his work at DOGE, which is supposed to be reducing “wasteful” government spending, all eyes were on little X.