Grimes has voiced her concerns after Elon Musk brought their 4-year-old son to the Oval Office.
On Tuesday (February 11), the 53-year-old tech mogul attended President Donald Trump’s Oval Office press conference at the White House with his four-year-old son, X Æ A-Xii.
Musk’s son, whose name is pronounced ‘X Ash A Twelve’, was seen picking his nose, mimicking his father, and whispering to Trump while standing near the Resolute Desk.
Despite his antics, the child watched on as the 78-year-old officially granted his father Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) broader powers to reshape the federal government.
The executive order, signed in real time, requires agencies to cooperate with Musk’s DOGE division, which has already made headlines for slashing nearly $1 billion in US Department of Education contracts, as revealed in an X post.
This marks the second time the billionaire has brought Lil X into the political spotlight – the first being Trump’s pre-inauguration victory rally on January 19, where the toddler jumped around on stage wearing a red sweater.
The Space X founder’s ex-partner, Grimes, who shares Lil X, Exa Dark Sideræl, and Techno Mechanicus with, was clearly unhappy about their four-year-old son’s surprise public appearance.
The 36-year-old musician took to social media to blast Musk a fan informed her of Lil X’s unexpected cameo at the event.
The user had initially praised the child’s behavior, posting: “Lil X was very polite today!… You raised him well… He was so cute when he told DJT ‘Please forgive me, I need to pee.'”
Grimes responded with concern: “He should not be in public like this. I did not see this, thank u for alerting me. But I’m glad he was polite. Sigh.”
This isn’t the first time the ‘Genesis’ musician, whose real name is Claire Boucher, has publically criticized Musk on the social media platform.
Earlier this year, a user called Grimes out for not intervening when Musk publicly showcased their son, to which she openly expressed her frustration.
“I have made it clear I do not approve of that in every conceivable way I know I am. I am desperate to solve it. It is a personal tragedy to me. But currently, I don’t know how to do that,” she wrote on January 10.
While she’s not spoken too much about Musk’s role on Trump’s team, she addressed his “Nazi gesture” by mentioning that she was “happy to denounce Nazi-ism,” and saying that she needed to think “diplomatically” before saying anything further.
Just before commenting on Lil X’s Oval Office appearance, Grimes had praised New York Times journalist Ezra Klein on the social media platform.
She called him a “national treasure” for a recent podcast analyzing Trump’s first weeks back in office and the rise of MAGA.
“Ezra Klein is a national treasure. Brings a right-wing guy on with an opposing viewpoint and they calmly come to a rough consensus analysis of the current situation. Politics desperately needs more of this vibe right now, for everyone’s sanity,” she wrote.
