The public dispute between billionaire Elon Musk and President Donald Trump has taken an unexpected turn, with Musk’s ex, Ashley St. Clair, wading into the fray.
St. Clair, who shares a son with Musk, offered satirical “breakup advice” to Trump on social media.
“Hey @realDonaldTrump lmk if u need any breakup advice,” St. Clair wrote via X on Thursday.
The comment comes amidst a simmering feud between Musk and Trump. Musk recently criticised Trump’s proposed budget bill and controversially claimed that Trump “would have lost the election” without his assistance during the 2024 campaign.
In a since-deleted tweet, the Tesla CEO stated, “Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate. Such ingratitude.”
The tension escalated dramatically on Thursday when Musk made a bombshell allegation via X: “Time to drop the really big bomb: @realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public. Have a nice day, DJT!”
While Trump’s past association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has been public knowledge, the former president, 78, has maintained that he had a falling-out with Epstein years before the financier’s death by suicide in 2019.
Ashley St. Clair welcomed her son, Romulus St. Clair, with Elon Musk last September. In April, the 26-year-old author claimed that Musk, 53, offered her a one-time payment of $15 million in exchange for her silence regarding their son’s paternity.
She also alleged he offered $100,000 a month until the child turned 21. However, St. Clair told the Wall Street Journal that she declined the offer because she did not want their child “to feel like he’s a secret.”
Musk is publicly known to be the father of 13 other children
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