Vivian Wilson, the transgender daughter of Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and owner of X (formerly Twitter), has announced her intention to leave the United States following Donald Trump’s return to office as President. According to a report by the Daily Mail, the 20-year-old made the announcement on the social media platform Threads, citing concerns over the political climate.
“I don’t see my future in the United States,” Wilson wrote, reflecting on the political implications of Trump’s presidency. “I’ve thought this for a while, but yesterday confirmed it for me. Even if he’s only in office for four years, even if anti-trans regulations don’t materialize, the people who voted for this aren’t going anywhere anytime soon.”
Vivian, who was born Xavier Musk in 2004, legally changed her name and gender in April 2022, also severing ties with her father by adopting her mother’s maiden name, Wilson. In court documents, she declared, “I no longer live with or wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape, or form.”
The strained relationship between Musk and Vivian has been publicly documented. Musk, who has been a vocal supporter of Trump, has described their relationship as troubled, referring to Vivian as a “communist” who opposes wealth. He claimed he was pressured into consenting to her use of puberty blockers during the COVID-19 pandemic. “I was essentially tricked into signing documents for Xavier,” Musk stated, expressing his regret and adding that he felt manipulated by concerns that she might harm herself.
Musk, 53, has been outspoken in his opposition to gender-affirming care, calling puberty blockers “sterilization drugs” and labeling gender dysphoria as “incredibly evil.” “I lost my son… They call it ‘deadnaming’ because your son is dead, killed by the woke mind virus,” he claimed.
Vivian, meanwhile, has refuted her father’s narrative, alleging that Musk had little involvement in her upbringing and frequently disparaged her for her gender identity. “He doesn’t know what I was like as a child because he simply wasn’t there,” she said, further noting that she was “relentlessly harassed for my femininity and queerness.” Vivian added that her father’s views reduce her and other LGBTQ individuals to harmful stereotypes.
