Elon Musk bought Twitter to ‘save’ transgender daughter from ‘woke mind virus’

BBC reporter taken to task over Elon Musk interview Elon Musk bought Twitter as he was terrified his transgender daughter had become infected with a ‘woke mind virus’ running rampant on the social media platform, his biographer has claimed. The eccentric billionaire’s daughter Jenna, formerly known as Xavier, transitioned when she was 16-years-old. Musk was reportedly accepting of his child’s new identity at first, but later claimed she had been completely brainwashed at school and online. He told Walter Isaacson in an interview for his upcoming biography on the X (formerly Twitter) CEO: ‘She went beyond socialism to being a full communist and thinking that anyone rich is evil.’ Musk had enrolled her at a $50,092 a year liberal in California and said her education largely shaped her ‘woke views’. For all the latest on news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to Daily Express US Elon Musk allegedly bought Twitter as he feared his trans daughter was becoming too ‘woke’ But the business tycoon feared the exact same mindset was dominating conversations on Twitter, allegedly promoting his decision to make a $44 billion bid for the company. He told Isaacson, according to an excerpt featured in The Wall Street Journal: ‘Unless the woke mind virus, which is fundamentally anti-science, anti-merit, and anti-human in general, is stopped, civilisation will never become multi-planetary.’ Musk added: ‘She doesn’t want to spend time with me.’ Vivian Jenna Wilson, now 19, is the billionaire’s daughter from his first marriage with Justine Wilson. Repeated, targeted harassment against any account will cause the harassing accounts to receive, at minimum, temporary suspensions. The words ‘cis’ or ‘cisgender’ are considered slurs on this platform. – Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 21, 2023 She filed a petition to change her name last year, saying that she does not ‘wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form’. The X boss himself has also previously written posts on the site that may have rubbed his daughter the wrong way. In 2020, he wrote that ‘pronouns suck’ and that ‘pronouns are an aesthetic nightmare’. In a post just three years later, he tweeted: ‘Repeated, targeted harassment against any account will cause the harassing accounts to receive, at minimum, temporary suspensions. The words ‘cis’ or ‘cisgender’ are considered slurs on this platform.’ SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Trending