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Elon Musk’s cheeky son X steals show as he picks nose & squirms in Oval Office with Trump… but mum Grimes is not happy
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ELON Musk's young son stole the show by picking his nose and squirming as his dad visited Donald Trump in the Oval Office.
The Tesla chief visited the White House on Tuesday with four-year-old X Æ A-Xii, known as X, as Trump signed an executive order.
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But the boy's mother, pop music artist Grimes, was left fuming by the stunt saying it was a "personal tragedy" that X was being paraded in public.
Grimes, whose real name is Claire Boucher, posted on social media saying: "I have made it clear I do not approve of that in every conceivable way I know how.
"I am desperate to solve it. It is a personal tragedy to me."
She went on to say she did not know how to "solve" getting the child out of the limelight - but that she was glad he was "polite".
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Trump signed an executive order for regulation slasher DOGE - which stands for Department of Government Efficiency - which is being headed up by the eccentric billionaire.
Musk and X joined Trump as he ordered agencies to hire "no more than one employee for every four employees" that leave in a bid to downsize.
But it was Musk and X who took center stage next to the Resolute Desk for over half an hour.
The world's richest man was dressed in a black "Make America Great Again" cap, black t-shirt and overcoat.
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X went for a smarter look in a tan coat, blue shirt and navy jumper and also sported a thick gold chain across his chest.
The SpaceX and Tesla mogul spoke to reporters about DOGE and the criticisms it has faced so far.
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X was slumped across Musk's shoulders and lay on his head as his father was questioned be reporters.
The dad-of-12 admitted he had been wrong about one agency in his cross hairs after he had claimed it had sent $50m worth of condoms to terror group Hamas.
Instead, USAID had sent the prophylactics to Gaza in Mozambique to combat HIV.
Musk said: "First of all, some of the things I say will be incorrect. Nobody is gonna bat 1000."
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The toddler spent much of his time in the Oval Office catching the eye of everyone in the room.
At one point he sat on his dad's shoulders and played with his face and hat.
On other occasions he grabbed at Musk's clothes, took on a very wide-legged stance and even picked his nose next to Trump.
Trump sat behind his historic Resolute Desk often glancing over at little X.
Towards the end of the meeting, X sat on his knees appearing to signal to his dad to wrap things up.
As Trump looks to make massive cuts to the Federal government, courts have decided some of his decisions are unconstitutional and would need to go through Congress.
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Musk has warned the US would go ";bankrupt" without his help and he wants to bring his slashing philosophy he brought to Twitter.
The tech whizz was quizzed over these claims as well as possible conflicts of interest.
He disagreed with the idea that DOGE uses a lack of transparency and described the cuts as whittling out an "unelected" bureaucracy.
Musk admitted "mistakes" will happen during the first few months but he vowed to root out the highest-paid DC bureaucrats.
He said too many bureaucrats in USAID had become too wealthy "We're just curious as to where it came from.
"Maybe they're very good at investing, in which case we should take their investment advice perhaps."
He later joked that his critics are expecting a "daily proctology exam" over his dealings with the President.
Trump has been busy signing executive orders in the past month since entering office.
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He signed an executive order on inauguration day to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.
The President has since declared February 9 Gulf of America Day after he signed a proclamation to officially rename the basin.
He confirmed the change while flying over the waters on his way to the Super Bowl.
Google Maps has since caved into the President's wishes and renamed the basin on its site.
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The name has also changed to "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)"; on international Google Maps too.
The Gulf is shared between the US, Mexico, and Cuba.
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