The 4-year-old made for an adorable distraction as the DOGE hatchet man spoke of deep cuts across the government.

DOGE boss Musk held the couple's first-born on his shoulders while discussing his unofficial department's slash-and-burn approach to reducing government spending on Tuesday (Feb. 11).

Grimes has revealed she was not aware that her eldest son X Æ A-12 was in public with his father Elon Musk and did not approve of the four-year-old being 'paraded' at political events

When a user on X told the popular musician and songwriter that her child “was very polite” during the event, she was less than happy.

MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell also said that the little boy’s presence in an Oval Office press conference with Trump Tuesday was ‘a power play’ by the tech billionaire.

President Donald Trump made an Oval Office appearance with Elon Musk, the richest man on the planet and the appointed head of Trump’s made-up government-efficiency office DOGE. Over the past few months,

Grimes, whose legal name is Claire Boucher, and Elon Musk began dating in 2018, and officially broke up in 2021, though their relationship remained “fluid” for a while after, according to her Vanity Fair interview.

Elon Musk may have been happy to parade son X AE A-XII through the Oval Office on Tuesday, his mom, singer Grimes, isn't thrilled about the tot's very public appearance.

He should not be in public like this,’ the musician said after her 4-year-old son, X, was seen at the White House during a press event.

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’