On June 5, 2025, as U.S. President Donald Trump and tech mogul and former Trump adviser Elon Musk were locked in an online feud, a claim (archived) circulated online that the author Ashley St. Clair, reportedly the mother of Elon Musk's 13th child, posted on X offering "breakup advice" to Trump.
Ashley St. Clair, mother of one of Musk's children, offers Trump break up advice
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Claims also circulated on X (archived), Facebook (archived), Instagram (archived), Threads (archived), Bluesky (archived) and TikTok (archived) alongside a screenshot of an alleged X post by St. Clair.
The quote was correctly attributed. St. Clair posted (archived) on her X profile on June 5, 2025, writing "hey @realDonaldTrump lmk if u need any breakup advice." The "breakup" in St. Clair's post likely referenced the sudden rift between Trump and Musk rather than Trump's actual marriage to first lady Melania Trump.
Trump and Musk traded blows on their respective social media profiles on June 5, after Trump posted that, "The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon's Governmental Subsidies and Contracts." Musk posted on X minutes later, alleging that Trump appeared in unreleased government files related to deceased convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
In an interview with the New York Post published on Feb. 15, 2025, St. Clair spoke about her relationship with Musk, which started on X. According to the New York Post, St. Clair declined to provide "any material proof" that Musk was the father of her child, whose birth St. Clair announced (archived) on X that same day, five months after the child was born.
On Feb. 21, 2025, St. Clair filed two petitions against Musk in New York County Supreme Court. The court has since sealed the petitions, but User Magazine and People reported in February that St. Clair sought sole custody over the couple's child and to legally establish Musk as the father. At the time of this writing, the court classed the cases as "Special Proceedings - Other (Custody)" and Special Proceedings - Other (Paternity)."
According to a Wall Street Journal report on April 15, 2025, the court had ordered Musk to take a paternity test that revealed he was 99.9999% likely to be the child's father.