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by Dig1t 696 days ago
This is discussed in the Walter Isaacson biography that came out last year. Saying he “hates” his daughter is completely wrong and ignores first hand claims from both Musk and his biographer.

>Musk only learned she had transitioned through a secondhand source

>The wife of Elon's brother got a text, Isaacson wrote, which said: "Hey, I'm transgender, and my name is now Jenna". The text from the child, as in the biography, added: "Don't tell my dad."

>The biographer said that Musk was "generally sanguine" when he found out she had transitioned but was hurt when she cut off communication with him.

>The rift pained him more than anything in his life since the infant death of his firstborn child Nevada," Isaacson wrote of Musk's feelings about his relationship with his 19-year-old daughter.

>Isaacson said that Musk blamed the disconnect between him and his daughter on her schooling at Crossroads, a private school she attended in Los Angeles. Musk has made similar comments publicly.

>Last year, he told the Financial Times his daughter didn't want to be associated with him because of what he called the "full-on communism" taught in schools.

https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-comments-relations...

This all explains why he has had such an anti-woke streak, he blames the ideology for poisoning one of his kids against him.

Definitely recommend reading the biography, it’s very interesting.

2 comments

I didn't say he hates his daughter. I'd suggest you reread.
Ah my bad, I read it on my phone and read it as "he hates his daughter". Sorry.

Well the rest of my comment is still relevant anyway I guess.

Christ ... that's a lot of quoting and referencing. The guy is a douche. It's as simple as that.