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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Philip Oltermann in Venice

Elon Musk told ex-girlfriend he needed ‘a legion of children before the civil war’

Ashley St Clair at a photocall for Musk at the Venice film festival
‘He is causing deliberate division that may be catastrophic’ … Ashley St Clair at a photocall for Musk at the Venice film festival. Photograph: Independent Photo Agency Srl/Alamy

Elon Musk is sowing “deliberate division” via his social media platform X that will be catastrophic unless regulated, the mother of one of the 14 confirmed children fathered by the world’s richest man has warned.

In Musk, a new documentary by veteran film-maker Alex Gibney, former Maga influencer Ashley St Clair says Musk told her in a text message he wanted to have a child with her because he needed to have “a legion of children before the civil war”.

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