Did Elon Musk’s 4-year-old son tell Trump to ‘shush your mouth’? The internet is divided

While Mr Elon Musk was fielding questions from the media in the White House on government efforts to trim the federal workforce, his four-year-old son was holding court on his own.

The pre-schooler X – full name X AE A-Xii – made a surprise appearance in the Oval Office with Mr Musk and US President Donald Trump on Feb 11, where Mr Trump introduced the boy as a “high-IQ individual”.

As his father addressed the press, X, who was dressed in a tan overcoat, apparently told a seated Mr Trump, “I want you to shush your mouth”, some internet users claimed.

Some even claimed the child seemingly said: “You are not the President, you need to go away.”

Ms Tip Jackson said on Facebook: “It’s been said ‘kids always tell the truth!’”, while Ms Amber L. Geyer said: “This kid is the winner!”

However, there are others who claimed X did not say such things.

“I watched it live and it didn’t happen like that,” said Ms Gina Smith on Facebook.

Instead, the boy said something akin to “I was told to shush”, to which Mr Trump replied “yeah”, according to X user GenXtina.

At the same event, the pre-schooler was also seen picking his nose and wiping it on the Resolute desk, gifted to President Rutherford Hayes by Queen Victoria in 1880 and used by nearly every president since.

As the child grew more restless during the long press conference – at one point clinging on to Mr Musk’s leg – his father hoisted X up to sit on his shoulders while he continued answering questions from the media.

“Sorry for this,” Mr Musk, a father of 12, said with a laugh as his son grabbed his hair and played with his ears.

X’s public appearance did not please his mother, singer-songwriter Grimes, who is currently embroiled in a

custody battle with Mr Musk over X and their other children

, three-year-old Exa Dark Siderael and two-year-old Techno Mechanicus.

“He should not be in public like this,” Grimes wrote on X, after being told by a follower that the boy was “very polite” after he told Mr Trump, “Please forgive me, I need to pee”.

Grimes, whose real name is Claire Boucher, added: “I did not see this, thank you for alerting me. But I’m glad he was polite. Sigh.”