By Abigail Philip David
Vivian Wilson, the 20-year-old transgender daughter of billionaire Elon Musk, has announced her plans to leave the United States following Donald Trump’s recent election victory. In a post shared on Threads, Wilson expressed her unease with the current political environment under Trump’s return to office, as reported by the UK’s *Daily Mail*.
“I don’t see my future in the United States,” Wilson wrote. “I’ve felt this way for some time, but yesterday confirmed it for me. Even if he’s only in office for four years, and even if anti-trans policies don’t come to pass, the people who voted for this aren’t going anywhere anytime soon.”
Vivian, originally named Xavier Musk at birth in 2004, legally changed her name and gender in April 2022, also severing ties with her father by taking her mother’s maiden name, Wilson. Court filings at the time revealed her desire to distance herself from Musk entirely, stating, “I no longer live with or wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape, or form.”
Musk, who has openly supported Trump and has fathered 12 children across three relationships, has previously spoken about his strained relationship with Vivian. He once referred to her as a “communist” and said she viewed wealth as inherently negative. Musk, 53, also claimed he was persuaded during COVID-19 into signing consent for puberty blockers, which he later regretted.
“I didn’t fully understand what was happening at the time; I was told Xavier might be at risk of suicide,” Musk said, adding that he felt “tricked” into signing the documents. Musk has voiced strong opposition to puberty blockers, calling them “sterilisation drugs,” and has condemned the promotion of gender dysphoria.
In response to Musk’s comments, Vivian said her father was largely absent during her upbringing and critical of her “femininity and queerness.” She shared, “He doesn’t know what I was like as a child because he simply wasn’t there. I was often harassed for my femininity and queerness, and I feel reduced to a stereotype. That says a lot about how he views queer people and children.”
