The Billionaire, the Influencer, and the DM: Elon Musk’s Troubling Power Games

In a digital age ruled by algorithms, billionaires, and blurred moral lines, a single direct message can spark a scandal. Especially when it comes from Elon Musk — a man with more children than most soccer teams and more influence than most governments.

According to an explosive report by The Wall Street Journal, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk allegedly slid into the DMs of Tiffany Fong — a crypto influencer — with a bizarre proposition: did she want to have his child?

Yes, you read that right.

It’s not a leaked joke or a bad Twitter parody. This is a real headline in 2025, and yet we’re all watching it unfold like it’s just another Wednesday in Elonland.

A Proposal Wrapped in Power

Let’s be crystal clear: this wasn’t just an awkward flirtation or a weird billionaire pickup line. According to the WSJ, Musk messaged Fong during a period when she was being paid between $10,000 and $20,000 monthly through X (formerly Twitter) — the very platform he owns. The offer to "have his baby" was not made to a stranger in a vacuum. It was made to a young woman in his ecosystem. On his payroll. Under his algorithmic rule.

That’s not romance. That’s power.

To make things even messier, when Fong consulted conservative influencer Ashley St. Clair for advice about Musk’s proposition, she didn’t know that St. Clair was already pregnant with Musk’s child. In fact, Ashley gave birth to his 13th child in September 2024. His 14th arrived shortly after with Neuralink executive Shivon Zilis, making this the least romantic population growth initiative ever attempted by a tech mogul.

So what exactly is going on here?

The Musk Myth: Saving Civilization, One DM at a Time?

Elon Musk has publicly said on multiple occasions that one of his missions is to “save civilization” by solving what he calls a population collapse crisis. Noble, right? But here’s the catch: his solution seems to involve personally fathering a small nation of children with various women — from executives to influencers.

It would be one thing if this were just eccentric behavior. But it’s far more disturbing when you peel back the layers.

Because while Musk might frame his behavior as part of a quirky sci-fi narrative where he’s repopulating Earth before heading to Mars, it’s starting to look a lot more like a billionaire exploiting his power over younger women who are financially, socially, or professionally tied to his empire.

Predatory Patterns, Not Private Matters

Some defenders of Musk are quick to wave this off as a “private matter” — the kind of thing tabloids shouldn’t poke their noses into. But that excuse falls apart the moment you consider the context:

• Musk owns the platform that pays Tiffany Fong.
• He holds immense financial power over her.
• She was more than 20 years his junior and clearly not in a position to reject him without professional risk.

That’s not a private matter — it’s a textbook imbalance of power.

If the CEO of Google or Apple was caught DMing a female content creator on YouTube or iTunes with a request for babies — all while paying her through the company — the internet would break in outrage. Investigations would follow. But because it’s Elon, too many people shrug and say, “Oh, he’s just quirky like that.”

We’re long overdue for calling this what it is: inappropriate, manipulative, and unacceptable.

Behind the Curtain: The Cult of the Tech Genius

For years now, we’ve collectively allowed tech billionaires to operate in a different moral universe. They break things, ask for forgiveness later, and act like their disruptive “genius” excuses behavior that would get a normal person fired or arrested.

Musk, in particular, has mastered this role. He’s the poster boy of the modern tech bro: a chaotic cocktail of Iron Man dreams, juvenile tweets, god complexes, and meme coin investments.

But no amount of rockets or robots can justify turning parenthood into a game of genetic Monopoly.

When a man with global reach and infinite wealth begins hand-picking women to bear his children — while offering them money and visibility through his own platforms — it stops being quirky. It becomes a dystopian version of The Bachelor with real-life consequences and billionaire stakes.

The Women Behind the Babies

While the headlines often focus on Musk, let’s not forget the real human beings on the other side of these DMs. Women like Tiffany Fong — who, despite the bizarre offer, had the presence of mind to seek advice rather than get swept into the Elonverse.

And Ashley St. Clair, a political commentator who likely didn’t expect to find herself simultaneously influencing culture and contributing to Musk’s expanding DNA legacy.

Then there's Shivon Zilis — a Neuralink executive and the mother of two of Musk’s children — which raises serious questions about workplace ethics, transparency, and power dynamics.

What happens to these women? Are they celebrated? Criticized? Forgotten once the baby photos stop trending?

Musk might be building his “civilization,” but he seems to be doing so with very little regard for the emotional, professional, or ethical aftermath left in his wake.

Where Do We Draw the Line?

It’s easy to treat these stories like celebrity gossip. But doing so undermines the very real implications of power abuse in the tech world — an industry that already struggles with diversity, inclusivity, and the treatment of women.

If we continue allowing billionaires to blur the lines between employer and admirer, between business and biology, we set a dangerous precedent.

This is not about cancel culture. It’s about accountability. Musk doesn’t need to be “canceled.” He needs to be questioned. Challenged. Held to the same standards we expect from anyone in a position of power.

The future shouldn’t be built on intimidation, unchecked influence, and shady DMs.

Final Thoughts: The Emperor Has No Boundaries

Elon Musk may be brilliant. He may revolutionize transportation and space travel. But that brilliance does not give him a free pass to rewrite the rules of human relationships.

You don’t get to call yourself the savior of humanity while using your platform to proposition younger women who depend on you financially.

Tiffany Fong said no — and in doing so, she reminded the world that no amount of money or fame can (or should) override consent, ethics, and boundaries.

The rest of us? We need to stop confusing ambition with arrogance, power with permission, and genius with entitlement.

Because the future is already here — and it looks a lot like a billionaire DM’ing from his throne, while we all watch, scroll, and wonder: how did we get here, and how do we stop it?