Musk's son X being there was a distraction as well. It can be fun and cool to bring a son or daughter to work, but not to a Presidential press conference

My opinion is Musk planned it to make him look less evil. The kid was funny though, like a lot of 4 year olds he picked his nose and put his finger in his mouth and at one point the cameras caught him looking at Trump and whispering "shush your mouth". Smart kid. Someone online said X said "hey you're sitting in my Dad's chair." Not true, but believable. TMZ reported that X's mother was not happy about his attendance and I can understand. You don't parade around a 4 year old on the national stage, cute or not.