--- title: "Elon Musk’s Ex Says He Bragged About 10,000 Lasers in Orbit That Are “Not a Piece They’ll See on the Chess Board”" description: "Social media influencer Ashley St. Clair alleges Elon was ready to deploy 10,000 orbital lasers to help Trump in the 2024 election." date: "2026-05-21" modified: "2026-05-21" authors: - name: "Joe Wilkins" job_title: "Correspondent" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/jwilkins" url: "https://futurism.com/space/elon-musk-ex-lasers-orbit" categories: - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "Off-World" - "Space" - "SpaceX" - "The Industrialists" --- # Elon Musk’s Ex Says He Bragged About 10,000 Lasers in Orbit That Are “Not a Piece They’ll See on the Chess Board” ![Elon Musk in a black suit, white shirt, and black tie, looking to his left. Another man with glasses and short black hair is in the foreground, slightly out of focus. The background features a warm, softly lit setting with vertical orange and cream-colored stripes.]() *Johannes Neudecker / picture alliance via Getty Images; Futurism* If "always keep them guessing" was actually a strategy for success, Elon Musk might be president right now instead of Donald Trump. In a new 18-minute long [TikTok video](), former conservative influencer and mother of one of [Elon Musk's children]() Ashley St. Clair shared private conversations she allegedly held with the billionaire about the 2024 US election — and the details are bonkers, even by Musk's unhinged standards. According to St. Clair, Musk once told her that he had "10,000 lasers in space, referring to his \[Starlink\] satellites." These, per the influencer, were Musk's "anomaly in the matrix," seemingly meaning he viewed them as a kind of card up his sleeve to be unleashed at the right moment during the course of the US presidential election. "He says this is not a piece they'll see on the chess board," St. Clair continued. "I straight up tell him, 'I would ask more but I really don't want to be deposed,' to which he says 'very wise.'" https://www.tiktok.com/@ashstc/video/7641247289259937054 She goes on to allege that Musk forwarded her private voting data that had determined Donald Trump's victory hours before the official tallies were in. "Shortly after that, y'know, he's involved with America PAC, and all of this other stuff, and he's sending me some internal data from America PAC, real-time delta vote metrics," she continued, referring to the [$171 million super PAC]() founded by Musk to support Trump's bid for reelection. "And then on election night itself, Elon, y'know left Mar-a-Lago early... and he told me over text 'yeah I knew hours ago that Trump won, my team has the best real-time data anywhere,'" St. Clair alleged. "First of all, how the f\*\*k do you have real-time data on elections? I could not understand that, I don't know that I ever will." While we wouldn't put it past Musk to brag about his massive network of Starlink satellites to impress his date, the claim that he had the ability to interfere with the election with some orbital satellite plot isn't even close to being substantiated. (Both the University of Washington's [Center for an Informed Public]() and the nonprofit [PolitiFact]() have debunked the late-2024 election meddling conspiracy theory St. Clair seems to be referring to here. In any case, we have no idea how "lasers" would be used to meddle with the polls.) The reality is much more boring. Yes, Musk interfered with the election, but he did it the legal way: through that $171 million super PAC, which arguably would have been illegal prior to landmark ruling of [Citizens United](). **More on Elon:** *[Elon Musk Compares His Work to Miracles Performed by Jesus Christ]()* ## Author At Futurism, I focus on the intersection of technology and power — examining the economics, history, and politics behind today’s dystopian headlines. As a writer, I’m interested in topics ranging from AI’s impact on labor to startups nobody asked for. My prior work includes bylines in Jacobin, Verso, and Blue Labyrinths. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Forbes, The Guardian, MIT Technology Review, Time, The Nation, Mother Jones, The Verge, and Wired. I grew up in Michigan, attending Central Michigan University as well as Ball State University, where I earned a master of music. I now live in Brooklyn with my girlfriend and our cat Ziti. On weekends, you can find me hunched over a cold pint arguing geopolitics with the other transplants. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()