Elon Musk, former leader of the now disbanded Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has had his current stance on trans people questioned after a 2020 statement about butterflies resurfaced on X.com.

Recently, Elon Musk reiterated his anti-trans sentiment with comments that his estranged daughter, Vivian Jenna Wilson, has a so-called “woke mind virus” that is somehow responsible for her trans identity. 

However, in 2020, the tech billionaire seemed to have a different perspective; an old video of him receiving the Axel Springer Award has gone viral.

At the time, he claimed it would be possible to “turn someone into a freaking butterfly with the right genome sequence.”