Elon Musk is modeling himself Napoleon, his father Errol reveals while sharing parenting secrets and lessons on sucking up

ELON Musk is a Napoleon fan and believes the internet would have been invented in 1900 had the French Emperor not been defeated, the tycoon’s father has revealed.

The father of billionaire Tesla CEO Errol, 76, says the diminutive 19th-century general left an “indelible impression” on Elon.

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Former engineer Errol explained that Elon, 51, even kept a copy of Napoleon Bonaparte’s last will and testament and admired him for always thinking of others.

And he revealed how his own post-war upbringing led him to raise Elon and his siblings to be self-reliant, independent and equanimous.

Errol exclusively told The US Sun: “Elon was a great admirer of Napoleon.

“He often told me that if Napoleon hadn’t been defeated by the decadent monarchs, we would have had the internet in 1900.

“If I had to compare Elon to anyone, it would be Napoleon, who made an indelible impression on him.

“Elon kept a copy of Napoleon’s will for years.

“He said to me, ‘Dad, look at how he was thinking about other people all the time. He always thought of others.’ And this is Elon.

“Elon is a force for good. Like Napoleon, he wants to make things better with Tesla, Neuralink, SpaceX and now Twitter exposing the liars and bad people doing very bad things.

“Elon is very idealistic and always has been. He was always ‘What a wonderful world.’

“And he couldn’t understand anyone who didn’t see it that way.

“Elon believes in justice for all. He can’t understand that people do things badly on purpose.

‘He’ll need some time to figure that out. But he’s learning.”

‘FUN AT PARTIES’

Elon has previously indicated his admiration for Napoleon, who ruled France as First Consul of the French Republic from 1799 to 1804, and then as Emperor from 1804 to 1814 and again in 1815.

The Corsican-born leader was responsible for many reforms that continue to this day and is considered one of the greatest military commanders of all time.

Commenting on a History account post on Twitter in July, Elon said of the Frenchman, “Part of his success was actually due to him being super funny at parties, incredibly good at speaking and writing!”

His father’s comments come after The US Sun reported last month that Elon has spent big bucks to improve Errol’s security at his home in South Africa.

It came after Elon said he feared for his life after releasing the Twitter files exposing what he believes the US government collusion with the social media platform to censor content.

Elon revealed after his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter in October that he feared possible attempts on his life.

Errol explained that he tried to teach Elon and his other children about the real world as they grew up.

He said: “I’ve taught them since they were little.

“Elon’s biographer, Ashlee Vance, said I would sit down with them for four hours and teach them.

“I didn’t sit her down for four hours.

“I sat them down for maybe an hour and a half because an important issue had come up and they needed to know.”

‘CANCELLED’

Errol said that his own upbringing as a child after World War II influenced his parenting style.

He explained: “All the children of the post-war period had a hard time. When things went bad, you sucked it up.

“You didn’t cry. You would get worse treatment if you didn’t suck it up.

“I mean, imagine, when I was at school, you tell your schoolmaster, ‘I’m going to go and tell the authorities that you hit me.’

“You would get three more cuts. That’s how it worked.

“I tend to worry about this modern kid who doesn’t know they’re being punished. They are unaware of the fact that things can be tough.

“So when they come out of school spoiled, they go out into the world and don’t know how to deal with hardship.”

Errol shared how the lessons he was teaching his children became apparent when he visited one of his son Kimbal’s restaurants in Denver, Colorado.

He recounted how while he was waiting for a table with his daughter, the manager approached him and said: “I knew straight away that you were Kimbal’s father. I’ve never seen anyone as stoic as Kimbal like you.”

Errol joked, “I had to look up the word stoicism.”

Last September, The US Sun revealed how Errol killed three Clint Eastwood-style armed intruders in South Africa in 1998 while his then six-year-old daughter Ali was clinging to his leg.

Errol said Ali later told a trauma psychologist that she felt okay about the shooting “because my dad won.”

Also last year, The US Sun revealed Errol’s claim that he had fathered a second child with his stepdaughter Jana and that he had been asked to donate his sperm to impregnate high-class women in Colombia.

The US Sun also reported on Errol’s claim that Elon told him he was “really busy” after announcing his first child with Jana in 2018, and how he believes Elon would make a good president despite his naivety.

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