It started after about 45 minutes.
Elon Musk guaranteed entertainment. He delivered technical difficulties instead.
Musk planned to host GOP nominee Donald Trump for an interview “Live on X,” formerly Twitter Spaces,” at 8 p.m. But for the second time in the 2024 presidential election, the social media site was glitchy and many users apparently couldn’t listen to the interview.
Musk posted that “there appears to be a massive DDOS attack on 𝕏. Working on shutting it down,” adding that he may proceed with the interview with a smaller set of listeners. DDOS stands for “distributed denial of service.”
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When the interview finally started, with about 1 million people tuned into the livestream, Trump and Musk discussed the assaination attempt that the former president survived before pivoting to verbal attacks on President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, who is now the Democratic nominee.
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Trump's interview with Musk devolves into yet another X catastrophe https://t.co/arFmczlDQ9
— POLITICO (@politico) August 13, 2024
Trump's interview with Musk would sound familiar to anyone who's seen his rally speeches.
There was plenty of red meat for his loyal supporters (and plenty left over to feed both mens' sizable egos), but still no clear message for undecided voters.https://t.co/JOKrmdZkud
— POLITICO (@politico) August 13, 2024
Lara Trump blames ‘deep state’ for campaign hack, X interview glitches https://t.co/WfGVS4JXil
— The Hill (@thehill) August 13, 2024
Vice President Harris's campaign mocks Trump and Musk as 'self-obsessed rich guys … who cannot run a livestream' https://t.co/QEe6qfq8Al
— The Hill (@thehill) August 13, 2024
I hope that many reporters tomorrow ask Trump if he's okay and why he sounded like he was having trouble speaking.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) August 13, 2024
Is this why Trump is doing fewer events? https://t.co/mr8sFJaq1J
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) August 13, 2024
Video of Trump hunched over and slurring his words while doing his Twitter Space. pic.twitter.com/V0hDakkJFA
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) August 13, 2024
You know it.
We know it.
Donald Trump is not well.Isn't it time for his caregivers to step in and talk about options for full-time professional nursing staff? pic.twitter.com/YYEMNP9PxI
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) August 13, 2024
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