Technical difficulties plagued the highly anticipated conversation between Elon Musk and Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump on the billionaire’s platform X.
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The amicable Q&A session with Mr. Musk covering topics like inflation and immigration started over 40 minutes after schedule due to technical difficulties experienced by numerous users.
Although the event was advertised as an interview, Trump made a number of unsupported statements that were accepted without argument.
In November’s election, Mr. Musk reiterated his support for Trump, who is running against Vice President Kamala Harris, a resurgent new Democratic contender.
He attributed the malfunctions to a cyberattack, although a specialist told the BBC that was improbable.
The former president and Republican presidential contender, Donald Trump, is attempting to restart his reelection campaign at the time of the X conversation.
The contest for the White House has tightened since Ms. Harris entered the campaign following President Joe Biden’s resignation.
In the meantime, Mr. Musk’s influence in politics is growing.
He has recently become involved in a new political committee supporting Trump’s campaign.
“America is at a fork in the road and you are the path to prosperity, and I think Kamala is the opposite,” said Mr Musk in one exchange.
The two men discussed a variety of topics, including immigration, a major campaign platform, and Trump’s desire for the US to acquire a “Iron Dome” missile defense system similar to the one in Israel. They also discussed the assassination attempt on Trump last month at a rally in Pennsylvania.
In his contemplations, Trump also mentioned that one of his first actions as president, should he win in November, would be to close the federal Department of Education and transfer that authority to the states.
Over time, Mr. Musk and Trump’s relationship has changed, and they have previously exchanged jabs online.
However, the two had a friendly conversation on Monday during which there was a lot of appreciation for one another.
Trump, who has expressed doubt about electric cars and has threatened to remove government subsidies in the past, lauded Tesla, an automobile manufacturer that Elon Musk also owns.
In light of Mr. Musk’s endorsement, he recently declared that he had “no choice” but to promote electric vehicles (EVs) and on Monday he praised the Tesla product as “great”.
A Trump campaign spokesperson said that Trump’s voice was normal, despite the fact that many onlookers heard something strange in it—like a lisp.
Nevertheless, the Musk-Trump dialogue did not start off well.
Mr. Musk sent a statement blaming “a massive DDoS attack on X” for the issues as many users were having trouble accessing the broadcast.
Attacks known as distributed denial of services, or DDoS, aim to overwhelm a website in order to render it unusable or unreachable.