Elon Musk has announced that he will interview former US President Donald Trump on X, Twitter’s former platform, ahead of his scheduled debate with Kamala Harris.
The technology entrepreneur announced on his private X account that he would participate this week for a “live conversation” with Trump.
“This is unscripted and has no limits on subject matter, so make it very entertaining!” he wrote. “If you have explicit questions and comments, please post them in the chat. “
The interview is not surprising, given that Musk and the former president went from public enemies to political allies in the 2024 presidential election. They have been publicly criticized for years, though Musk later reinstated Trump’s banned Twitter account after buying the social media site in 2022. Now it appears the former president has a new celebrity best friend as Harris begins to step up her political involvement. efforts with several prestigious events.
Musk recently helped Trump in X and wanted him to recover quickly after surviving the assassination attempt in Pennsylvania. Recent reports also claimed that Musk planned to dedicate $45 million a month to a new PAC deal to help Trump. Musk denied those reports and clarified that he would donate “at a much lower level. “
Still, this upcoming interview only reinforces the fact that Musk expects Trump to defeat Harris and the Democrats in this presidential election.
Want to watch Trump’s interview with Musk? Here’s everything you want to know.
Trump’s interview will take place on Monday, August 12 at 8/7c.
According to AP News, Musk promised that X would conduct “system scaling tests” in anticipation of what the giant expected for the live stream.
The platform experienced several technical glitches in May 2023, when Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis attempted to announce his presidential crusade with a livestream, but was overloaded by the 400,000 viewers who tried to sing. By comparison, Musk and Trump have a combined audience of 281. 9 million. fans in X.
Musk even responded to a skeptic who wrote that there is “no way” X Spaces has the bandwidth to “support” the interview. “I hope it works,” he replied with praying and laughing emojis.
Today’s Trump interview will air on X Spaces and will be featured on Trump’s private X account, @realDonaldTrump.
The interview will be available for streaming at a later date.
Trump is next scheduled to debate Vice President Harris on September 10 on ABC.