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Musk-Trump Interview Live Updates: Trump blames assassination bid on ‘lack of coordination’ in chat with Musk marred by technical glitches

Elon Musk-Donald Trump Interview Live Updates: Musk announced that the conversation with Trump started with a delay due to technical glitch caused by massive cyberattack.

Trump Musk interview.Ahead of the US Presidential elections, Trump’s interview on X is going to create more traction and footage for his campaign while it will also give X, a platform that relies heavily on politics, a chance to redeem itself amid struggles. (Reuters photo)

Musk-Trump Interview Live Updates: With less than three months until the elections, former US president and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump made a comeback on ‘X’, nearly a year after posting his infamous ‘mug shot’, for an interview with his billionaire ally Elon Musk. In the conversation plagued with technical glitches and “massive cyberattacks” — as identified by Musk — the 78-year-old spoke of the assassination attempt that took place a month ago at a rally in Pennsylvania and stated that it was due to “a lack of coordination”.

Former POTUS, speaking of the Department of Education, called for the elimination of the federal agency stating “I want to close up the Department of Education, move education back to the states…”. He added that US students are lagging behind their peers and that the elimination of the Department of Education will come with many advantages starting with education costs cutting into half.

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The interview comes in the wake of hearsay about Trump offering Musk the role of an advisor in his administration. While Musk has denied all the claims, he did offer to help with government spending which was appreciated by Trump.  Meanwhile, the Vice President and Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz campaign unfurls a fundraising appeal through an email with the subject line reading “The two worst people you know are live this evening

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Elon Musk interviews Donald Trump Live Updates: Trump returns to X ahead of mega one on one interview with Musk

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Answering Musk's initiative on future plans for rising sea levels and climate change Trump claimed that global warming is not that big of a concern it is nuclear warming that we need to worry about.   


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Musk calls it a 'conversation' and not an 'interview'

Musk says that he is deliberately using the term "conversation" and not "interview"
"Nobody is quite themselves in an interview, so it’s hard to understand what they’re really like." he said in a post on X 

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At the four-day Republican National Convention, Donald Trump expressed his aversion to Electric vehicles and slashed President Joe Biden's regulations aimed at EV adoption. However, the conversation with the world's richest man did change his views. 

Trump said he has 'no choice' but to accept the electric vehicle phenomenon. 

'I’m for electric cars, I have to be because Elon endorsed me very strongly', the former president said 

06:46 (IST)13 Aug 2024

Elon Musk interviews Donald Trump Live Updates: Musk questions about assassination attempt, Trump replies it has made him 'more of a believer' in God

Elon Musk started the live conversation with Donald Trump on X’s Space with a question about the assassination attempt on the former President on July 13 during a rally in Pennsylvania.

Trump, who is the Republican candidate, said that the incident has made him more of a believer in God. “Now, I’m more of a believer,” he said.

Trump further added, “It was amazing that I happened to be turned just at that perfect angle.” The shooter was killed by a US Secret Service agent and Trump was hit in his right ear.

06:16 (IST)13 Aug 2024

Elon Musk interviews Donald Trump Live Updates: Elon Musk- Donald Trump interview on X begins after slight delay due to technical glitch

One of the most awaited interviews on X has begun with former President Donald Trump and billionaire owner Elon Musk in live conversation over varied topics, including an assassination attempt on Trump.

With over 1 million people already joined, the conversation has started trending on X.

06:02 (IST)13 Aug 2024

Elon Musk interviews Donald Trump Live Updates: ‘Trump is back’ trends on X as Musk is slated for a live conversation with former President Trump

After Elon Musk announced that he’ll sit for a live conversation with former President Donald Trump, the Republican candidate announced his arrival on X again with videos and several posts.

Within a few hours, ‘Trump is back’ started trending on X and the posts of Trump started getting major traction. With 88.6 million followers on X, Trump was earlier banned from the platform for two years due to his alleged role in the Capitol riots that took place in January 2021.

Trump’s interview with Musk will be “unscripted with no limits on subject matter, so should be highly entertaining!” as posted by the billionaire owner of X. Musk even asked users to post their questions.

Trump-Musk interview on X’s Spaces could be about varied topics ranging from internal security to economic condition of the country. Musk, who is supporting Trump for the US Presidential elections, will also donate to the Trump Campaign.

05:30 (IST)13 Aug 2024

Elon Musk interviews Donald Trump Live Updates: Trump returns to X ahead of mega interview with billionaire Elon Musk

Former President Donald Trump has returned to X amid the announcement of an interview with its owner and billionaire Elon Musk on X's Spaces.

Trump and Musk are slated to have a live conversation at 8 p.m. Eastern Time that will be “unscripted with no limits on subject matter, so should be highly entertaining!” 

Musk has even invited questions and posts from the audience. Ahead of the US Presidential elections, it would be a digital boost to Trump Campaign which is bound to receive commendable traction from it.

After President Joe Biden announced his departure from the presidential bid and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for the job, the race to White House has become intriguing with Trump gaining ground post escaping assassination attempt.

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