{"id":2323411,"date":"2024-08-12T20:36:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T00:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-live-interview-with-elon-musk-met-with-technical-difficulties-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-12T20:42:02","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T00:42:02","slug":"trumps-live-interview-with-elon-musk-met-with-technical-difficulties-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-live-interview-with-elon-musk-met-with-technical-difficulties-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s live interview with Elon Musk met with technical difficulties &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrumps-live-interview-with-elon-musk-met-with-technical-difficulties-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2323411&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President \u200cDonald Trump&#8217;s live interview with Elon Musk on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X faced significant technical issues due to \u2063a reported cyberattack. As the interview was about\u2062 to start, many users encountered\u2062 difficulties accessing the conversation, with some receiving messages stating that the session was\u2062 unavailable. Approximately 20 minutes after the \u200dintended start, Musk \u200dinformed users that\u2063 there\u200c was a &#8220;massive DDOS \u200dattack&#8221; impacting the \u2063platform. <\/p>\n<p>The chaos surrounding the event\u200d drew comparisons to a similar incident where Florida \u2064Governor \u2064Ron DeSantis experienced technical glitches during his own \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-apologizes-for-lying-on-dating-apps\/\" title=\"Dem Apologizes for Lying on Dating Apps\">campaign rollout<\/a> on Twitter \u2062Spaces, leading to mockery\u2063 from Trump&#8217;s allies. Despite the\u200d challenges, some users managed to\u200d eventually join the session, although it had to \u200bbe scaled\u2064 down.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in\u2064 the day, Trump made his\u2063 first post on X since August 2023, sharing a video reflecting\u2063 on his first administration and addressing ongoing legal challenges against him.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump&rsquo;s live interview with Elon Musk met with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nevada-democrats-move-to-be-first-in-presidential-primaries-ousting-nh\/\" title=\"Nevada Democrats Move To Be First In Presidential Primaries, Ousting NH\">technical difficulties<\/a><\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1728972\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former President&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s live &ldquo;unscripted&rdquo; interview with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Elon Musk<\/a>&nbsp;on X on Monday evening was plagued by a cyberattack, according to the social media platform&rsquo;s owner.<\/p>\n<p>The technical difficulties prevented at least some users from accessing the conversation, instead being shown an image saying that the space was not available.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 20 minutes after the interview was set to start, Musk claimed in a post on X that the event was plagued by a &ldquo;massive DDOS attack&rdquo; and that the platform was working on shutting the X Space down.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There appears to be a massive DDOS attack on &#120143;. Working on shutting it down. Worst case, we will proceed with a smaller number of live listeners and post the conversation later.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The interview&rsquo;s technological problems are reminiscent of Gov. Ron DeSantis&rsquo;s (R-FL) botched presidential campaign rollout last year during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1171827\/desantis-campaign-rollout-on-twitter-spaces-plagued-by-technical-glitches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Twitter Spaces interview<\/a>, leading to Trump allies mocking his campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) was among the people who <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BasedMikeLee\/status\/1823148535476638151\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>voiced concern online<\/a> before claiming that he was &ldquo;finally in now. Funky hold music playing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump&rsquo;s interview with Elon Musk tonight appears to be having technical difficulties. <\/p>\n<p>When trying to access the X space users are met with a screen that says the space is &ldquo;not available.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RuekmzLU8G\">pic.twitter.com\/RuekmzLU8G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hailey Bullis (@HaileyBullis1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HaileyBullis1\/status\/1823148532838080637?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>On Monday morning, Trump posted to X for the first time since Aug. 24, 2023, when he shared a picture of his mugshot after he was processed and released from an Atlanta jail in the aftermath of a state indictment over allegations he attempted to overturn Georgia&rsquo;s 2020 election results. <\/p>\n<p>The 2 1\/2-minute video post touted his first administration&rsquo;s legacy before featuring media reports on Trump&rsquo;s federal indictments and the FBI&rsquo;s search at his Mar-a-Lago resort in August 2022. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;re not coming after me. They&rsquo;re coming after you, and I just happen to be standing in their way, and I will never be moving,&rdquo; Trump is heard saying in the ad. &ldquo;On Nov. 5, 2024, justice will be done. We will take back our country, and we will make America great again!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tf87iebMdN\">pic.twitter.com\/tf87iebMdN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1823016427680358790?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 12, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In subsequent posts, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1823034723867713700\" title>asked<\/a>, &ldquo;Are you better off now than you were when I was president?&rdquo; and released a video post slamming Harris as a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1823046173868831147\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>SAN FRANCISCO RADICAL.<\/a>&ldquo;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Harris campaign slammed Musk as Trump&rsquo;s &ldquo;billionaire sugar daddy&rdquo; in an email sent out two hours before the live interview. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1728972\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1728972\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s live interview with Elon Musk faced technical issues. The former president&#8217;s &#8220;unscripted&#8221; discussion on X was reportedly disrupted by a cyberattack, as stated by the platform&#8217;s owner. This led to some users being unable to access the conversation, receiving a message indicating that the space was unavailable instead. Nearly 20 minutes after the scheduled start time, Musk posted on X about a &#8220;massive DDOS attack&#8221; affecting the event and mentioned that they were working to shut down the X Space. He added that if necessary, they would continue with fewer live listeners and later post the conversation.<\/p>\n<p>The technological glitches echoed those experienced during Governor Ron DeSantis\u2019s (R-FL) unsuccessful presidential campaign launch last year in a Twitter Spaces interview, which drew mockery from Trump supporters. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) expressed his concerns online but later reported he had finally gained access while listening to &#8220;funky hold music.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Monday morning, Trump made his first post on X since August 24, 2023\u2014sharing his mugshot after being processed following an indictment related to efforts to overturn Georgia\u2019s 2020 election results. In a brief video accompanying this post, he highlighted achievements from his first term while also addressing media coverage of his federal indictments and an FBI search at Mar-a-Lago in August 2022. In this ad, Trump stated: \u201cThey\u2019re not coming after me; they\u2019re coming after you&#8230; On Nov. 5, 2024, justice will be done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following this announcement, Trump questioned whether people were better off now than during his presidency and released another video criticizing Vice President Harris as a \u201cSAN FRANCISCO RADICAL.\u201d The Harris campaign responded by labeling Musk as Trump&#8217;s \u201cbillionaire sugar daddy\u201d in an email sent out just two hours before the live interview began<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2323412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP22353838000088.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[32192,6234,37947,3634],"class_list":["post-2323411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-elon-musk","tag-interview","tag-technical-difficulties","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP22353838000088.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2323411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2323412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2323411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2323411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2323411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}