{"id":2324414,"date":"2024-08-14T13:07:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T17:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-claims-strange-voice-during-elon-musk-interview-caused-by-complex-technology-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-14T13:12:03","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T17:12:03","slug":"trump-claims-strange-voice-during-elon-musk-interview-caused-by-complex-technology-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-claims-strange-voice-during-elon-musk-interview-caused-by-complex-technology-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump claims \u2018strange\u2019 voice during Elon Musk interview caused by complex technology &#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\">30<\/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%2Ftrump-claims-strange-voice-during-elon-musk-interview-caused-by-complex-technology-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=2324414&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 Donald Trump addressed concerns about his voice during a live interview with Elon Musk on X, which\u2064 some viewers found to sound strange \u200bor slurred. The two-hour \u200bconversation was marred by \u2062technical issues that \u200daffected the initial viewing experience, with\u200b many users reporting difficulties accessing the stream. Trump later\u2062 attributed \u200dthe odd sound of his voice to\u2064 the &#8220;complexity of modern-day equipment and\u200c cellphone technology,&#8221; and he encouraged his supporters to listen to a corrected version of the interview that he claimed had improved audio quality.\u2064 Musk stated that the interview reached an audience of one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/these-foods-help-fight-allergies\/\" title=\"These Foods Help Fight Allergies\">billion people worldwide<\/a>, highlighting its \u200cimmense\u2063 popularity despite \u200dthe glitches. Additionally, \u200cMusk, \u2062previously a Democrat, has recently endorsed Trump, sparking conversations about his political affiliations. Throughout the discussion,\u200b which \u2064covered various topics like climate change and foreign policy, technical difficulties were cited as possibly\u200c being caused by a cyberattack, a claim that Trump&#8217;s daughter-in-law speculated was the work of the\u2063 &#8220;deep \u2064state.&#8221;  <\/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 claims &lsquo;strange&rsquo; voice during Elon Musk interview caused by complex technology<\/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_1729977\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> offered a behind-the-scenes perspective concerning his live conversation with X owner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Elon Musk<\/a> after some viewers said his voice sounded odd.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump sat down with Musk on X&nbsp;for a highly anticipated interview Monday evening. Some listeners, who initially encountered difficulty watching the two-hour chat due to technical glitches, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Renegade98\/status\/1823205736719003780\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>alleged<\/a> that the former president&rsquo;s speech seemed slurred at times. While other users <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Niall_Boylan\/status\/1823387616160493895\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>thought<\/a> Trump&rsquo;s voice sounded normal, he responded to the chatter in a social media post the next day and said new technology used during the interview altered his voice.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Unfortunately, because of the complexity of modern-day equipment and cellphone technology, my voice was, in certain areas, somewhat different and strange,&rdquo; Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/112958364067761262\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> in a Truth Social post Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican presidential nominee urged supporters to listen to an updated recording of the conversation that erased his &ldquo;strange&rdquo; voice.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have put out an actual, and perfect, recording of the conversation,&rdquo; Trump celebrated. &ldquo;ENJOY!!!&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\">Conversation with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a> with higher quality audio <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bj25prt3zG\">https:\/\/t.co\/bj25prt3zG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1823498527743598968?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>Trump was also quick to note in his Truth Social update that his sit-down interview with Musk &ldquo;was heard by a RECORD audience.&rdquo; His comments came after he criticized the &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republican-candidates-criticize-vice-president-kamala-harris-for-her-role-as-border-czar\/\" title=\"Senate Republican candidates criticize Vice President Kamala Harris for her role as &quot;border czar.\">fake news&#038;rdquo<\/a>; media for refusing to cover the &ldquo;all-time record.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1823249070296797515\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> in a post to X on Tuesday that the interview reached one billion people across the world.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For the most part, mainstream outlets such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2024\/08\/12\/trump-returns-x-elon-musk-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>Washington Post<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/08\/13\/technology\/elon-musk-x-donald-trump.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>New York Times<\/em><\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/08\/12\/trump-musk-x-interview-problems-00173739\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>Politico<\/em><\/a>  focused on the fact that one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-is-the-guy-who-created-talk-radio-megyn-kelly-and-eric-bolling-discuss-rush-limbaughs-legacy\/\" title=\"\u2018This Is The Guy Who Created Talk Radio\u2019: Megyn Kelly And Eric Bolling Discuss Rush Limbaugh\u2019s Legacy\">million people tuned<\/a> in at the start of the two men&rsquo;s high-profile conversation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Musk, the founder of SpaceX and Tesla, recently endorsed Trump after supporting Democrats for decades. The Big Tech mogul has attracted scrutiny for backing Trump, however, during his exchange with the former president Monday, Musk refused to accept caricatures of himself as a &ldquo;dyed-in-the-wool long-term Republican.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Former President Donald Trump talks with Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk at the White House in Washington, Feb. 3, 2017. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;I stood in line for six hours to shake Obama&rsquo;s hand,&rdquo; Musk<a href=\"https:\/\/singjupost.com\/full-transcript-elon-musk-interviews-donald-trump\/?singlepage=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> told <\/a>Trump, explaining that as a &ldquo;historically moderate Democrat,&rdquo; he couldn&rsquo;t support a &ldquo;further left administration with Kamala.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Technical glitches initially prevented many viewers from listening to the pair&rsquo;s conversation, with some users being allowed to enter the event and others being met with an image saying that the space was not available.<\/p>\n<p>Musk blamed the problems on a &ldquo;DDOS&rdquo; attack or a malicious attempt to flood X with internet traffic to prevent users from accessing the interview. Trump&rsquo;s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3119779\/lara-trump-deep-state-botched-musk-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>accused<\/a> the &ldquo;deep state&rdquo; of creating the technical difficulties while offering no evidence to support her assertion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After the roughly 40-minute debacle on X was resolved, Musk and Trump enjoyed a two-hour-long discussion on a variety of topics, including the border, climate change, and foreign policy.&nbsp;<\/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\">Combined views of the conversation with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a> and subsequent discussion by other accounts now ~1 billion <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s8x8QmdmnY\">https:\/\/t.co\/s8x8QmdmnY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1823249070296797515?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Musk held a similar discussion with Gov. Ron Desantis (R-FL) in 2023. Users also experienced difficulties accessing the conversation between the two last year. <\/p>\n<p>At the time, Trump mocked the botched interview between the Florida governor and Musk as a &ldquo;DISASTER&rdquo; in a post to Truth Social.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris&rsquo;s campaign jumped on the former president&rsquo;s past comments as they pointed X users to Trump&rsquo;s old post.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Getting some real Ron DeSantis flashbacks,&rdquo; it said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The former president&rsquo;s lengthy chat with Musk comes as his campaign continues to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3108705\/harris-gop-pressure-stop-hiding-press\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>push<\/a> Harris to grant interviews to the media. The Democratic presidential nominee has yet to sit down for a major interview since she announced her candidacy and has faced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3119486\/harris-pivots-economy-combat-light-substance-complaint\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>criticism<\/a> for lacking policy details to her proposed White House agenda. Harris recently promised to sit down for a media interview before the end of August.&nbsp;<\/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_1729977\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1729977\"}});<\/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>Former President Donald Trump provided insight into his recent live interview with Elon Musk, the owner of X, after some viewers noted that his voice sounded unusual. During the highly anticipated two-hour conversation on Monday evening, technical issues initially hindered many from watching. Some listeners claimed Trump&#8217;s speech appeared slurred at times, while others felt it was normal. In response to the feedback, Trump took to social media the following day to explain that advanced technology used during the interview had altered his voice. He stated on Truth Social, &#8220;Due to the complexity of modern equipment and cellphone technology, my voice was somewhat different and strange in certain parts.&#8221; He encouraged supporters to listen to a revised recording of their discussion that corrected this issue: &#8220;We have released an actual and perfect recording of the conversation,&#8221; he announced enthusiastically. <\/p>\n<p>Musk later confirmed via X that their conversation reached a global audience of one billion people. Despite this claim, mainstream media outlets like The Washington Post and The New York Times reported only on the one million viewers who tuned in at its start. Musk has recently shifted his political support from Democrats to Trump but faced criticism for this change; during their chat, he rejected being labeled as a staunch Republican.<\/p>\n<p>Technical difficulties plagued initial access to their discussion; some users were unable to join while others encountered error messages indicating unavailability. Musk attributed these issues to a potential DDoS attack aimed at disrupting access. Trump&#8217;s daughter-in-law suggested without evidence that these problems were orchestrated by a &#8220;deep state&#8221; conspiracy.<\/p>\n<p>Once resolved after about 40 minutes of glitches, Trump and Musk engaged in discussions covering various topics such as immigration policy and climate change for nearly two hours. This event followed another similar encounter between Musk and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis last year which also faced technical challenges\u2014an incident Trump had previously criticized as a &#8220;DISASTER.&#8221; Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s campaign highlighted Trump&#8217;s past remarks regarding DeSantis&#8217;s interview when pointing out her own lack of major media appearances since announcing her candidacy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2324415,"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\/08\/Trump-Musk.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32192,6234,11458,3634],"class_list":["post-2324414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-elon-musk","tag-interview","tag-technology","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Trump-Musk.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324414","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\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2324414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2324415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2324414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2324414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2324414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}