A hack disrupted Monday night’s live “unscripted” conversation between former President Donald Trump and Elon Musk on X, according to the owner of the social media site.
At least some people were unable to join the chat due to technical issues; instead, they were sent a graphic indicating that the area was unavailable.
Musk stated in a post on X that the interview was affected by a “large DDOS assault” and that the platform was attempting to shut down the X Space, about 20 minutes after the interview was scheduled to begin.
“It appears that is the target of a significant DDOS assault attempting to shut it down. In the worst-case scenario, we’ll record the chat and broadcast it later, while recording fewer people live.”
With the site launching a new space, the interview began around forty minutes later than planned, and nearly a million people watched the event.
The technological issues during the interview bring to mind Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R-FL) disastrous launch of his presidential campaign during a Twitter Spaces interview last year, which led to Trump and his friends making fun of his campaign.
“Whoa! DeSanctus’s Twitter debut is a complete failure! “His entire campaign is going to be a complete failure,” Trump stated on Truth Social. “Observe!”
By sharing the former president’s initial tweet, which the Democratic campaign recently joined, Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign made fun of President Trump.
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) was one of the folks who expressed worry online that he couldn’t get into the event prior to its restart. Soon after, he announced that he was now “finally in.” “The funky hold music was playing, but other customers were still experiencing issues.”
On Monday morning, for the first time since August 24, 2023, Trump uploaded a photo of his mugshot on X. This occurred after he was processed and released from an Atlanta jail due to a state indictment stemming from accusations that he attempted to rig Georgia’s 2020 election results.
Before showcasing media coverage about Trump’s federal indictments and the FBI’s raid of his Mar-a-Lago property in August 2022, the two-and-a-half-minute video clip praised the achievements of his first term.
“They are not interested in me. The commercial has Trump claiming, “They’re coming after you, and I just happen to be standing in their way, and I will never be going.” We shall deliver justice on November 5, 2024. We’re going to reclaim our nation and restore American greatness!
“In later postings, Trump criticized Harris as a “SAN FRANCISCO RADICAL” and posed the question, “Are you better off today than you were when I was president?” He also shared a video.
Two hours prior to the live interview, the Harris campaign attacked Musk in an email, calling him Trump’s “billionaire sugar daddy.”
