Trump’s Elon Musk interview collapses as X debacles

Trump’s much-hyped conversation with Elon Musk was another X disaster because listeners couldn’t access the audio.

This is the message users receive when trying to listen to the conversation:

🙈 pic.twitter.com/kFziJi0Xn5

— John Ravolano (@johnbisognano) August 13, 2024

To sum up, Trump Back to Twitter screwing up all the Trump media investors, then his big interview with Musk fell apart as X collapsed.

Trump is counting on the interview to put him back in the headlines and at the top of the news cycle as Kamala Harris. Trump has been dominating media coverage for weeks, and the only attention he has received has been negative.

This issue is not surprising, as X encountered the same technical difficulties when Musk tried to host Spaces with Ron DeSantis.

This failure is typical of both Musk, who is considered a technological genius, and Donald Trump, who is considered a media genius.

This big move that was supposed to save Trump and Musk suffered a huge failure. Even if the technical issues are resolved, the damage has been done.

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign looks doomed because everything it tries turns into another failure.

Jason is the managing editor. He is also a member of the White House press corps and a congressional reporter for PoliticusUSA. Jason holds a BA in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, particularly social reform movements.

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