Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has sat for a friendly two-hour interview with billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk on Musk's social media platform X, after technical problems delayed the start of the event for more than 40 minutes. / (min cost $ 0 ) or signup to continue reading Musk, who has endorsed Trump, blamed the difficulties on a distributed denial-of-service attack, in which a server or network is flooded with traffic in an attempt to shut it down, though his claim could not be verified. Trump sought to turn the problems into a positive, congratulating Musk on the number of people trying to tune in.
A counter on X showed as many as 1.3 million people were listening at times during the lengthy conversation. Ahead of Monday's event, Musk had written: "Am going to do some system scaling tests tonight & tomorrow in advance of the conversation.
" X did not respond to requests for details or evidence of the alleged cyberattack. The two men exchanged praise repeatedly, with the Tesla chief lauding Trump for his bravery during the attempt on his life last month, and Trump congratulating Musk for his willingness to fire workers demanding better conditions. "You're the greatest cutter," Trump said.
"I mean, I look at what you do. You walk in, you just say: 'You want to quit?' They go on strike - I won't mention the name of the company - but they go on strike. And you say: 'That's okay, you're all gone.
'" Musk, the world's richest person, announced his support for T.