DONALD Trump left listeners confused after he made a bizarre comment about Kamala Harris' Time Magazine front cover. Trump said the image of the Vice President resembled his wife, former First Lady Melania. During a chaotic interview with Elon Musk yesterday on X, Trump explained that Harris' face looked familiar.
"She looked very much like our great first lady, Melania," Trump said. As well as making this odd comparison, Trump also appeared to mispronounce Kamala Harris ' name numerous times. At points, it sounded like he was saying "Camilla.
" "She didn't look like Camilla but of course, she's a beautiful woman, so we'll leave it at that," Trump said, speaking about the cover. The cover of the magazine featured a black and white illustration of Harris, accompanied by the caption "Her Moment." Speaking about this image, Trump claimed that Harris had been presented as if she were "the most beautiful actress ever to live.
" Trump's interview with Musk faced a number of issues last night. It began about 40 minutes behind schedule after users had trouble gaining access to the live stream. The discussion was meant to begin at 8 pm.
Musk claimed that X had been the victim of a cyber attack. He argued that this was the reason the interview didn't load initially. "There appears to be a massive DDOS attack on X.
Working on shutting it down," the Tesla CEO wrote . Former president Donald Trump and Telsla CEO Elon Musk's relationship started rocky, but the pair have since reconciled, with Musk fully endorsing Trump and interviewing him on X Spaces on August 12. In 2022, Elon Musk and Donald Trump publically feuded on X, then still known as Twitter.
Trump called Musk a liar and "bulls**t artist" during a rally in Alaska. "Elon is not going to buy Twitter," Trump said at the time. "You know, he said the other day, 'I've never voted for a Republican.
' I said, 'I didn't know that - you told me you voted for me. So he's another bulls**t artist, but he's not going to be buying it." In response to Trump's critiques, the SpaceX founder clapped back.
"I don't hate the man, but it's time for Trump to hang up his hat & sail into the sunset," Musk posted. Musk also went on to buy X months later. The X owner said he had previously voted mostly for Democrats since becoming a United States citizen in 2002.
However, when the 2024 election rolled around, he endorsed Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Trump's rival. "My preference for the 2024 presidency is someone sensible and centrist," Musk wrote on X in 2022. "I had hoped that would [be] the case for the Biden administration, but have been disappointed so far.
" His shift in political parties might be attributed to his plummeting relationship with President Joe Biden who didn't invite Musk to the 2021 White House electric vehicle summit. Despite their past issues, Trump and Musk's relationship took a turn in March after they met at Mar-a-Lago. Trump was also previously against electric vehicles but has since changed his stance.
"I’m for electric cars," he said at a rally earlier this month. "I have to be, because Elon endorsed me very strongly. So I have no choice.
" Following the assassination attempt at Trump's rally in July, Musk announced his support for the former president. "I fully endorse President Trump and hope for his rapid recovery," Musk wrote on X after the shooting. During a recent press conference, Trump spoke highly of Musk.
"I respect Elon a lot. He respects me," he said. "Elon, more than almost anybody I know, he loves this country.
He loves the concept of this country, but like me, he says this country is in big trouble, it’s in tremendous danger." "Worst case, we will proceed with a smaller number of live listeners and post the conversation later," he said. He explained that they had previously tested the system with "8 million concurrent listeners" earlier in the day and it had worked.
"The Trump and Elon Musk interview has already broken the internet," one user said on X. "Too many people want to watch it." Users were met with loud music as they attempted to listen into Trump's interview with Musk.
The music eventually stopped but it was replaced by a ruffling sound. Some users compared the interview to a similar situation Ron DeSantis previously faced. "The Trump interview with Elon is going exactly the same way it did for Ron DeSantis.
Technical difficulties," one user said. The Florida governor had been expected to make his announcement in May 2023 about his plans for the next four years. But the interview crashed X Spaces as hundreds of thousands of users flocked to listen.
Elon Musk bought the social media app citing altruistic reasonings for his aquisition. April 2022: Negotiations for Musk to purchase Twitter began. October 27, 2022: Musk finalized his purchase of X and began his rebranding efforts.
November 1, 2022: Twitter boars is dissolved, making Musk the "sole director" of the site. July 23, 2023: Musk announces icon rebranding and X users point out the switch. "And soon we shall bid adieu to the Twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds," he wrote .
July 24, 2023: Musk revealed the reason for the rebranding. "The Twitter name made sense when it was just 140 character messages going back and forth – like birds tweeting – but now you can post almost anything, including several hours of video," he said. When the interview did eventually get underway, the pair discussed a wide range of topics.
These included anecdotes from Trump about his interactions with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin. "I'm not saying anything good or bad, they are at the top of their game. They've got to protect their country," Trump said .
"These are tough people at the top of their game - when they see Kamala or sleepy Joe, they can't believe it." They also spoke about the U.S.
-Mexico border and, of course, Kamala Harris. The audio-only chat lasted for 2 hours and Trump wasted no time to lay into his Democratic rival. "If we have her as a president, if we have a Democrat as a president I don't think we would survive," the former president declared.
The SpaceX founder endorsed Trump after the assassination attempt against him at a Pennsylvania rally last moth. Trump was grazed in the ear by a bullet on July 13 by gunman Thomas Crooks . Crooks was later shot dead by the Secret Service but not before he had killed an attendee and seriously injured two others.
Musk expressed his support for Trump after the incident. "I fully endorse President Trump and hope for his rapid recovery," he wrote. Social media consultant Matt Navarra spoke to The U.
S. Sun about the relationship between Trump and Musk. He called it a "marriage of convenience.
" "I think Trump needs the audience and engagement that X can provide from the distribution and reach that X gives him," Navarra said. "And I think that Musk wants to make sure he aligns himself with the potential winning candidate for the upcoming presidential election.".
