Donald Trump, the Republican candidate for the presidency of the United States, and Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, as well as owner of X, have a conversation this Monday, August 12, in what is the return of the former US president to the social network formerly called Twitter.
The interview between Donald Trump and Elon Musk did not go as expected, and thousands of users reported failures in the X space where the conversation was held. In the end, the conversation took place 40 minutes later than expected, after it was reported that there had been a cyber attack on the platform.
The meeting was broadcast on X, the social network from which Donald Trump was banned in 2021, after being linked to the insurrection at the Capitol following Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election.
After years of silence, Donald Trump posted again on X this Monday, with videos about his campaign and to discredit his rival, Vice President Kamala Harris.
Throughout the discussion, key issues for the United States were discussed, such as migration, inflation, the global crisis and tax increases. In all cases, Trump criticized Joe Biden and his government, as he claimed that he is responsible for all the crises, and as with the debate, he said that “he is the worst president in history.”
Trump also said he would return to Butler, Pennsylvania, where he suffered the attack, in October. He also said that Kamala Harris, his current rival, “is not an intelligent person.”
Trump again justifies his immigration policy using Mexico
Throughout the interview, Donald Trump justified his government’s policy of making Mexico a safe third country, as well as the policies implemented with the country to close its borders.
He boasted that illegal immigration in the United States reached its lowest numbers, which he described as “fantastic numbers”; however, with Joe Biden’s policies, the migrant crisis in the country has increased.
The former president of the United States took the opportunity to attack migrants during his conversation with Elon Musk, who said that the country faces a serious problem if it intends to maintain its borders “open” for another four years.
“They come from prisons and mental institutions,” insisted Trump, who said that there are countries where crime has decreased because there are alleged criminals who prefer to go to the United States, which has influenced Venezuela, for example, to have improvements in the fight against crime.
Donald Trump was careful with Mexican migrants, as well as those from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, and said that the migrant crisis on the border with Mexico is not primarily due to them, but to people entering the country from all over the world, such as Asia, Africa or the Middle East.
Over the past three years and seven months, Trump has not spoken out on X, even though his account has been restored. He has only made brief appearances through other profiles, and one example of this was the elections in Brazil, when he openly supported Jair Bolsonaro.
Trump himself also started his own social network, Truth Social, through which he has expressed his opinion on issues of national and international interest over the past few years, as well as criticizing Joe Biden’s administration.
Things are different compared to the last three years, as X is now owned by Elon Musk, who bought it for $44 billion. In recent years, in addition to the name change, measures have been implemented such as a pay-for-verification service and the removal of ads. A fight against bots has also been launched.
Monday’s interview is even more relevant because for weeks Elon Musk has openly supported Donald Trump’s candidacy, and over the past few days he has dedicated posts to dedicate his support and to criticize Kamala Harris and the government of Joe Biden, taking advantage of his influence as the richest man in the world with 227 billion dollars as of today according to the index of millionaires of Bloomberg.
