It also seems to represent a return to X for the former president, who posted on the platform multiple times ahead of Monday’s interview, my colleague Miranda Nazzaro reported.
The “live conversation” will be “unscripted with no limits on subject matter,” Musk wrote Sunday, adding it “should be highly entertaining.” He encouraged users to post specific questions and comments under the stream’s chat.
The Trump campaign said it will be “the interview of the century.”
Hours before the interview, the former president made his return to the platform for the first time in nearly a year, sharing a campaign advertisement.
It marked just the second time Trump has posted on X since his account was suspended in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol and reinstated the following year.
A little over an hour later, Trump posted again on the platform, lamenting about the state of the nation’s economy.
“Are you better off now than you were when I was president?” he wrote. Our economy is shattered. Our border has been erased. We’re a nation in decline. Make the American Dream AFFORDABLE again. Make America SAFE again. Make America GREAT Again!”
The platform, formerly known as Twitter, was a big part of Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and his entire presidency.
Musk’s reinstatement of Trump’s account in 2022 was part of the billionaire’s new approach to the platform’s content moderation policies after purchasing the company.
The tech mogul endorsed Trump’s reelection bid shortly after the attempted assassination last month and has since levied a series of attacks against Harris.
Read more in a full report at TheHill.com.
