Donald Trump’s bizarre X interview turned out to be a disaster

The recent conversation between Elon Musk and Donald Trump on the social network X, presented by Trump as a historic event, turned out to be a complete disaster for the former president’s election campaign.

While Elon Musk suspiciously invoked “a DDoS attack” against X to justify being more than 45 minutes behind schedule, Trump’s incoherent speech, punctuated by serious speech problems, his inappropriate comments about Kamala Harris’s beauty, and his nebulous assertions about a possible flight to Venezuela in the event of electoral defeat, contributed to the monumental failure of this interview, exacerbating the disorder of a campaign already in crisis for the former president.

The event had been billed as an opportunity for Trump to discuss crucial issues in front of a vast online audience. However, the experience turned into a veritable nightmare, both technically and in terms of the interview itself, during which Trump physically seemed to struggle to express himself normally.

From the outset, the livestream on X was marred by major technical problems, preventing many users from accessing the interview for over 45 minutes. This chaos was quickly mocked and criticized on social networks, arousing anger and frustration. Elon Musk attributed these malfunctions to “a DDoS cyber attack” targeting the platform.

However, this explanation was greeted with skepticism by many, who pointed out that such an attack would probably have had repercussions across the X platform as a whole, not just the livestream. Once the “technical issues” had been resolved, the interview between the two billionaires began.

Donald Trump encountered serious speech difficulties, as he discussed his experience on his assassination attempt and his usual topics. His communication problems led some listeners to compare him to “Daffy Duck”, and many questioned whether he was under the influence of drugs. Some even speculated whether this could be the real cause of the technical delays at the start of the livestream.

Afterwards, Trump made an odd remark when referring to Kamala Harris’s beauty on the TIME cover, comparing her to that of his wife, former first lady Melania Trump. “I saw a picture in TIME magazine today. She looks like the most beautiful actress who ever lived. In fact, she looked a lot like our great first lady, Melania,” he told Musk, before adding that in the end she didn’t look like her but she was obviously a beautiful woman, and that he’d leave it at that in his comments.

During this strange, rather one-sided conversation with Elon Musk, the former president also said he wanted to move to Venezuela if he lost the election, arguing that Venezuela would be much safer than the USA. He insisted to Musk that the next time they met, it would be in Venezuela.

Clearly, this was not a good moment for the two men. However, it wasn’t the first and probably won’t be the last…