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Donald Trump is returning to X for a live interview on Monday with the platform’s owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Both men are scheduled to hold a “live conversation” at 8 pm ET that Musk has described as “unscripted with no limits.” The event will be streamed on X Spaces
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This video is likely to energize his vast following of 88 million on X, generating immense interest in the upcoming interview. To prepare for the massive influx of viewers, Musk announced that they would conduct a “system scaling test” to gauge X’s streaming capabilities ahead of the conversation with Trump, who has declared himself as the “Crypto President.”
The tests aim to avoid a repeat of the embarrassing technical issues that occurred during Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ live presidential campaign launch on X. The previous event was disrupted by technical glitches on the social media platform, where it was overloaded by the more than 400,000 who tried to dial in.
The upcoming interview with Trump presents an opportunity for the platform to showcase its capabilities. The conversation would expose the former President to a large audience (both Trump and Musk have a combined following of over 200 million followers) while testing X’s capacity to host high-profile political content.
The Trump interview on X joins a list of notable political moments on the platform, including President Biden’s departure announcement and the airing of Trump’s interview with Tucker Carlson. As X continues to navigate the world of political discourse, this
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