Several technical glitches prevented many users from connecting to the interview conducted on Elon Musk’s social network, X. Trump spoke about Venezuela, China, Russia and Iran and attacked his rival Kamala Harris.
“The other countries expel the bad ones, all the unproductive people and send them to USA“, this is how the interview began billionaire and owner of the social networkDonald Trump.
“If the Democrats win, 50 or 60 million people from all over the world will come. We are already overwhelmed. With me we will have the largest deportation in our history,” continued the Republican candidate for president of the United States.
A cyber attack caused technical problems
The conversation on the social network began with 40 minutes late and plagued by technical problems that prevented access to many users and that Musk blamed a cyber attack.
According to the American billionaire, it was a Ddos (Distributed Denial of Service) attack that “saturated the data lines”, that is, that it overloaded the site to the point of making it difficult to use or inaccessible.
At the end of the two hours of conversation, Musk reiterated his support for Trump and asked moderate voters to support the republican campaign: “Toasting for an exciting and inspiring future in which people can look forward and be optimistic and enthusiastic about what is going to happen” –
Trump spoke about foreign policy
“We risk World War III“said Donald Trump, who addressed several geopolitics and foreign policy issues“I warned Putin not to attack Ukraine“said the magnate, who then also spoke of the European Union.
“He takes advantage of us in trade and we defend them with NATOought pay as much as we do for Ukraine“he said in reference to the old continent. Musk also reminded Trump that he had received a letter from Brussels before the interviewan attempt, in his opinion, at censorship.
Trump referred to Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, the presidents of Russia and China: “I know every one of them.”Getting along with them is a good thing, not bad. “They are at the top of the game, they are tough, they are smart and they are going to protect their country,” the Republican presidential candidate continued.
About the tensions between Iran and IsraelTrump expressed confidence that there will be no attack from Tehran. “Everyone is waiting for an attack from Iran, but Iran will not attack, believe me,” said.
Trump praised Nicolás Maduro
During the conversation, Trump repeatedly praised the work of the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Madurore-elected in the middle of suspicions of fraud that have not yet dissipated.
Trump assured that Maduro “has caused a 72% drop in crime“Trump said, referring to a country where political opponents and protesters are detained and human rights are violated according to Amnesty International.
Other topics covered in the interview
In addition to immigration, other topics discussed in the interview were his assassination attemptthe desire to equip the US with a missile systems Iron Dome like the Israeli; or the idea of close the Federal Department of Education and transfer responsibility to the states.
Trump also spoke of the electric vehicles, praising Teslathe automobile company owned by Musk. For his part, Musk said he would be willing to offer help to the Trump administration with the proposal of a “government efficiency commission.”
Criticism of Kamala Harris
Finally, the Republican candidate also spoke about the decision of the outgoing president, Joe Bidenof abandon the race for the White House and make way for Vice President Kamala Harris.
“I am not a fan of Joe Biden, who He is the worst president in history. But what they did to him was a coup d’état. Harris is a radical from San Franciscois further to the left than Bernie Sanders, it’s going to be worse,” Trump commented.
After the interview came comments from Harris’ team, which described Musk and Trump as two ‘self-obsessed rich who sell to the middle class and are incapable of running a livestream in the year 2024′.
