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After initially blaming his glitchy X Spaces chat with Donald Trump on a malicious attack, Elon Musk admitted Tuesday that problems occurred on X’s side. https://t.co/EGnbZJiF9U
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) August 14, 2024
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Dentures is now a top trend as a result of Donald Trump's severe slurring during the Spaces with Elon pic.twitter.com/lb1hnKk9YI
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) August 13, 2024
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“The rest of X appears to be working normally, however, and a source at the company confirmed to The Verge that there wasn’t actually a denial-of-service attack. Another X staffer said there was a “99 percent” chance Elon was lying about an attack.”https://t.co/IgrNjmtrxv
— Anna Bower (@AnnaBower) August 13, 2024
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Donald Trump's interview with Elon Musk “was an awful premonition of the rest of Trump’s life should he lose again,” writes @davidfrum, “wandering the corridors of his clubs, going from table to table, buttonholing the dwindling number of guests”: https://t.co/2Uus0XYXo4
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) August 13, 2024
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USA Today: Trump rambles, slurs his way through Elon Musk interview. It was an unmitigated disaster. It was amateur hour, the last thing a campaign struggling to project competence needed.
— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) August 13, 2024
He was rambling, babbling on about crowd sizes and immigration and President Joe Biden… pic.twitter.com/hFYK1r2WMM
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Important FACT CHECK:
— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) August 13, 2024
Trump to Elon Musk: “Harris was totally in charge. She could have shut the border down without him.”
FACT: Vice President Harris had no unilateral authority to "shut the border down" in any capacity.
FACT: Neither the White House, President Biden, nor… pic.twitter.com/awKXQcPaLo
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There is a YouTube channel streaming the Elon-Trump Spaces. Here is the auto summary YouTube's AI put together based on the viewer comments: pic.twitter.com/Ay35iYazTA
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) August 13, 2024
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The clips from Trump’s Elon interview are going viral on TikTok and the comments are absolutely devastating for him pic.twitter.com/DCFQnonpbH
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) August 13, 2024
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If Twitter was "DDOSed to stop Trump" then why was the entire platform functional during the attack?
— Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 (@JoshEakle) August 13, 2024
Why did all the other Twitter spaces work?
We're supposed to believe hackers attacked only the *specific* servers hosting the Trump/Musk space?
Our enemies are very dumb people… https://t.co/r4mmYIDt5C pic.twitter.com/k5m736pxhZ
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The section on climate change in the Musk/Trump "interview" is just *wild*
— Leo Hickman (@LeoHickman) August 13, 2024
It really is worth reading in full to get a sense of the two men.
Just off-the-scale levels of ignorance, denial, misinformation and half-truths.
I've put the transcript herehttps://t.co/9M7qKX6Yrt pic.twitter.com/npEYvy9yeB
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Elon Musk’s conversation with Donald Trump on X made both men seem small and siloed, @cwarzel writes. For Trump, “a politician obsessed with and buoyed by television appearances, the glorified, glitchy live podcast felt like a demotion.” https://t.co/sPAmWwF705
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) August 13, 2024
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Trump using a Chinese Power Bank made by the listed company Anker
— livinlavidaluke (@96Stats) August 13, 2024
Watch out for the share price now😁 pic.twitter.com/mBKcJJfMLO
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Trump praises billionaire Elon Musk for firing workers who were striking for better pay and working conditions pic.twitter.com/4ZGWHV49Mw
— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) August 13, 2024
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Trump: I want to close the Department of Education pic.twitter.com/BoJssKMh7U
— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) August 13, 2024
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Oh man. The Trump interview on X sure was something.
— Art Candee 🍿🥤 (@ArtCandee) August 13, 2024
Let’s recap it:
The Space started 41 minutes late.
“Go to YouTube” and “crashed” are trending. 🤣
Elon is blaming a DDOS attack. As someone who has hosted X Spaces, I’m not buying it.
Donald’s talking with a lisp. Are his…
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