Source: Securities Times
At 8 pm Eastern Time on August 12, former US President Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk held a dialogue on the social platform x.
In this conversation that has attracted much attention, many users encountered difficulties when trying to access due to technical issues with the x platform. Musk said: "The Later, the content of the conversation was released. "
In addition, on the eve of Trump's interview with Musk through the Services Act (dsa). EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton pointed out that the law requires social media platforms to take measures to avoid harmful content being amplified during major events such as live broadcasts, which may have an adverse impact on citizen speech and public safety. Both Musk and X Platform CEO Linda Yaccarino expressed opposition to the move, viewing it as an infringement of free speech and an attempt to extend European law to U.S. political activity. At the same time, Trump’s campaign team also expressed opposition to the EU’s warning, emphasizing that the EU should not interfere in the US presidential election.
Trump returned to the The interview has no restrictions on the topic, so it should be very interesting!” However, the live broadcast originally scheduled for 8 pm was quickly interrupted due to technical glitches, and many X platform users posted that they could not log in to the live event. Musk did not expect the sudden technical problems. He said: "X platform has conducted system testing with 8 million simultaneous listeners earlier on Monday to prevent any technical errors and ensure that X's live broadcast function can handle the event."
After users reported the problem, Musk said immediately: "x seems to have been subject to a large-scale DDoS network attack, and we are working hard to stop it. The live interview with Trump will start at 8:30 pm ET, We will continue the interview with Trump with only a small live audience and publish the conversation at a later date. Later, the conversation between Musk and Trump resumed at 8:30 p.m.
Talking about recent plans, Trump said that he plans to return to Butler, Pennsylvania, where he was previously attacked by gunmen, in October. Trump said: "The next speech in Butler will be 'As I said... …' began, and that was the last thing Trump said before he was shot.
Speaking of economic issues, Trump said that American voters are most concerned about the economy and inflation. And claimed that his administration provided the American people with the largest tax cuts in history. At the end of June, Trump stated that he supported further reducing the corporate tax rate from the current 21% to 15%. However, according to an analysis by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, Trump's tax cuts are the eighth-largest tax cuts as a percentage of the economy's size (GDP) since 1918, and are not the largest tax cuts in U.S. history.
Speaking of Musk, Trump said Musk’s electric cars are “great.” The conversation did not end. Trump continued to express his dissatisfaction in various aspects, during which he also criticized the governor of California, while Musk offered his "patient ear."
It is understood that this is also the first time that Trump has returned to the x platform and participated in live interaction in more than a year. Trump was last active on x on August 24, 2023, when he posted a mugshot from an Atlanta jail after being tried in a Georgia election subversion case.
Earlier on Monday, before his live conversation with Musk, Trump posted on the x platform for the first time in a year and asked netizens, "Is your life better now than when I was president?" He then forwarded x An official message promoted his conversation with Musk on the platform on Monday night.
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It is worth mentioning that after Trump’s brief return, he did not forget to “attack” his rival, Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, on the platform. Trump ended one of the videos with the following text: "Reject San Francisco activist Kamala Harris."
In his conversation with Musk, Trump also blasted Kamala Harris for getting The Democratic presidential nominee has not given any long-form interviews since. He said: "It's very sad when you think about someone who does this for a living and can't answer questions or is afraid to be interviewed."
At the same time as this conversation was unfolding, the Harris campaign emailed Supporters launched a fundraising appeal with the theme, "On air tonight are two of the worst people you know." They wrote in the email: "Musk's pledge to donate millions of dollars to help Trump be re-elected is not enough. He is using the platform he purchased - one of the largest social media sites in the world - to reach millions of users Trump's crazy and hateful agenda
EU issues warning to Musk
Earlier on Monday, the European Union sent a warning letter to x owner Elon Musk, reminding him that the EU banned Elon Musk from Rules on social platforms promoting “harmful content” before interviewing former President Trump.
In a warning letter sent by EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton to X platform owner Elon Musk, he reminded Musk to pay attention to EU regulations against the spread of "harmful content", especially in the upcoming In an upcoming interview with former President Trump. Brayton stressed that with larger audiences comes greater responsibility, especially at large events where harmful content can be amplified. He reminded Musk that the X platform needs to comply with the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA), which aims to regulate illegal content and false information on large social media platforms.
Breton also pointed out that unaddressed harmful content in related activities, including live broadcasts, may increase the risk of x platforms and have a negative impact on civil dialogue and public safety. He also mentioned the recent violent riots in the UK, suggesting that the platform's response to such incidents could affect ongoing investigations into its compliance with the DSA.
Musk responded that he originally wanted to respond with a meme from the movie "Tropic Thunder," but he would not do something so rude and irresponsible. X Platform CEO Linda Yaccarino objected to the letter, calling it an unprecedented attempt to extend European laws to U.S. political activity. She also pointed out that this approach underestimated the judgment of European citizens and believed that they could not listen to the dialogue and draw their own conclusions on their own.
Trump's campaign team also expressed opposition to the EU's warning, saying that the EU should mind its own business and not try to interfere in the US presidential election. They argue that a victory for President Trump will mean America will no longer be exploited because he will wisely use tariffs and renegotiated trade deals to put America first. They also said the EU was an enemy of free speech and had no power to direct how the United States should conduct its election campaign.
