2024-08-13 03:53:04
The owner of the social network is now using his X account to spread his Pro-Republican political views. In this way, he decided to fight the Democratic camp and “wake up.”
“Confirmation proof.” In a tweet published this Monday, Elon Musk announced that he will have an interview this Tuesday, August 12 with the former President of the United States and candidate for his re-election, Donald Trump. The interview is to be broadcast on X (ex-twitter). In recent weeks, the billionaire has officially supported the Party’s candidate.
According to The Wall Street Journal, The two men met in March and have since spoken regularly on the phone. The advisory role for the tech mogul will even come under discussion if the former president takes the keys to the White House again. “I respect Elon Musk a lot, and he respects me”Donald Trump said at a press conference last week. “Like me, you think that this country has great problems and is in great danger.” Elon Musk did not give any more hints about the content of his exchange with the former President of the United States but promised an interview “Without a predetermined scenario, without limits on the topics covered and which should be very entertaining!”.
Encourage 800,000 people to vote for Trump
The plan for this interview seems to have been well thought out. According to the research o Wall Street Journal Elon Musk also met, during weekly meetings, advisers and suppliers close to Republicans and Donald Trump. The latter presented him with a “Political Action Committee” (or political action committee in French). in the name “PAC”he aims to encourage 800,000 people to vote for Donald Trump in key states. To achieve this, the budget for this PAC is estimated at $160 million. Elon Musk’s involvement in this was revealed on July 12 by Bloomberg, which reported that the billionaire donated an unknown amount to the PAC.
More than investing in this project, Elon Musk practically took control of it, also revealed can Wall Street Journal. Less than three months after its launch, Elon Musk reportedly approved the resignation of several of the project’s suppliers. He also reportedly replaced Texas-based advisers after the failed election campaign of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. “Musk approached the election campaign with his characteristic, hands-on, chaotic style, reminiscent of his 2022 Twitter takeover and his initial efforts to meet Tesla’s production goals”reported the American newspaper, which said: “The super PAC’s new leader is confident he can fulfill the party’s mandate, and the Trump team has expressed support for the recent changes.”
Donald Trump started tweeting again
A godsend for Donald Trump, if you can’t dream of good support. With this interview on X and the participation of its owner in the PAC, Donald Trump hopes to be back on the platform, with which he has experienced ups and downs. The former president was suspended in January 2021 following the attack on the Capitol. Before you see your account was rebuilt last November, right after the purchase of the platform by Elon Musk. So far, Donald Trump has tweeted only once, in August 2023. In his tweet, he promoted his official website with a photo of his judgement.
But in recent hours, the politician has broken his silence. Now facing Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, Donald Trump finds his campaign in a bit of trouble. This unique interview on X aims to confirm your online presence. In a few hours, you can tweet multiple times in a row. He first shared a clip of his campaign, where he is marching under the storm with his famous hat “Make America Great Again” screw on the head. Other processes followed, of his meetings across the United States and pictures of his supporters excited to see him at the meeting.
In the process, Donald Trump challenged his subscribers to 88.1 million. “Are you in a better position today than when I was president? Our economy is broken. Our borders are broken. We are a nation in decline. Make the American dream AFFORDABLE again. Make America safe again. Make America Great Again”, he refused. A message that is compatible with your economic system, which is intended to be safe. It proposed, in particular, the establishment of a customs duty on goods manufactured abroad, in order to favor American goods.
Elon Musk worried about the virus
To address this topic, like the rest of your political agenda, you can therefore rely on Elon Musk. In addition to showing his preference for Donald Trump and hosting this interview, the billionaire has made his own X account following real politics.
As the journalists noted you Washington Post : “Previously, almost a third of your news feed was devoted to posts about your Tesla and SpaceX companies. […] From now on, publications with the word “the virus of the heart woke” (literally “the virus of right thinking” which aims, using Elon Musk, to criticize the Democratic camp, editorial note) are in the same place. According to Elon Musk, this “Virus Wake” preventing progress. The billionaire sees him as a real enemy to fight. With one goal: to do it to “it destroys civilization” and human beings “didn’t get to mars”.
As a result, the billionaire then started tweeting or sharing almost outrageous political content. She openly criticized questions about gender identity, but not only that. On July 29, it was a stupid video generated by artificial intelligence and making false statements about Kamala Harris, which she shared with her 198 million subscribers. In recent days, it was on the situation in the United Kingdom that Elon Musk did not fail to give his opinion. Under a post about the immigration conflicts taking place in the country, he responded with a comment “that civil war is inevitable.” It also featured several tweets against British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Call to order
This political shift on his account raises questions. A few hours before the interview with Donald Trump, the European Commission reminded Elon Musk of its content moderation obligations in the European Union.
The exchange has access to all users of the platform, including those of Europe, the billionaire must be in full compliance with the Digital Services Act, the text of which lists the obligations in question. However, the exercise, between two men accustomed to angry and controversial declarations, will be dangerous, on a platform that is accused of becoming a spokesperson for the right and weak in the face of information.
It remains to be seen whether the interview will take place without incident but also without technical problems. Previous similar interviews on X have turned into a fiasco. Like the entrance to the campaign of former Republican candidate Ron DeSantis, announced on X and managed by Elon Musk, but which has faced broadcasting problems.
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