Elon Musk has reported that X is suffering from a massive DDOS attack, delaying the broadcast of his interview with Donald Trump. A DDOS attack floods a website with traffic to make it inaccessible. Conservative accounts circulated photos of Trump and Musk on X. The conversation included Musk endorsing Trump for president. Trump criticized Kamala Harris as a “San Francisco liberal” claiming she has destroyed California. Trump also made false claims about the economy and blamed China for the Covid pandemic. Trump and Musk discussed the climate crisis and the energy requirements of AI. Musk proposed a government efficiency commission to manage taxpayer money. Trump discussed various topics from national security to climate change without much pushback from Musk. The technical difficulties faced by X were blamed on a DDOS attack by Musk. The X platform has struggled with technical difficulties in the past, attributed to infrastructure challenges after Musk laid off staff and closed data centers. Trump criticized Harris on immigration and border issues. This conversation took place amidst a record-breaking number of listeners tuning in to watch the live interview.
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