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Musk Blames "Massive DDOS Attack On X" For Delay In Trump Interview

Anderson Cooper 360

CNN

News

3.73.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Former President Donald Trump returned to X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, for the first time in nearly a year today, sharing new campaign videos and making several posts. Tonight, despite a roughly 30-minute delay, the former president sat down for a live-streamed interview with the platform's CEO Elon Musk. Plus, John King's "All Over The Map" series continues, this time in the Philadelphia suburbs which could swing the election.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

CNN is live from Chicago as Democrats unite to offer their support for their new nominee,

0:05.2

Vice President Kamil Harris, and her running mate Governor Tim Walls.

0:08.8

Follow CNN for complete coverage of the Democratic National Convention on CNN and streaming on Max.

0:17.0

Tonight on 360, how Donald Trump is responding for the first time in a long time to

0:22.3

real competition on the campaign

0:23.9

trail his journey back to the Twitter era also to his self-made world of

0:28.3

alternative facts. Also tonight the candidate whose crowds he now envies and the questions for her,

0:34.3

including when she'll get more specific about her plans elected.

0:37.6

And later, John King all over the map in the Philadelphia suburb, which could swing the election.

0:42.1

He's talking to voters still trying to decide.

0:45.2

Good evening, thanks for joining us. The last time the former president posted on the

0:48.7

former Twitter was on August 24th of last year. He put up a mug shot of himself. It was his first time on the network,

0:56.2

now known as X since January 6, 2021, and his last until today. When he put up a flurry of postings just ahead of tonight's

1:04.0

online interview with ex-owner, a billionaire, and Trump supporter

1:07.1

Elon Musk, here's a portion of one of them.

1:11.6

We will drive out the globalist, we will cast out the communist, Marxist and fascist.

1:17.0

We will throw off the sick political class that hates our country.

1:21.0

We will route the fake news media and we will liberate America

1:25.8

from these villains once and for all.

1:29.6

So a happy positive message. he posted quote our economy is shattered our border has been a race for a nation in decline

1:38.4

The dark tone aside the facts do not support any of that any more than the facts support his claim that these

1:44.2

crowds at the Harris-Waltz event last week at Detroit's main airport were the

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