Tech Problems Mar Launch of Trump-Musk Interview

Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Elon Musk's interview of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was marred by technical issues that the tech billionaire blamed on a cyber attack.

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fElon and the Felon

A show that sucks so bad no one watches.

#1 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-08-13 01:00 AM | Reply

Stable jeniuses.

#2 | Posted by Nixon at 2024-08-13 07:23 AM | Reply

Two overheated glitches with a rusty AAA battery, half a bucket of sea water, and a gasping sand shark waddle into a bar ...

#3 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2024-08-13 09:00 AM | Reply

strange that this so called cyber attack didn't impact other live streams that were occurring on twitsocial at the same time.

#4 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2024-08-13 10:43 AM | Reply

Trumpanzee speak
NABJ
Donald Trump (05:39):

And for you to start off a question and answer period, especially when you're 35 minutes late because you couldn't get your equipment to work, in such a hostile manner, I think it's a disgrace. I really do think it's a disgrace.

Soooooooo.... how come he didn't crawl up his South Afrikan DEI hire's fanny and the delayed broadcast before launching into toothless talking points gumming up the discussion?

#5 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2024-08-13 11:12 AM | Reply

From what I recall, the delay at NABJ was due to Trump's refusal to be fact-checked, not anything technical.
This was an unmitigated technical disaster by a man who the WSJ referred to as a "brilliant engineer" who tried to blame external forces working against him. There weren't.

Sound familiar?

#6 | Posted by YAV at 2024-08-13 11:23 AM | Reply

Donnie the Lisp

#7 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-08-13 11:50 AM | Reply

Sound familiar?

#6 | Posted by YAV at 2024-08-13 11:23 AM | Reply | Flag: MMMHHHMMM

Only this time I think he just dragged himself out of bed or off an "Addy" crash and he hadn't had time to freshen up while the meds kicked in. The dude is tired... timing waaaayyy off... not enough D-cokes in the world gonna put straight in his spine.

#8 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2024-08-13 12:01 PM | Reply

Greatest interview in all of history!

Trump: (one hour of cranky grandpa)

Musk: "Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah."

#9 | Posted by Derek_Wildstar at 2024-08-13 12:25 PM | Reply

Elon Musk claims live Trump interview on X derailed by DDoS
www.theregister.com

... The Register has found no evidence of a denial of service attack directed at X. Check Point Software's live cyber threat map does not record unusual levels of activity at the time of writing. NetScout's real-time DDoS map recorded only small attacks on the US.

If a DDoS was indeed the reason for the delayed start of the event, it appears not to have impacted the rest of X's operations " there were plenty of posts commenting on the problems with the Space occupied by the interview. And Musk was tweeting from the very network said to be under attack.

This is not the first time an X-hosted political event has struggled. In May 2023, would-be Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis's livestreamed campaign launch crashed and featured regular unplanned silences. ...

#10 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-08-13 12:30 PM | Reply

73 million views last night

#11 | Posted by Maverick at 2024-08-13 12:37 PM | Reply | Funny: 2

Donnie the Lisp

#7 | POSTED BY LEGALLYYOURDEAD

I noticed that. Did he have a lisp before? At first it was a slur. Everyone knew he had a slur. He was proud of his slur.

Then suddenly he just BECAME a Lisp.

#12 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-08-13 12:38 PM | Reply

73 million views last night
#11 | Posted by Maverick

How many were bots? Does twitter still have 73M actual real users anymore?

#13 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2024-08-13 12:56 PM | Reply

73 million views last night

Lol! Trump said "60 million"

Those monitoring said 1.1 million at peak, and people dropped. It was that painful.

#14 | Posted by YAV at 2024-08-13 12:59 PM | Reply

73 million views last night

#11 | Posted by Maverick

That many people got to hear trump sucking his dentures back into his fat head?

#15 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2024-08-13 01:00 PM | Reply

73 million views last night

#11 | POSTED BY MAVERICK

You sure? Not a billion? A trillion even sounds better. Let's go for a trillion. The bigger the lie the better amiright?

#16 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-08-13 01:06 PM | Reply

Thith wath a lithtlith performanth.

(listless)

#17 | Posted by Corky at 2024-08-13 01:51 PM | Reply

Kamala breaks the back of honesty and truth and does nothing for AMERICAN citizens. Sad indeed! But she is so typical of leftists working only for power instead of a better country.

#18 | Posted by Robson at 2024-08-13 06:14 PM | Reply

Kamala breaks the back of honesty and truth and does nothing for AMERICAN citizens. Sad indeed! But she is so typical of leftists working only for power instead of a better country.

#19 | Posted by Robson at 2024-08-13 06:39 PM | Reply

Kamala breaks the back of honesty and truth and does nothing for AMERICAN citizens. Sad indeed! But she is so typical of leftists working only for power instead of a better country.

#19 | Posted by Robson

Saving america from a russian puppet climate change denying fascist traitor does a lot for american citizens.

Which party was it that decided democracy needed replacing when their cult leader lost an election?

#20 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2024-08-13 06:43 PM | Reply

What do you get when two people who do not know how to have a conversation are in a room together? People saw it last night ...

#21 | Posted by catdog at 2024-08-13 06:49 PM | Reply

Robotson is just phoning it in. Probably has a lisp, too.

#22 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-08-14 12:19 AM | Reply

"fElon and the Felon"

The Felon and the Snowflake.

#23 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-08-14 02:20 PM | Reply