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Trump and Musk LIVE: X audio stream fails to load

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Former President Donald Trump and Elon Musk‘s X stream got off to a shaky start tonight as the stream failed to load.

The hotly anticipated stream was due to start at 8pm but as millions logged on to watch, a blank page appeared in the Spaces screen on Musk’s social media platform. 

Musk quickly said that X was the victim of a cyber-attack and pledged that the show would go on with a smaller audience.  

X users greeted with music as Musk-Trump interview remains delayed

X users were greeted with loud music as they attempted to get into Donald J. Trump’s ‘Space’ to hear the former president converse with X owner Elon Musk.

Eventually the music stopped and a ruffling sound could be heard.

Then Trump appeared to have muted his line.

The highly anticipated interview was supposed to kick off at 8 p.m.

Musk endorsed Trump on the heels of the assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Musk pledges the show will go on

Elon Musk said that his conversation with former President Donald Trump would happen with a smaller audience and he would release an audio recording directly afterward after a tech snafu derailed Monday night’s programming.

Musk said his website, X, was the victim of a cyber-attack, which is why the Trump interview wouldn’t load.

‘We tested the system with 8 million concurrent listeners earlier today,’ the SpaceX and Tesla CEO insisted.

Elon Musk claims ‘massive’ cyberattack on X

Elon Musk tweeted 18 minutes after his conversation with former President Donald Trump was supposed to begin that X was the victim of a ‘massive’ cyberattack.

Technology fail delays Musk’s interview with Trump

Elon Musk’s highly anticipated conversation with former President Donald Trump started off with a glitch.

Users trying to click into Donald J. Trump’s ‘space’ on X were unable to do so, as the site froze Monday night.

The interview was supposed to kick off at 8 p.m. ET. but still hadn’t started 15 minutes past the hour.

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