Richard Arnold: US Correspondent on the technical difficulties and response to Elon Musk's interview with Donald Trump

Published: Aug. 13, 2024, 8:09 p.m.

Elon Musk's live interview with Donald Trump's caught people's attention, but not for the reason he'd hoped. \xa0

The conversation had a bumpy start after a 40-minute delay due to technical difficulties on X. \xa0

It's being labelled a high-profile embarrassment for the billionaire, whose platform's faced multiple outages since he took over. \xa0

Last year, former candidate Ron DeSantis faced a similar server meltdown launching his campaign. \xa0

US correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking once it got going, it was hardly an interview,\xa0with Musk having already endorsed Trump. \xa0

He says the audio quality was so bad that some listeners reported hearing Trump slurring and talking with a lisp. \xa0

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