Elon Musk’s highly-publicized interview with Donald Trump on X (formerly Twitter) was marred by significant technical difficulties, delaying the start by almost an hour and leading to user frustration. Musk attributed the glitches to a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, though some employees and external sources suggest it was simply due to high user traffic. The interview, described by Musk as unscripted and highly entertaining, received criticism for its lack of substantive policy discussion and was perceived by some as propagandistic. Additionally, Trump's relaxed demeanor led to noticeable speech anomalies, which some experts attributed to his comfort with Musk. The event was part of a broader effort by Trump to regain political momentum amid declining poll numbers against Democratic candidate Kamala Harris.