The chat started at 8:42 p.m. local time Monday, 40 minutes later than scheduled, with more than 1 million users participating.

Musk said the outage was caused by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, although that has not been confirmed. During the call, Trump hinted that the large viewership had broken all records.

Before the interview, Mr. Trump posted videos and posts again on X after a year away from the Musk-owned social network. The former US President emphasized that the criminal charges against him were politically motivated, and called for support from his followers.

Billionaire Musk, who supported President Joe Biden in 2020, has now switched to supporting Mr. Trump, and the two shared many controversial views in this interview.

The conversation also shows the enormous influence that both Trump and Musk have on social media, even though the X platform has had many problems since Musk took over.

Hong Hanh (according to Reuters)