During an interview on X’s Spaces, former President Donald Trump said to Elon Musk that a chart discussing illegal immigration saved his life from the July 13 assassination attempt.
Despite some technical issues, Trump and Musk discussed various topics, including Trump’s experience with an assassination attempt. Trump recalled that while presenting an illegal immigration chart at a rally in Butler, PA, he turned his head just in time to avoid a bullet fired by Thomas Matthew Crooks. The bullet grazed Trump’s ear, and he continued to emphasize that it was a miracle and an act of God, as reported by TMZ. The former president even joked that if it wasn’t for illegal immigration, he would’ve been speaking to Musk from “a different realm.”
Elon Musk expressed his support for legal immigration, and President Trump agreed with his stance before shifting the conversation to discuss the assassination attempt. According to reports, it appeared that Musk may have been trying to goad Trump into criticizing the Secret Service by mentioning the lack of rooftop security. However, Trump redirected the conversation and praised the Secret Service agents and the sniper who stopped the attacker. He also mentioned his intention to hold a campaign rally in Butler in October.
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The interview was scheduled to start at 8 PM EST, but it was delayed due to technical difficulties that caused many users to struggle to join the conversation. Musk blamed the issues on a denial of service attack and claimed that the system had been tested with 8 million listeners earlier in the day without any issues. However, he decided to move the interview to a smaller space and promised to upload the unedited version immediately after the interview.
In the lead-up to the interview, Trump became active on X for the first time since August 2023, posting campaign ads and attacks on his political rival, Kamala Harris. This marked a significant shift for Trump, who had largely confined his social media presence to his own platform, Truth Social, after being banned from X, then known as Twitter, following the January 6 Capitol riots in 2021.