Former president Donald Trump’s interview with Elon Musk on X last night generated millions of views and at its peak registered over 200,000 simultaneous viewers. While the opening was rough – either through overcapacity or a DDoS attack – the interview wasn’t terrible. Professional interviewers in the media aren’t at risk of losing their jobs to Musk, but in the interview, Trump came off as personable and more upbeat than he had been in a while.
One thing that I heard more than anything else from people who lean left is that Trump “focused so much on the shooting,” which is an understandable thing for him to do. He came within millimeters of losing his life, and given some of his recent public performances (the RNC speech and his Mar-a-Lago press conference in particular), it’s clear it threw him off his game a bit.
But outside of that first 30 minutes or so – which also provided a…
