Trump, 78, pointed the finger at the social media platform after viewers of Monday night’s livestream interview probed whether the Republican presidential candidate was slurring or had a lisp.
“Unfortunately, because of the complexity of modern day equipment, and cellphone technology, my voice was, in certain areas, somewhat different and strange,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social late Tuesday as he addressed concerns over his vocals.
“Therefore, we have put out an actual, and perfect, recording of the conversation.”
The ex-commander-in-chief went on to praise his two-hour chat with the tech titan, which more than 1.2 million X users tuned in for at once.
“My conversation with Elon last night was heard by a RECORD audience, and was really something special, as Elon himself is very special – and I thank him for such a strong Endorsement!” Trump added in his post.
The interview was initially delayed by roughly 40 minutes — a glitch Musk initially blamed on a server attack but then backtracked and attributed to “unforced errors” and “mistakes” by his X team.
“Given the prominence of this conversation, there was of course a 100% probability of DDOS attacks,” Musk said, referring to a “Distributed Denial of Service” — an online site breakdown that occurs when fake users flood its server and block incoming traffic.
“We also had some unforced errors ourselves,” he added in response to a slew of complaints.
“But good work by the X team fending off the attacks and fixing our mistakes! All’s well that ends well.”
Trump and Musk ended up chewing over several key 2024 election issues during their X discussion, including immigration, foreign policy, inflation, government spending and energy.