The Elon / Trump interview on X starts with an immediate tech disaster

Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Photo: Getty Images Elon Musk’s “conversation” with former President Donald Trump got off to a rocky start. The interview, which was hosted on X Spaces and scheduled to begin at 8PM ET Monday night, crashed almost immediately.
Those who did manage to get into the Space, including several Verge staffers, said it kicked off with lo-fi techno playing from Trump’s account for roughly 30 minutes.Eighteen minutes after the conversatio