Donald Trump returned to Twitter on 8/12/2024 by hosting a live conversation with X owner Elon Musk. The space was delayed approx. 4 minutes due to what Musk termed as a DDOS attack against the platform.

Moments after starting there were over 1 million people tuned in.

Elon Musk stated that the platform had been stress tested with 8 million simultaneous listeners earlier in preparation for the conversation.

They began the conversation by discussing the assassination try against President Trump. This is potentially the biggest recorded interview in history.

Donald Trump stated that he didn’t think about being courageous in the moments immediately following his assassination attempt. He said he simply wanted to get up. He stated that when he put his fist up the crowd was relieved that he was not fatally wounded.

Donald Trump also announced that the campaign would be returning to Butler, Pennsylvania in October.