Posted on 06/01/2024 11:31:45 AM PDT by UnwashedPeasant
Elon Musk’s social media platform X will stage a town hall with former President Donald Trump — three years after he was suspended from the site in the wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol riots.
The presumptive Republican nominee for president, who was convicted Thursday in connection with a hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels, will answer submitted questions during the livestream event, which will also be broadcast in a partnership deal with cable channel NewsNation.
The social media company is also planning a similar town hall with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, who is running for president as an independent. President Joe Biden was invited by the social media company to do a debate or a town hall, but he declined, according to The Wall Street Journal, which first reported news of the X sit-downs.
The date, location and moderators for the town halls have yet to be announced.
X users will submit questions but the moderators will have final say over what is asked.
The moderators will likely include at least one NewsNation host, alongside other journalists, Axios reported.
Trump, who famously steamrolled CNN’s Kaitlan Collins during a town hall last year, has the first of his two debates against Biden slated for June 27.
The idea for the town halls was first conceived by X CEO Linda Yaccarino, who pitched it to Nexstar Media Group, NewsNation’s parent company.
The Post has sought comment from X and NewsNation as well as the campaigns for Trump, Kennedy and Biden.
Trump has posted just once on X since his ban was lifted by Musk last year after he acquired the site formerly known as Twitter for $44 billion in late 2022,
The town hall comes a flurry of reports indicating that Musk and Trump have grown closer in recent months.
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Unite. Don’t be a divider!
Did you read? The date has not yet been announced.
Twitter had the noticing right after Elon officially took over.
Why would you think I’m anti-Trump?
Only explanation is you’re a moron or a Chicom shill.
A lot of you.
You guys are disruptors.
Do a fly on the wall in the warehouse/Biden camp would be amazing. They were confident they would get through to heavily coordinated/control debates, now this throws a giant wrench in the works.
Unfortunately Trump is still under a gag order making him unable to discuss many details of the injustice of the trial.
Elon has changed his mind since they started going after him and his companies. He is all in on Trump now, but has to play the somewhat centrist/neutral role as owner of X. As for his leanings, he is a Radical Centrist. Look up the wiki entry on that.
Musk has security, and he likes BIG guns.
There are photo’s of some.
I’m still banned on Twitter.
I wonder how many conservatives are still banned on Twitter.
Let’s see Biden do this, never in a million years unless the questions are pre-approved and the answers pre-written
But the trial is OVER!
(And while SlowJoe is trying to formulate answers, just lean over and sniff her hair.)
Do this throughout 'debate'.
Oughta give him heart failure!
That’s what I thought too.
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