Elon Musk’s X to stage town hall with Donald Trump
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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.
A Townhall where Trump interacts with a live audience is an excellent format for him. A “Townhall“ like Martha McCallum and Brett Baier used to sabotage Trump at the Lincoln Memorial in 2020 is not good for Trump. If the moderators can choose the questions and the order in advance, they can prepare prepare additional rebuttals against Trump. I hope Trump does not do a digital Town Hall.