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On Monday, Republican presidential felonee—sorry, nominee—Donald Trump sat down with Twitter throttler Elon Musk on Spaces, X’s platform for live audio discussions, so that the two rich-yet-comically-mediocre white men could engage in the most boring two-hour lie-and-cry-o-thon, which roughly 1 million listeners sat through because, hell, I don’t know, they needed to get some sleep and they were out of melatonin.
Most of the virtual discussion was quite predictable. Trump bashed migrants, leveled a litany of insults against Vice President Kamala Harris, and rambled on incoherently while Musk mostly agreed with everything he said and kept the conversation friendly so that Trump wouldn’t get flustered by tough but relevant questions. (I mean, it’s not like this was an NABJ stage or anything like that.)
There was, however, this one weird moment when Trump complimented Harris’ appearance, calling her “beautiful,” and saying she resembled his wife, which would have been wildly uncharacteristic of Trump—if he hadn’t just gotten through repeatedly calling her dumb and incompetent.
From the Independent:
In the interview, Trump launched into a scathing critique of Harris calling her a “terrible” leader, before he swiftly drifted to fawning over her “beautiful” appearance.
“We need smart people, and people that have the ability to lead. She doesn’t have that ability. Can you imagine her with chairman Xi [Jinpin, President of the People’s Republic of China],” he said, speaking with a distinct lisp.
Musk, who remained agreeable throughout the two-hour interview, admitted that it “would be silly.”
“She is terrible, she is terrible,” Trump doubled down. “She’s getting a free ride.”
The former president then abruptly segued into talking about Harris’ looks, drawing comparison between her and the former first lady.
“I saw a picture of her on Time magazine today. She looks like the most beautiful actress ever to live,” Trump said of Harris, referring to the latest edition of Time magazine, which brands Harris’ campaign as “the swiftest vibe shift in modern political history.”
“She looked very much like our great first lady, Melania,” Trump gushed as Musk met his comment with an awkward chuckle and a reserved, “yeah…”
First of all, Trump, the only thing Kamala Harris and Melania Trump have in common is that neither of them seems to like you.
Anyway, without addressing the remark about how “beautiful” the Democratic nominee is, Harris’ campaign dismissed the interview as two hours of useless, rich, white nonsense that no one with a brain should have wasted their time listening to.
“Trump’s entire campaign is in service of people like Elon Musk and himself — self-obsessed rich guys who will sell out the middle class and who cannot run a livestream in the year 2024,” the campaign wrote in an official statement after the interview.
Meanwhile, the fine folks on X are not ignoring Trump’s weird compliment towards Harris, with many X users calling the remark “creepy” and others wondering if Trump wants to run against Harris or shoot his shot at her.
Check out the reactions below.
