I am going to give it a * STRONG 8.5 and I think it got better as it went on.*
It seemed like Elon had to get used to Trump's speed and calm himself during those 10-12 minute replies, and all the (EUREKA!) moments Trump has where during Musk's responses he hears another topic he can comment on and tries to push into it immediately.
Trump was aggressive at the onset and calmed down as the interview went on, some of the better moments from him were towards the conclusion of the interview I thought. I enjoyed how gracious he was toward his host, you could see how the many anecdotes where they mention that quality of his are really true without any stretching.
What are your grades and thoughts friends?
Went well I give it a 17.MAGA
10 because it was better than I expected. Possibly could have a very normalizing effect for people who are unsure about Trump. It was pleasing to listen to two mercurial type personalities engage and seem to enjoy each others company.
8.5-9 I agree. It was nice to listen to this with no gotcha agendas at play. I'm sure Trump was anticipating some of that at the beginning. When was the last time he was not taking fire from the interviewer?
Same. Both of them have a non standard way of talking which is a little distracting. We know the scoop with Elon. Trump has a smart people talk issue. When smart people talk to each other all the time, the words are choppy and the sentences are truncated. That is because the other guy is filling in all the blanks. Saying all the words makes smart people bored or anxious to get to what they want to say. Trump has been working on that and is much better.
Someone I was talking to about President Trump’s speaking is it’s a NYC style… stream of consciousness…that a lot of people find distracting.
A simple bit of patience and it’s fine to listen to. Those with 144 character minds have issues…about this and so many other things.
I think America need this century's version of Fireside Chats but not from people that are Marxists, but Patriots. I would like to see this more often.
A lot of users referring to the event as being similar to a modernized "Fireside Chat" just now...
I would definitely agree that Elon should maybe try to do more of these in the future in some kind of format. It would be cool if he could get other relevant political voices to come on with him before the election, maybe do them once every two weeks or so.
I did read that a similar platform and structure was extended to Kamala Harris and she declined... so I am not sure if he would get anyone relevant from the left...
But after looking at metrics and the increased visibility (**like Elon repeatedly mentioned this was ideal to be listened to by independent voters, and I know he was likely gunning for center left types like himself) and if this talk made an impact. He could do future "X spaces discussions" with JD Vance and other relevant MAGA voices that many of this voting group haven't heard speak directly and likely have preconceived notions about due to hearing the MSM news.
Probably not going to happen and already the MSM is completely hammering the delayed start but hopeful there will be an impact from this one at least.
Agreed, which is why we should push for it. I didn't see anyone else use the term Fireside Chat except for me. I'm glad others thought so. Back over 90 years ago, those chats were produced by a Marxist, albeit hidden. We have a chance to take it back the same way [they] stole it.
It did feel like they were in the same room, chatting in front of a fireplace while we were allowed to listen in.
Of course they won't get Kamala or other leftists because they can't handle being spontaneous, without a teleprompter and not knowing the questions ahead of time they'll just quickly get lost in their own word salad.
It was 45 times better than what I would have done tonight without it.
I give it a 10. The whole purpose of this was to show Trump carrying on an extemporaneous conversation for an hour or more. This stands in stark contrast to anything Harris could handle.
Great response and points!
I liked the fireside chat feel that it had.
On a scale of 1-1776
It gets a 17 from me as well. LOL
17
I thought it was 2 hours of conversation, not an "interview" and I loved it Bigly! ✨
You are right, it was a talk and not an interview... I should've been more careful with my language there.
Nice of you to add your opinion though, and agreed! 😃
I wasn't addressing you fren...it was advertised as a interview and Elon asked for questions and they were great! I'll find the link.
Oh, my bad, I didn't actually ever join directly, just listened in via other channels, so I didn't read the actual title on X. Did not realize they called it an interview as well.
Sorry for the mistake, I still appreciated your response though!
Of course fren!
Read the questions submitted to Elon:
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1822800186520838531
https://twstalker.com/elonmusk/status/1822800186520838531
I'd give it a 7.. but that was just because I am so ready for big reveals finally and the rest of mankind to grow its balls back. It got the job done, though, and I realize the interview is not for me - it's for the 6-10% to wake up before they end up in the 4-5%.
Right on, I did grade it based on some of your sentiments exactly, although I ended up going a little higher by a point or so. Like you I also realized that this wasn't for "us". After looking at the sheer size of the audience that this thing made it out to (absolutely monstrous and hopefully works to establish connections with a good % of the typical low info, idk about voting for him type voters) I recognize that it kind of had to be mostly "basic bitch Trump" for that reason.
But you're right, I have been one of the MOST patient and never really got the "pepe zoomies" that so many seem to go through until just recently.
Its odd in a way because for all of the lawfare and then the frigging assassination attempt on him, the "feel" of things is that thesecare bigger events but somehow making smaller actual impacts then they otherwise should...
I blame the MSM of course, which by now EVERYONE knows are totally fraudulent except the people who are intentionally allowing themselves to be gaslit to continue hating Trump.
I have considered also that maybe we have hit a sort of 'critical mass' where we finally DO have a major amount of the general public on board now and there are just the hardcore fringes left over. Lets say it was 60% of the country in 2020 and now maybe 70%+ so the swings don't feel commensurate based on what's happening.
Ultimately though, I think a good 10-15% of everybody and maybe near 50% of MAGA is like us, ready and THEN SOME for the full DECLAS and getting a little worried/impatient for the moment. Meanwhile some of us (me at least) watching this Kamala Harris "cheapfake" horseshit, running on nothing but thin air, and wondering how its possible and if it has any basis in reality.
I did hear some pleasant moments thar gave slight reveals, "other countries with [an Iron Dome] that nobody knows about" and Trump sharing his knowledge of prison populations in other countries worldwide and their back and forth about nuclear and other energy had some genuinely entertaining moments as well.
My hope is that Trump gained ground with part of the population that is still dubious about him, but smart enough to change their minds as the race continues and more surprises happen.
Judging by the media climate, where unfortunately the MSM still holds a lot of sway, I think the time was ripe to get some more ears listening to him now, particularly the ones who haven't yet heard the information before it was tampered with by the media.
It seems as though the biggest event of the year turned out to be the debate with Biden. The lamestream media and [DS] were left truly scrambling after that, with wild swings persisting for nearly a month.
Based on that and recent (dumbfounding) polling I think there will be more reveals and they will be less about Trump and more the sort that are embarrassing and damaging to the left. With Trump's voice now cutting into their constant lib-splaining it will further damage their credulity and the transparent lies about their forward policy agenda.
I heard Rogan say recently that he was amazed at how many were happy and willing to swallow the blatant lying just to keep hating and rejecting Trump; perhaps the next phase for us and MAGA will not be efforts to ADD OR STEAL votes from the left, but rather to make certain members ((anti-Israel anti-Jew pro-HAMAS pro-fashionable politics) become utterly disgusted and disillusioned with the Democratic party so as to withhold their votes entirely.
For every sneaky-assed Dem operative they had working the ballot count at polls circa 2020, if we could replace that agent with one who leads their brethren to refrain from voting and demonstrate in protest at the polling place, that may be the real way we beat the cheat.
Thanks for the post, obviously you stirred up some inspiration for me LOL.