As the election closes in and both sides prepare for a close election, both sides of the campaign have been throwing jabs at each other in an effort to win support.
Recently the Harris-Walz campaign said that 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.”
Trump’s Global Warming Comments Highlighted
The Harris-Walz official team highlighted Trump’s claim that global warming would result in “more oceanfront property.”
Musk’s Firing Decisions Under Scrutiny
They also shared a clip of Trump approving Musk’s decision to fire X employees who were on strike over labor disputes.
Trump Linked to Project 2025
The Harris-Walz campaign linked Trump to Project 2025, which Trump has disavowed. He says he has not read anything from Project 2025 and is not affiliated with the group based out of the Heritage Foundation.
Trump’s Education Policy Tied to Project 2025
Harris’s team cited Trump’s claim that he would abolish the Department of Education as proof of his consistency with the Project 2025 initiative.
Harris-Walz Campaign Denounces Trump’s Agenda
Campaign officials wrote, “Donald Trump’s extremism and dangerous project 2025 agenda is a feature, not a glitch, of his campaign, which was on full display for those unlucky enough to listen in tonight during whatever that was on X.com.”
Trump Campaign’s Response
The Trump campaign responded to the Harris-Walz campaign attack, saying, “KamalaHQ is just big mad they are playing with Play Doh while we’re playing chess.”
Trump Campaign’s Defense of Interview Format
Trump campaign officials continued, “The fact is that nobody can garner an audience like President Trump and spend over two hours talking about a variety of topics in a free-form conversation.”
Criticism of Harris’s Public Appearances
They criticized Harris, who does not often take unscripted questions from an audience and has considerably less air time than Trump, for discussing a wide variety of pressing political policy issues, saying, “Kamala needs to be programmed like a robot and can’t live without her teleprompter.”
Overview of Trump’s Interview on X
During Monday’s live interview on X, Trump and Musk discussed various topics for nearly two hours.
Commentary on Trump’s Interview Style
Political commentators have noted that Trump avoided his characteristic incendiary and inflammatory remarks during the exchange but that the interview’s tone was similar to that of his rallies.
Trump engaged in long discourses on various topics, criticized the current Administration and Harris’s potential Presidency as “incompetent,” and told many of the same well-received stories at his rallies.
Musk’s Endorsement and Campaign Contributions
Musk endorsed Trump for president earlier this year and made ongoing generous campaign contributions through a Republican-affiliated PAC.
Topics Addressed During the Interview
The two men discussed the economy, energy, immigration, and the recent failed assassination attempt on Trump’s life.
