Source: Elon Musk’s X to stage town hall with Donald Trump
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.
埃隆·马斯克的社交媒体平台 X 将与前总统唐纳德·特朗普 一起举办市政厅活动——三年前，他因 1 月 6 日国会大厦骚乱而被平台禁用。 这位共和党总统候选人周四因向色情明星斯托米·丹尼尔斯支付封口费而被定罪，他将在直播活动中回答提交的问题，直播活动也将通过与有线电视频道 NewsNation 合作进行播出。 这家社交媒体公司还计划与以独立人士身份竞选总统的小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪举办类似的市政厅活动。 据最先报道 X 市政厅活动新闻的《华尔街日报》报道，总统乔·拜登曾受这家社交媒体公司邀请参加一场辩论或市政厅活动，但他拒绝了。 市政厅活动的日期、地点和主持人尚未公布。 X 用户将提交问题，但主持人对所问内容拥有最终决定权。 据 Axios 报道，主持人可能至少包括一名 NewsNation 主持人以及其他记者。 特朗普去年在市政厅活动击败了 CNN 的凯特兰·柯林斯，这一事件广为人知，他与拜登的两场辩论的第一场定于 6 月 27 日举行。 市政厅活动的想法最初是由 X 首席执行官琳达·亚卡里诺提出的，她将其推荐给 NewsNation 的母公司 Nexstar Media Group。 《华盛顿邮报》已寻求 X 和 NewsNation 以及特朗普、肯尼迪和拜登竞选团队的评论。 自从马斯克于 2022 年底以 440 亿美元收购了该网站（前身为 Twitter）后解除了禁令以来，特朗普只在 X 上发过一次帖子。
