Mr. Donald Trump posted on social network X on August 12, before his direct conversation with Elon Musk.
Mr. Donald Trump returned to the platform that previously banned him just hours before the Republican candidate in the 2024 US presidential election was interviewed by X's owner, Elon Musk.
Billionaire Elon Musk restored Mr. Trump's account shortly after buying X in 2022.
Mr. Trump's first post was a two-and-a-half-minute ad titled “Make America Great Again” and had no caption.
The post, which covered his rise to presidency and the legal battles that followed, attracted more than 4.8 million views in less than an hour, with more than 50,000 retweets and 21,000 comments.
Another post by Mr. Trump criticized Vice President Kamala Harris , his Democratic opponent in this year's presidential election.
The former President also reposted a post from his campaign's official X account to promote his interview with Elon Musk on the platform. The interview was broadcast live on Mr. Trump's official account starting at 8:00 p.m. Eastern time on August 12 (7:00 a.m. on August 13, Vietnam time).
"This will be the interview of the century!" Post written in capital letters.
Elon Musk publicly supported Mr. Trump's re-election effort last month, right after the failed assassination attempt on the former president.
"The live conversation with Mr. Trump will be unscripted and unlimited in topic" - Elon Musk wrote on August 11, adding that "the conversation will be very interesting" and encouraging users to post questions. ask and comment.
August 12 was the second time Mr. Trump posted on X since his account was suspended after the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021 and restored in 2022.
His only other post since then was on August 24, 2023, when he shared a portrait of himself after appearing in court in Atlanta on felony charges related to his failed attempt to overturn the Georgia state election in 2020.
