Trump Says Elon Musk Will Interview Him on Monday

Former President Donald J. Trump said connected Tuesday that helium would beryllium interviewed adjacent week by Elon Musk, the billionaire proprietor of the societal media level X and a erstwhile skeptic who has travel to clasp his candidacy.

In a station connected his ain societal media site, Truth Social, Mr. Trump said that their speech would hap connected Monday nighttime and that details would follow.

Representatives for the Trump run and for X did not instantly respond to requests for remark connected Tuesday.

Last month, astir a half-hour aft Mr. Trump was wounded successful an assassination effort successful Butler, Pa., Mr. Musk, who is besides the main enforcement of the electrical conveyance institution Tesla, endorsed his candidacy, breaking from a norm of self-declared neutrality by the leaders of societal media platforms.

On the run trail, Mr. Trump often says that Mr. Musk is simply a cardinal ally, and portion helium has mocked the scope and precocious outgo of electrical vehicles, helium has besides marveled astatine the technology.

Mr. Musk’s ties to America PAC, a pro-Trump ace PAC, person drawn aggravated scrutiny. The activities of the group, which had been readying to walk millions implicit the people of the campaign, person been mired successful disarray.

Mr. Trump is not the archetypal Republican statesmanlike campaigner of this predetermination rhythm to effort to pat into the scope of Mr. Musk’s societal media platform.

In May 2023, erstwhile Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida entered the superior race, a livestream featuring him and Mr. Musk was marred by a bid of method glitches. Mr. Trump and his allies pounced connected the mishap arsenic a motion of the authorities of Mr. DeSantis’s candidacy, which yet failed to summation traction. At the time, Donald Trump Jr. wrote a azygous connection connected societal media: “#DeSaster.”

After the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, portion the institution was inactive known arsenic Twitter and nether its erstwhile ownership, Mr. Trump’s account, which helium had utilized to scope tens of millions of followers during his presidency, was permanently suspended. Under Mr. Musk’s ownership, the institution reinstated him.

Theodore Schleifer contributed reporting.