Musk to interview Trump on X, as Harris reshapes presidential race

• Tesla CEO Elon Musk is set to interview Donald Trump on the streaming platform of X, which is owned by Musk.
• Despite being public enemies as recently as 2022, Musk endorsed Trump in July and the two have since emerged as one of the most unlikely pairings in this election.
• The interview is one of few campaign events from Trump this month so far, as he tries to find his footing in the more competitive race against Vice President Kamala Harris.

Elon Musk will interview former President Donald Trump Monday evening on X, the latest collaboration between two men whose unlikely alliance could be a significant factor shaping the final weeks of the presidential race.

"This is unscripted with no limits on subject matter, so should be highly entertaining!" Musk, the billionaire CEO of both Tesla and SpaceX, wrote in a Sunday X post. The event is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET and will be streamed on X Spaces.

Ahead of the event, Musk planned to perform "some system scaling tests" to gauge the X platform's streaming capabilities ahead of the event with Trump.

The tests are intended to prevent a repeat of the disastrous May 2023 live launch of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign, which was held on the social media platform. The webcast glitches derailed the highly-anticipated event.

The Trump interview is Musk's latest high profile foray into the 2024 presidential race.

Earlier this year, Musk created the America PAC, a pro-Trump political action committee that Musk reportedly had planned to bankroll with as much as $45 million a month. Musk later denied that he ever intended to give that much.

The PAC set out to mobilize 800,000 voters for Trump in critical swing states. But after a rocky start and high turnover, CNBC