Aug 13, 2024 - 09:24
By huffpost.com

The 5 Wildest Moments From Donald Trump And Elon Musk’s 2-Hour Bro-Fest

Former President Donald Trump went on a two-hour tear of lies, exaggerations and fearmongering in a conversation Monday with billionaire Elon Musk on the X social media platform.

The chat between the two men, one the Republican nominee for president and the other the world’s richest man, is Trump’s latest effort to appeal to voters as Vice President Kamala Harris has continued to gain ground in the early days of her Democratic presidential bid. Musk, who has endorsed Trump, said the event was meant to let people “get a feel” for what the former president is like when he’s having a casual conversation.

“It’s hard to catch a vibe when people don’t talk in a normal way,” Musk said.

Here are five notable moments from their conversation.

Trump repeated his lies about a migrant crisis on the southern border.

The former president shared familiar attacks against migrants who cross the U.S. border with Mexico, describing many of them as “rapists,” “murderers” and “criminals” while claiming countries such as Venezuela were emptying their jails to ship people to the United States.

There is no evidence to support those claims. In fact, recent research shows that immigrants are much less likely to be incarcerated than people who were born in the U.S. Other studies show that undocumented migration does not increase violent crime.

Trump also attempted to link the surge in migration to Harris, echoing Republican claims that she was the Biden administration’s “border czar.” She was tasked with investigating the root causes of the immigration wave, but claims about an all-encompassing role are exaggerations.