SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Former CNN reporter Don Lemon confused Tesla CEO Elon Musk during an interview Lemon posted on Musk's social network X on Monday.The interview was supposed to be the beginning of Lemon's new talk show on X (formerly known as Twitter), at least until Mr. Musk. canceled the show Immediately after the interview was recorded.
For just over an hour, the two discussed topics ranging from the political implications of immigration and the benefits and harms of content moderation to Musk's symptoms of depression and his use of ketamine to alleviate it.
Here are some of the most notable moments.
X Games: Player VS. Player
Musk said he sees X as a “player-versus-player platform,” using the term to refer to video games that pit players against each other, usually in pixelated battles to the death. It wasn't particularly clear what he meant by likening X to a deathmatch, but he brings it up in the context of his occasional late-night posts and seems to spoil the discussion.
The topic arose when Musk explained how he relaxes by playing video games and his preference for these PvP contests (what he considers “hardcore” games). It's a way to vent, he says, and when Lemon suggests that fighting X number of enemies would serve the same purpose, he agrees, at least to some extent. Not always, he said.
“I use it to post jokes, sometimes trivia, sometimes very important things,” Musk said of X's posts.
Musk uses ketamine to treat possible symptoms of depression
Musk told Lemon that he is “almost always” sober when posting to X late at night. “I don't drink, I really don't, you know…” he said, his voice trailing off. Mr. Lemon then asked Mr. Musk about his use of the drug ketamine, a controlled substance used in medical settings as an anesthetic and as a treatment for treatment-resistant depression, something Musk had previously discussed publicly. Ta.
When Lemon asked, Musk said he had a prescription for ketamine, but pushed back, saying, “It's a pretty private thing to ask someone about a prescription.” He described “when there's some kind of negative chemical state in the brain, perhaps like depression,” and said ketamine could help alleviate “negative thinking.”
Asked if he thought he had ever abused drugs, Musk said he didn't think so. “If you use too much ketamine, you really can't work,” he says. “There's a lot of work.”
Meeting with Trump
Musk said his recent meeting with Donald Trump in Florida was completely coincidental. “I thought I was having breakfast at a friend's house and Donald Trump came in,” he said. “Let's just say he did most of the talking.” The conversation didn't include anything “groundbreaking or new,” he said. And he added that Trump did not ask him for donations.
“President Trump likes to talk, so he talked,” Musk said. “I don't remember him saying anything that he hasn't said publicly.”
Musk said he had no intention of endorsing or contributing to any presidential candidate, but suggested he might reconsider his support later in the political system. He said he's not leaning toward anyone, but added, “I'm distancing myself from Biden. I've made no secret about it.”
Immigration and the Great Replacement Theory
Musk said he denies the so-called “.” great alternative theoryIn an interview with Lemon, he ambiguously stated that in its most extreme form, the racist belief that Jews are involved in a conspiracy to weaken white influence in the United States Based on extensive evidence, he argued that there was a rapid increase in immigration. Lacking permanent legal status, U.S. elections are skewed in favor of Democrats.
Lemon pointed out that immigrants living in the U.S. without legal permission can't vote, so they can't really curry favor with either political party. Musk responded that such people are included in the U.S. Census, which increases the recorded population of U.S. states with large immigrant populations. In theory, in some cases these states could increase the number of representatives they can send to the House of Representatives in Washington, but such reapportionment only happens once every 10 years.
