When Donald Trump was president, he used Twitter to set policy, attack his critics and appeal to his followers. Now, in an attempt to reverse the momentum that has been fueling the candidacy of Kamala Harris, he is set to return to his old haunt.
Trump is scheduled to appear tonight at 8 p.m. Eastern on X for an interview with the website’s owner, Elon Musk. It will be the culmination of Musk’s emergence as one of Trump’s wealthiest and most high-profile backers.
For Trump, the event could offer an opportunity to regain some of the spotlight from Harris, whose new and energetic candidacy has forced his campaign to recalibrate its strategy less than three months before Election Day. Polls by The New York Times and Siena College released this weekend showed Harris with leads in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
“When I talk to Trump allies and advisers, many of them view the last three weeks as Trump’s worst sustained performance in a very long time,” Jonathan Swan, our politics reporter, said. We took a look inside those struggles.
Here’s what else to know:
State-level election officials are battling a flood of new disinformation.
Harris is warning that Trump will repeal Obamacare, even though Republicans are no longer campaigning to end the law.
The foreign hacking of the campaigns has begun in earnest. This time, the Iranians, not the Russians, are making the first significant move.
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