Former US President Donald Trump in an interview with Elon Musk on X said that President Joe Biden was forced out from the presidential race because of a "coup".

"I beat Biden so bad in the debate, he was forced out of the race - one of the greatest debate performances ever. Biden's exit, it was a coup," said Trump.

Musk reiterated the former US President's accusation, stating, "they essentially took him behind a shed and shot him."

Trump also discussed the Republican candidate's narrow escape from last month's attempted assassination during the conversation after Musk opened the event by asking the former US President to describe his attempted assassination on July 13, in which his ear was struck by a bullet. 

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"I knew immediately that it was a bullet. I knew immediately that it was at the ear... For those people that don't believe in God, I think we all have to start thinking about that," Trump responded.

The interview, that Musk had announced will begin at 8 PM, was hit by a technical glitch.
Notably, the users on social media platform X faced numerous issues while looking for access to the livestream conversation of Elon Musk with Trump on the platform Monday night.

Within minutes of the event's expected 8 p.m. ET start time, "crashed," "unable" and "#TwitterBlackout" were trending on the site, reported CNN.

Over a million people were listening to the conversation as it began on X.

Earlier this month, Musk, who owns the social media platform X, endorsed Trump's candidacy after the former president was injured in an attempted assassination in Pennsylvania. This endorsement marked a departure from the usual self-declared neutrality maintained by social media platform leaders, as reported by The New York Times.

Following the January 6, 2021, attack on Capitol Hill, Trump's account was permanently suspended by Twitter (now X) under its previous ownership.

However, under Musk's ownership, the account was restored.

(With inputs from the agency)