Donald Trump is returning 含羞草研究社� at least for one night 含羞草研究社� to do a live interview Monday on X, the platform from which he was banned for nearly two years following the Jan. 6, 2021, storming of the U.S. Capitol.

Trump and Elon Musk, X含羞草研究社檚 owner, are slated to have what the tech titan has termed a 含羞草研究社渓ive conversation含羞草研究社� at 8 p.m. Eastern Time that will be 含羞草研究社渦nscripted with no limits on subject matter, so should be highly entertaining!含羞草研究社� Musk is soliciting X users to pose their own questions.

The conversation serves not only as a way for the former president to reach potentially millions of voters directly. It含羞草研究社檚 also an opportunity for X, a platform that relies heavily on politics, to redeem itself after some struggles.

X has already been the scene of some of the 2024 cycle含羞草研究社檚 most memorable moments. As he skipped the first GOP presidential debate in August, Trump launched counterprogramming of his own, appearing in a taped interview with former Fox News Channel host Tucker Carlson, which aired on X. Last month, President Joe Biden from the campaign in a letter posted to the platform.

Also notably, in May 2023, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis used the platform as a way to officially announce his presidential bid, marred by technical glitches, overloaded by the more than 400,000 people who tried to dial in.

Ahead of his conversation with Trump, Musk posted on the platform that X was conducting 含羞草研究社渟ome system scaling tests含羞草研究社� to handle what含羞草研究社檚 anticipated to be a high volume of participants.

Musk, who has described himself as a Democrat until a few years ago, endorsed Trump含羞草研究社檚 candidacy two days after the former president was wounded during an attempted assassination at a Pennsylvania rally last month.

Long before he endorsed Trump, Musk turned increasingly toward the right in his posts and actions on the platform, also using X to try to sway political discourse around the world. He含羞草研究社檚 gotten in a over censorship, railed against what he calls the 含羞草研究社渨oke mind virus含羞草研究社� and that Democrats are secretly flying in migrants to vote in U.S. elections.

Musk has also reinstated previously banned accounts such as the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and Trump, who was 含羞草研究社� then known as Twitter 含羞草研究社� two days after the Jan. 6 violence, with the company citing 含羞草研究社渢he risk of further incitement of violence.含羞草研究社� By November 2022, Musk had bought the company, and , although the former president refrained from tweeting, on his own Truth Social site, which he launched during the ban.

But Trump含羞草研究社檚 audience on X is legions larger than on Truth Social, which earlier this year. Trump has just over 7.5 million followers on Truth Social, while his mostly dormant X account is followed by 88 million. Musk含羞草研究社檚 account, which will host the interview, has more than 193 million followers.

Trump含羞草研究社檚 campaign didn含羞草研究社檛 immediately respond to a message as to whether he would cross-post his interview with Musk via his own accounts, including on X.

The former president has most recently posted on X only once, with a photo of his mug shot after he a year ago on charges he conspired to overturn his election loss in the state.