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Posted: 2024-08-13T04:20:46Z | Updated: 2024-08-13T21:56:34Z

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 worlds richest man, is Trumps 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 hes having a casual conversation.

Its hard to catch a vibe when people dont 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 administrations border czar. She was tasked with investigating the root causes of the immigration wave, but claims about an all-encompassing role are exaggerations .

Trump bragged about his relationships with Kim Jong Un, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping.

At one point, Musk congratulated Trump for his epic tweets during his administration, including when the former president called North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rocket man.