Elon Musk, a prominent billionaire and CEO of Tesla, has officially endorsed President Trump for re-election following an assassination attempt at his campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The endorsement came thirty minutes after the shooting incident when President Trump was shot in the right ear but managed to escape serious injury. One person was killed, and another was severely injured in the attack. The gunman was also killed by a counter-sniper team.
Musk expressed his support for President Trump’s swift recovery on X, which he owns, and criticized the Secret Service for not preventing the assassination attempt. He reposted a tweet from Jack Posobiec, questioning how a sniper with a full rifle kit was allowed to bear crawl onto the closest roof to the presidential nominee during the event. Musk then called for the resignation of the SS leadership and the director of the Secret Service, Kimberly Cheatle, highlighting her prior job as senior director at PepsiCo before taking over the agency.
The assassination attempt occurred when the gunman positioned himself on the roof of a manufacturing plant more than 130 yards away from the stage where President Trump was speaking. The open-air event took place at the Butler Farm Show grounds, providing the sniper with an almost unobstructed line of sight to target the former president. The counter-sniper team returned fire from the roof of another building close to where Trump was located, behind the audience stands.
Elon Musk’s support for President Trump has been well documented, as he reportedly made a significant donation to America PAC, a political group backing Trump in the 2024 election. This endorsement further cements the billionaire’s role as a powerful ally and influential figure within the president’s re-election campaign.
