Elon Musk ‘Fully Endorses’ Donald Trump After Deadly Rally Shooting

Elon Musk endorsed Donald Trump for reelection Saturday evening soon aft gunshots look to person been fired astatine the erstwhile president's run rally successful Pennsylvania. Trump was escorted disconnected the signifier by the Secret Service and seen with humor connected his look afterwards.

“I afloat endorse President Trump and anticipation for his accelerated recovery,” Musk wrote connected X Saturday.

A fewer minutes later, Musk posted “Last clip America had a campaigner this pugnacious was Theodore Roosevelt.” The X, formerly Twitter, proprietor besides shared a photograph of Trump raising his fist with humor connected his face, arsenic Secret Service agents surrounded him.

Trump was lone minutes into his Saturday rally code earlier Secret Service officers swarmed him aft a bid of popping noises. As of publication, the Secret Service is investigating the noises, but has yet to officially place them arsenic gunshots. Pennsylvania District Attorney Richard A Goldfinger told the Associated Press that the fishy and 1 attendee are dead. In a connection to WIRED, Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung confirmed that Trump was “fine.”

“President Trump acknowledgment instrumentality enforcement and archetypal responders for their speedy enactment during this heinous act,” says Cheung. “He is good and is being checked retired astatine a section aesculapian facility. More details volition follow.”

Musk made a donation to the pro-Trump America PAC connected Friday, Bloomberg reported. The study did not specify the magnitude Musk donated, but the donation was characterized arsenic a “sizable amount.” The PAC is required to disclose its donors by the extremity of adjacent week.

Musk’s Friday donation was his archetypal this predetermination rhythm aft helium declined to endorse immoderate statesmanlike campaigner successful aggregate interviews. In March, Musk told erstwhile CNN anchor Don Lemon that helium was “leaning away” from President Joe Biden erstwhile asked for his preferred candidate.

In a statement, the White House said that Biden had received an “initial briefing connected the incident.”

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