Elon Musk has endorsed Donald Trump for president, after the presidential hopeful was shot at a Pennsylvania rally.
Musk, proprietor of X (previously Twitter), used the platform to inform his 189m followers:
“I totally endorse President Trump and hope for his speedy restoration”
He then reposted a report from a person claiming to be a eye witness, who instructed BBC Information that he had knowledgeable police and Secret Service a couple of man on the roof with a rifle.
Musk wrote:
“The pinnacle of the Secret Service and the chief of this safety element ought to resign.”
He additionally reposted one other message from somebody asking how such an obvious line of sight between the roof and Trump’s place on the platform had not been secured, and Musk added:
“Excessive incompetence or it was deliberate. Both approach, the SS management should resign.”
This was the primary time Musk had endorsed Trump. Beforehand requested in regards to the election throughout an interview on the Cannes Lions Competition final month, he mentioned solely: “It’s going to be attention-grabbing.”
Trump was shot within the ear as he was addressing the gang on stage. The FBI recognized the shooter as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, PA. Authorities mentioned that they had been nonetheless making an attempt to find out a motive.
The gunman was killed by counter snipers after he fired pictures from the rooftop of a close-by constructing, in response to eyewitness accounts.
