Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X, posted on X that he \u201cfully\u201d endorses Donald Trump moments after the former president and presumptive Republican nominee was rushed off stage by secret service members following gunshots at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Musk\u2019s Support and Trump\u2019s Condition<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI fully endorse President Trump and hope for his rapid recovery,\u201d Musk wrote on X, which he owns. Trump was taken to a local medical facility, where he is receiving care. His spokesman said the former president \u201cwill be fine.\u201d Trump had what appeared to be blood on the side of his head and his ear.<\/p>\n Background on Rally Incident<\/strong><\/p>\n The rally incident resulted in the death of one spectator, and a second is in serious condition, according to the district attorney in Butler County, where the rally took place. The shooter is confirmed dead by NBC News.<\/p>\n Musk\u2019s Political Involvement<\/strong><\/p>\n While Musk hadn\u2019t directly endorsed Trump prior to Saturday\u2019s event, he had made clear his opposition to President Joe Biden\u2019s return to the White House. He claimed in a post in March that he was not going to donate money to either candidate for president. Musk met with Trump earlier this year at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach and mentioned at Tesla\u2019s 2024 annual shareholder meeting that he has \u201chad some conversations\u201d with Trump. Musk also noted that Trump \u201cdoes call me out of the blue for no reason.\u201d<\/p>\n Financial Support for Trump<\/strong><\/p>\n On Friday, Bloomberg reported that Musk has donated a \u201csizable\u201d but undisclosed amount to a pro-Trump super PAC called America PAC. Musk is the wealthiest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of about $250 billion, according to Forbes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Elon Musk Endorses Trump After Rally Shooting Incident<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":331,"featured_media":48098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[991,157,750],"class_list":["post-48140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-elections","tag-elon-musk","tag-trump"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/331"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}