Elon Musk pledges 'full' support to Donald Trump after shooting, demands Secret Service chief to resign
US former president Donald Trump and X owner Elon Musk.
Hours after Donald Trump escaped an assassination attempt, Elon Musk announced he was 'fully' endorsing the Republican nominee for the presidential race.
“I fully endorse President Trump and hope for his rapid recovery,” Musk wrote on X, which he owns.
Later, Musk reposted a BBC video wherein a witness stated that spectators saw the gunman and informed the security officials about him, who did nothing to avert the eventual assassination bid. Musk demanded that Secret Service chiefKimberly Cheatle resign.
"The head of the Secret Service and the leader of this security detail should resign," said Musk.
"So before being in charge of protecting the President, she was guarding bags of Cheetos," he later took a shot at Cheatle for serving as security director at PepsiCo, where she was responsible for directing and implementing security protocols.
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Watch |Trump rally shooting: Biden condemns shooting at Donald Trump rally in Pennsylvania
Trump to ride sympathy wave?
Trump survived narrowly as the bullet meant to kill him just grazed his right ear, granting the US Secret Service enough time to escort him off the stage safely in Butler County, Pennsylvania on Saturday (Jul13) evening.
The incident is expected to bring a lot of sympathy for Trump with many fence-sitters expected to hop on the Republican bus. Musk, who has been siding towards the GOP lawmakers in the last few years, reportedlymade a sizeable donation to Trump's presidential campaign in recent days.
A Bloomberg report on Friday (Jul 12) stated that the billionaire made the donation toAmerica PAC, a super political action committee dedicated to supporting the former president's bid for re-election.
The exact amount of Musk's contribution has not been disclosed. However, America PAC is scheduled to reveal its list of donors on July 17, following which the nature of financial backing behind Trump's presidential re-run would be known.
Trump's campaign had received major boost post the presidential debate last month but the events of July 13 might just have put him in the driver's seat for the November elections.
(With inputs from agencies)