Reacting to the alleged assassination try on former US President Donald Trump, tech billionaire Elon Musk made a controversial assertion questioning why “no assassination makes an attempt had been being made on US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.” On Sunday, Trump confronted his second assassination try when gunshots had been fired outdoors a golf course in Florida the place he was taking part in. The FBI confirmed it was an tried assassination, however each Trump’s marketing campaign and legislation enforcement reported that he was secure and unhurt.
In response to an X person’s query about why folks may wish to kill Trump, Musk tweeted: “And nobody is even attempting to assassinate Biden/Kamala.” As a Trump supporter, Musk typically posts in his favor. The Secret Service confirmed that its brokers “opened fireplace on a gunman” close to the golf course and recovered an “AK-47 model rifle” together with a video digital camera.
Authorities nonetheless haven’t confirmed whether or not the gunman, recognized as Ryan Wesley Routh, fired at Trump, however Secret Service brokers did shoot at Routh, who was hiding within the bushes on the golf course. Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., talked about that authorities additionally discovered an AK-47 rifle within the bushes, extraordinarily near the place Trump was leaving.
“Once more people! SHOTS FIRED at Trump Golf Course in West Palm Seaside, Florida. An AK-47 was found within the bushes, per native legislation enforcement,” Trump Jr. posted on X. This assassination try comes simply two months after Trump was shot at a marketing campaign rally in Pennsylvania, the place he sustained a minor damage to his proper ear. The attacker was instantly shot useless by safety personnel.
The White Home issued an announcement saying each President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris had been briefed concerning the incident. “There isn’t any place for political violence or for any violence ever in our nation,” President Joe Biden mentioned in an announcement.
