Elon Musk publicly endorsed Trump for president after the attack
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Tesla billionaire owner Elon Musk has endorsed Donald Trump in the upcoming US election. This is the first time he has publicly endorsed a Republican candidate. Elon Musk expressed his support and described Trump as "strong".
Elon Musk announced his support by sharing a video of Donald Trump's bloodied face, Reuters reported. Trump was shot in the ear during the election campaign in the state of Pennsylvania on Saturday. The video shows a bloodied Trump throwing his fisted hands into the air. The former president, however, is safe.
This support of Elon Musk has taken him to the right side of politics. On the other hand, Trump got the support of a celebrity. The US presidential election will be held on November 5. In a message posted on social media, Musk, the world's richest businessman, said, "I fully support President Trump and wish him a speedy recovery."
Later Elon Musk wrote in another post, "The martyr is alive". He writes this referring to a controversy that appeared in the press. The debate reportedly took place between conservative venture capitalist Peter Thiel and Democratic Party financier and LinkedIn co-founder Reed Hoffman.
Elon Musk later posted another photo from Trump's campaign. He wrote, 'The last time America had such a strong candidate was Theodore Roosevelt.' Musk and his representative in X did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Elon Musk has recently stepped up his criticism of President Joe Biden. He has donated to a group working to elect Trump. Bloomberg reported this information last Friday, citing sources.
Musk's stance will benefit Trump. Mask has a huge number of followers at X. About 18 crore 95 lakhs. This means that any of his posts can spread very quickly. But Musk once said he voted for Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden.
But over the years, Elon Musk, who was born in South Africa, has gradually turned to right-wing thinking. He has emerged as a particularly vocal critic of the plurality initiative and Biden's immigration policy. He also complained that the Democrats' treatment of Tesla and the rocket company SpaceX was too 'cool'.
Last March, it was reported that Trump had met with Musk and some other wealthy financiers. In July 2022, Musk said that Trump was "too old" to be president and that the former president should "go to the attic." Musk also said he is leaning toward Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Trump then sharply criticized him.
In late 2022, Musk reversed his decision to remove Trump's account from Twitter. Before that, X bought Twitter for 44 billion or 4 thousand 4 billion dollars and named it Mask. Last month, Trump said he was "an Elon fan." Said, Musk is doing a great job with Tesla.