Elon Musk, the pro-Trump tech mogul who is the world’s richest individual, posted a comment on X — the social media network he owns — saying “no one is even trying to assassinate” VP Kamala Harris or President Biden, following by a thinking-face emoji. Musk subsequently deleted the post.
Musk’s comment came in response to a user on X who asked, “Why they want to kill Donald Trump?” On Sunday, Trump‘s presidential campaign said the former president was safe after an incident the FBI described as “what appears to be an attempted assassination” at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Fla. That came after Trump was injured by a gunman at rally in Pennsylvania in July.
Musk attempted to explain himself in follow-up posts — and suggested that it was meant to be a “joke.”
“Well, one lesson I’ve learned is that just because I say something to a group and they laugh doesn’t mean it’s going to be all that hilarious as a post on 𝕏,” Musk wrote on the platform just before midnight PT on Sunday. “Turns out that jokes are WAY less funny if people don’t know the context and the delivery is plain text,” he added shortly afterward.
On Monday, former GOP congressional representative Adam Kinzinger quoted Musk’s since-deleted post and wrote on X, “A reminder that @elonmusk is a contractor for DOD and the US Govt and has said things that would have gotten anyone kicked out of the military. He needs to stop, or the govt needs to treat him equally to everyone else. Being rich doesn’t put you above the law.”
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