New Delhi:
Reacting to the incident of an alleged assassination try on former US President Donald Trump, billionaire Elon Musk questioned why is nobody making an attempt to assassinate President Joe Biden and Democratic presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris.
Trump was the goal of an alleged assassination try on Sunday in Florida, the FBI stated, with the Republican presidential candidate’s marketing campaign and legislation enforcement reporting he was protected and unhurt.
The US Secret Service confirmed a number of of its brokers “opened fireplace on a gunman” positioned close to the boundary of Trump’s golf course, and that an “AK-47 model rifle” with a scope was recovered together with a GoPro video digicam.
Responding to a submit on X which learn, “Why they need to kill Donald Trump?”, Musk wrote: “And nobody is even making an attempt to assassinate Biden/Kamala.”
And nobody is even making an attempt to assassinate Biden/Kamala 🤔 https://t.co/ANQJj4hNgW
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 16, 2024
The Tesla and SpaceX chief is an open supporter of Trump because the latter is about to go head-to-head with Vice President Harris within the upcoming US Presidential elections in November.
Based on authorities, there’s nonetheless no affirmation whether or not the gunman, recognized as Ryan Wesley Routh, fired a weapon within the path of the previous president however Secret Service brokers did fireplace on the suspect who was hiding within the bushes on the golf course.
“We aren’t certain proper now if the person was in a position to take a shot at our brokers,” stated Rafael Barros, of the Secret Service, as quoted by information company AFP.
The FBIsaid it’s “investigating what seems to be an tried assassination of former President Trump.”
Officers praised the fast motion of the Secret Service, an company which has been below intense scrutiny since its obvious failure to detect and cease a gunman from capturing at Trump in Pennsylvania.
