US election campaign
Musk provokes after alleged assassination attempt on Trump

Elon Musk supports Trump in the election campaign – and repeatedly stirs up sentiment against his opponent Harris on his platform X. (Archive image) Photo
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Musk is an avid Trump supporter. After the alleged attempted assassination of the former president, he published a provocative post on his platform.
Tech billionaire Musk is supporting Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump ahead of the November election. On X, he is stirring up sentiment against his Democratic opponent Kamala Harris. US President Joe Biden is not running again.
After the shooting near Trump on Sunday, the FBI suspects that there was a planned assassination attempt on the former president. In mid-July, Trump was hit in the right ear by a bullet at a campaign event in the state of Pennsylvania.
Most recently, Musk reacted mockingly to a post by US superstar Taylor Swift in which she announced her decision to support Harris. Harris and Trump are roughly neck and neck in polls. Both are primarily looking to win over undecided voters.