Elon Musk to join Trump in rally at site of first assassination attempt

It will be the first time that the billionaire businessman appears publicly at a campaign event for the former president since endorsing him

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Elon Musk gives a small bow of the head as former president Donald Trump congratulates him after the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft. Photo: Reuters

Published: 10:47pm, 4 Oct 2024Updated: 11:37pm, 4 Oct 2024

Elon Musk will join Donald Trump at his rally on Saturday in Butler, the Pennsylvania city where the Republican presidential nominee survived an assassination attempt earlier this year.

“I will be there to support!” Musk wrote on his social platform X on Thursday in a retweet of Trump’s own promotion of the rally. The SpaceX and Tesla CEO will be among special guests there, Trump’s campaign confirmed on Friday.

The event will mark the first time that the billionaire businessman appears publicly at a campaign event for the former president since endorsing him. The July endorsement came directly after the attempted assassination, with Musk writing on X, “I fully endorse President Trump and hope for his rapid recovery.”

Musk has supercharged his support for Trump in recent months and has become personally more invested in politics – even agreeing to lead a government efficiency commission if Trump wins re-election.

Secret Service agents surround Trump as he is taken off the stage at a campaign event in July at Butler. Photo: AFP

He also created a super PAC supporting the Republican nominee that has been spending heavily on get-out-the-vote efforts in the final months of the campaign.