Elon Musk has once again stirred controversy after Secret Service agents managed to avert an assassination attempt on Donald Trump Sunday with an ‘appalling’ post on his social media platform X.
WHAT IS HAPPENING?
Responding to a post that asked: ‘Why they want to kill Donald Trump?’, Musk provocatively remarked: ‘And no one is even trying to assassinate Biden or Kamala,’ in reference to the current President and Vice President.
The post sparked immediate outrage as users across the political spectrum denounced his comments.
HE DOUBLED DOWN
Undeterred, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO doubled down, responding with a ‘100’ emoji to a comment that said: ‘Trump threatens the machine. Biden/Kamala are the machine.’
But he ultimately conceded and removed the posts, admitting his remarks had been poorly received and clarifying that his comment was not intended to be serious.
‘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,’ he reflected.
Before deleting the offending post, Musk sought to defend himself, claiming he wanted to highlight the importance of unity and make the point that no one is trying to harm Biden or Harris.
