Elon Musk to attend Trump Pennsylvania rally at site of assassination attempt

Elon Musk says he’ll “be there to assist” Donald Trump on Saturday when the previous president returns to Butler, Pennsylvania to carry a rally on the web site the place the primary assassination try in opposition to him unfolded earlier this yr. 

The Republican presidential nominee is slated to talk on Oct. 5 on the Butler Farm Present fairgrounds within the suburb north of Pittsburgh.  

“I will probably be there to assist!” Musk wrote on X late Thursday in response to a picture Trump shared selling the upcoming occasion. 

“Butler on Saturday – historic!” Trump wrote on X alongside a picture of him elevating his fist that was taken on July 13, moments after he had been shot. 

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Elon Musk, proper, mentioned he will probably be there Saturday to assist former President Trump at his rally in Butler, Pa. (AP/Gene J. Puskar/Julia Nikhinson)

Musk had mentioned following that rally that “I totally endorse President Trump and hope for his fast restoration.” 

Trump’s marketing campaign mentioned final week that “President Donald J. Trump will return to Butler, Pennsylvania, to carry a rally on the exact same floor the place he got here inside 1 / 4 of an inch of shedding his life lower than three months in the past.” 

Throughout a rally final Wednesday in North Carolina, Trump mentioned that he wished to return to the venue in Butler to “end our speech.” 

“As you realize, there have been two assassination makes an attempt on my life that we all know of… and the primary case in Butler, Pennsylvania, great spot, and we’re going again to Butler,” he mentioned. “We will return and end our speech.” 

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Former President Trump was injured throughout an assassination try at a rally in Butler, Pa., on July 13, 2024.  (AP Photograph/Evan Vucci)

Trump’s marketing campaign mentioned that the previous president would honor these misplaced within the assassination try through the rally. 

Corey Comperatore, 50, was a firefighter and a father of two daughters. He “traditionally sacrificed his life to protect his spouse and daughters” through the assassination try in opposition to Trump, the marketing campaign mentioned. 

Trump will even acknowledge the 2 different People who have been wounded by the shooter, David Dutch and James Copenhaver.  

“He’ll specific his deep gratitude to legislation enforcement and first responders and thank all the group for his or her outpouring of affection and assist within the wake of the assault,” the marketing campaign mentioned. 

Former President Trump is assisted by U.S. Secret Service personnel after gunfire rang out throughout a marketing campaign rally on the Butler Farm Present in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13. (Reuters/Brendan McDermid)

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“And when a shooter attacked our democracy and tried to finish this motion, President Trump will return to the positioning, joined by tens of 1000’s of proud residents, and collectively, they may have fun a unifying imaginative and prescient for America’s future in an occasion just like the world has by no means seen earlier than,” his marketing campaign added. 

Fox Information’ Sarah Rumpf-Whitten and Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.