Tech billionaire Elon Musk reacted to the second incident of an alleged assassination attempt on former US President Donald Trump and stated that no one is trying to assassinate President Joe Biden and Democratic presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris. “And no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala,” Musk wrote in an X post.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump survived an alleged assassination attempt on Sunday in Florida. Gunshots were fired outside his golf course in Florida on Sunday afternoon, two months after the assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania’s Boulder. A 58-year-old suspect was arrested in connection with the shooting.
Trump, hours after surviving another apparent assassination attempt on Sunday in Florida, said he was safe and well. A website fundraising message by the former US President read, “Fear not! I am safe and well, and no one was hurt. Thank God!” Another message from him read, “There were gunshots in my vicinity, but rumours start spiraling out of control, I wanted you to hear this first: I AM SAFE AND WELL” (sic).
“Nothing will slow me down. I will NEVER SURRENDER. I will always love you for supporting me,” he added.
Authorities have arrested a 58-year-old suspect, Ryan Wesley Routh in connection with the shooting. Routh was hiding in bushes and when Secret Service agents opened fire, he reportedly bolted out of the shrubbery and escaped in a black car. Authorities tracked down the car with the help of witnesses. A high-powered AK-47-style rifle with a scope and a GoPro camera was recovered at the scene.
“We have somebody in custody right now that is a potential suspect,” news agency AFP quoted Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw.
According to a New York Times report, Routh is a former construction worker from North Carolina Greensboro. He had no formal military background but expressed his wish to participate in armed conflict in the past, particularly in Ukraine after Russia’s 2022 invasion.
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