By ME KINNARD
Billionaire and technical manager Elon Musk expressed dark words in regards to the upcoming presidential election during an appearance on Saturday Donald Trumpand called the Republican presidential nominee the one candidate “who will preserve democracy in America.”
The CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, who also bought X, Musk joined Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, where the previous president was survived an assassination attempt in July. He warned that “this will be the last election” if Trump doesn't win and, wearing a black-on-black cap emblazoned with Trump's campaign slogan “Make America Great Again,” appeared to acknowledge the foreboding nature of his comments.
“As you can see, I’m not just MAGA – I’m Dark MAGA,” he said.
The appearance marked the primary time Musk attended considered one of Trump's brand rallies and represented the growing alliance between the 2 men in the ultimate stretch of a closely contested presidential election. Musk founded a brilliant PAC to support the Republican candidate, who spent heavily on turnout in the ultimate months of the campaign. Trump has said he would tap Musk to steer Government Efficiency Commission if he wins back the White House.
Trump joined Musk in August a rare public conversation on X, an overwhelmingly friendly chat that lasted greater than two hours. In it, the previous president focused totally on the July assassination attempt, illegal immigration and his plans to chop government regulations.
Before an enormous crowd on Saturday, Musk tried to portray Trump as a champion of free speech, arguing that Democrats “take away your freedom of speech, they want to take away your right to bear arms, they want to take away your fight to vote effectively.” Musk continued to criticize California's efforts to ban voter ID requirements.
Saturday's rally took place on the identical property where a gunman's bullets grazed Trump's right ear, killing his supporter. Corey Comperatore. Several other people were injured within the shooting.
Several members of Comperatore's family, in addition to other participants and first responders from the July rally, returned to the location Saturday. His vp, the Republican senator from Ohio, also appeared with the previous president. JD VanceSon Eric TrumpDaughter-in-law and RNC co-chair Lara Trumptogether with Pennsylvania legislators and sheriffs.
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Kinnard reported from Chapin, South Carolina, and might be reached at http://x.com/MegKinnardAP.
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