"Gold Finance reported that, amidst allegations of a near assassination attempt against Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, billionaire Elon Musk posted on social media platform X, implying that no one had attempted to assassinate Democratic President Biden or Vice President Harris, finding it strange. He later deleted the post.

The U.S. Secret Service stated they had noticed Musk's post. The White House described Musk's post as "irresponsible."

Earlier, it was reported that an X user had asked Musk: "Why would they try to assassinate Trump?" Musk, who has publicly endorsed Trump and frequently comments on US presidential elections, replied: "Also, no one has tried to assassinate Biden/Kamala (Harris's name)." Musk also added a thinking face emoji to the post. The post was captured by X users and quickly sparked outrage online. Musk later deleted the post, claiming it was just a joke. Musk has over 197 million followers on X."