Elon Musk says he’ll “be there to help” 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 towards him unfolded earlier this 12 months.
The Republican presidential nominee is slated to talk on Oct. 5 on the Butler Farm Present fairgrounds within the suburb north of Pittsburgh.
“I shall be there to help!” 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 shall be there Saturday to help former President Trump at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. (AP/Gene J. Puskar/Julia Nikhinson)
Musk had mentioned following that rally that “I absolutely endorse President Trump and hope for his speedy 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 dropping his life lower than three months in the past.”
Throughout a rally final week in North Carolina, Trump mentioned that he wished to return to the venue in Butler to “end our speech.”
“As you understand, there have been two assassination makes an attempt on my life that we all know of… and the primary case in Butler, Pennsylvania, excellent spot, and we’re going again to Butler,” he mentioned. “We’ll return and end our speech.”
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Former President Trump was injured throughout an assassination try at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13. (AP Picture/Evan Vucci)
Trump’s marketing campaign mentioned that the previous president would honor these misplaced within the assassination try throughout 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” throughout the assassination try towards Trump, the marketing campaign mentioned.
Trump may also acknowledge the 2 different Individuals who had been wounded by the shooter, David Dutch and James Copenhaver.
“He’ll specific his deep gratitude to regulation enforcement and first responders and thank the whole group for his or her outpouring of affection and help 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)
“And when a shooter attacked our democracy and tried to finish this motion, President Trump will return to the positioning, joined by tens of hundreds of proud residents, and collectively, they are going to rejoice 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.
