Elon Musk deletes post questioning the Trump assassination attempt

“On Monday morning, Elon Musk deleted a post that questioned why former President Donald Trump had confronted two obvious assassination makes an attempt not too long ago, whereas President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris had not confronted any, Information.Az experiences citing CNN .

Musk later claimed the post was a joke.

“And nobody is even making an attempt to assassinate Biden/Kamala,” Musk wrote in the now-deleted X post.

Musk initially resisted quite a few calls all through Sunday evening to delete the post. In a single post responding to a requirement to take down his remarks, Musk doubled down: “Nobody has even tried to take action is the level I’m making and nobody will.”

However Musk was in the end persuaded by an X post that stated Musk’s “apparent intent” could also be misinterpreted.

“Truthful sufficient. I don’t wish to do what they’ve executed, even in jest,” Musk responded. He later posted a number of instances that the deleted post had been a joke.

Nonetheless, Musk subsequently responded to an analogous post, replying with a pondering face emoji to a photograph that famous the 4 presidents who preceded Trump confronted no assassination makes an attempt when Trump has apparently encountered two. X didn’t reply to a request for remark.

CNN requested remark from the Secret Service, which is tasked with investigating perceived threats in opposition to the president and vice chairman – generally even when they’re made in jest. The Secret Service in 2021 investigated a joke comic John Mulaney made on “Saturday Night time Dwell” evaluating Trump to Julius Cesar, who was assassinated.

It’s unclear if Musk, who owns X, violated X’s phrases of service with these posts. He has routinely flaunted his platform’s guidelines with few penalties. X stated it restricts “partaking in or selling violent acts,” though Musk denied he was calling for violence.

Musk endorsed Trump for president after an assassination attempt in July, and he hosted Trump final month in an interview on X.

It’s a part of a rightward shift for Musk that has gained steam in recent times. Musk, the richest individual in the world, decries what he calls progressives’ “woke thoughts virus.” And he has warned of America’s impending “doom” if Democrats keep management of the White Home.

However Musk’s posts aren’t simply run-of-the-mill political chatter. He has more and more engaged in conspiracy theories, together with the false declare that the Biden administration permits undocumented immigrants to vote in US elections. He has additionally pushed the boundaries – or blown proper previous them – by posting pretend pictures and utilizing bigoted language in help of his causes.

For instance, Musk has posted quite a few AI-generated pictures of Harris, together with depicting her talking earlier than a crowd full of communist imagery and symbols. And after Taylor Swift endorsed Harris for president that she signed “childless cat woman,” Musk responded with a broadly criticized post: “Tremendous Taylor … you win … I provides you with a toddler and guard your cats with my life.”

It’s the newest illustration of how few guardrails exist on the X platform.

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