Elon Musk deletes ‘joke’ that ‘no one is trying to assassinate Biden and Harris’ following fierce backlash

Elon Musk has deleted what he now claims was a “joke” about how “no one is trying to assassinate” President Joe Biden or Vice President Kamala Harris followingthe second attempt on Donald Trump’s life on Sunday.

The Tesla CEO, whose companies hold millions of dollars in government contracts, removed his post on X following fierce backlash over his comments.

On Sunday afternoon, Secret Service agents fired on a suspected gunman aiming an AK-47-style rifle through the fence at Trump’s West Palm Beach golf resort.

The suspect, later named asRyan Routh, allegedly fled the scene before being tracked down and taken into custody. Trump was unharmed in the incident.

Musk weighed in on the assassination attempt in a post on X, responding to a user who asked: “Why they want to kill Donald Trump?”

“And no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala,” Musk replied, accompanied by the thinking face emoji.

Musk was immediately called out, with X users blasting his comment as “irresponsible” and “dangerous.”

“I would reconsider this post. S***’s getting out of hand. We need to unite,” one person said.

Initially refusing to back down, Musk tried to explain: “No one has even tried to do so is the point I’m making and no one will.”

Some called for Musk to be stripped of hisgovernment contracts and be visited by the Secret Service after his comment.

Former 2016 Trump campaign adviser A.J Delago, who describes herself as “now proudly anti-Trump”, responded: “If you or I said this, the FBI would be at our door tomorrow and hauling us away for questioning.”

“Musk needs to be stripped of his government contracts and have his companies nationalized,” another user wrote.

Former federal prosecutor Elizabeth de la Vega said: “In all