Former President Trump made a special announcement about his candidacy.
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk celebrated former President Trump’s decision to pick Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance as his running mate on the 2024 Republican national ticket on Monday.
“Congratulations @JDVance1!,” Musk posted on his social media platform, X, after the announcement that Vance would be the Republican vice presidential nominee. “Amazing decision by @realDonaldTrump.”
Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks at the Atreju political convention hosted by the Fratelli d’Italia (Italian Brotherhoods), on December 15, 2023 in Rome, Italy. Musk praised former President Trump’s decision to pick J.D. Vance as his running mate on Monday. (Antonio Masiello/Getty Images/Getty Images)
Musk went on to say the Trump-Vance ticket “sounds triumphant.”
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) (left) shakes hands with former U.S. President Donald Trump during an event at the East Palestine Fire Department in East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb. 22, 2023. (Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images/Getty Images)
Trump announced Vance’s selection on his social media platform, Truth Social, as the Republican National Convention kicked off in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, just two days after the former president survived an assassination attempt.
TRUMP ANNOUNCES OHIO’S JD VANCE AS 2024 VP RUNNING MONDAY
Musk, who is the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX and one of the world’s richest people, publicly supported Trump on Saturday, after gunshots were heard at the former president’s campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
“I fully support President Trump and hope he recovers quickly,” Musk wrote on X, alongside a video of the attack.
Republican nominee Donald Trump is seen covered in blood on his face surrounded by Secret Service agents as he is taken off the stage at a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show Inc. in Butler, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2024. Donald Trump was hit in the ear (Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images/Getty Images)
Trump was shot above his right ear by a gunman later identified by authorities as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, suburbs of pittsburgh about an hour south of where the attempted murder took place.
One participant, Corey Comperatore, 50, a former Buffalo Township fire chief, was killed, and two others — identified by Pennsylvania State Police as David Dutch, 57, and James Copenhaver, 74 — were wounded in the shooting.
The FBI confirmed that Crooks was shot dead.
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Musk wasn’t the only billionaire to publicly support Trump after the attack. Bill Ackman, CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, also endorsed Trump in a post on X Saturday night.
This report was contributed by Scott McDaniel of FOX News.
