No one is even trying to assassinate Biden, Kamala: Musk on Trump attack

Reacting to the incident of an alleged assassination attempt on former US President Donald Trump, tech billionaire Elon Musk made a controversial statement saying why "no assassination attempts were being made on US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris".

Trump on Sunday (local time) faced the second assassination attempt after gunshots were fired outside a golf course in Florida where he was playing.

He was the target of an alleged assassination attempt in Florida, the FBI said, with the Republican presidential candidate's campaign and law enforcement reporting he was safe and unharmed.

Responding to a question from an X user, "Why they want to kill Donald Trump?", the Tesla CEO wrote: "And no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala."

The Tesla and SpaceX chief is a Trump supporter and has often been writing posts in his favour.

The US Secret Service confirmed one or more of its agents "opened fire on a gunman" located near the boundary of Trump's golf course, and that an "AK-47 style rifle" was recovered along with a video camera.