Oct 4 (Reuters) - Elon Musk said late on Thursday he
will attend Donald Trump's rally in Butler, Pennsylvania later
this week, an event which will mark the former U.S. president's
return to the town where he survived an assassination attempt in
July.
"I will be there to support!" Musk replied to a post by
Trump on social media platform X saying he was returning to
Butler on Saturday.
Musk, the CEO of Tesla and owner of X, called
Republican presidential candidate Trump "tough" and officially
endorsed him after he survived an assassination attempt in
Butler on July 13, cementing his shift towards right-wing
politics.
The Oct. 5 rally will be held at the same ground where Trump
was grazed in the right ear and one rallygoer was killed when a
gunman opened fire. The gunman, identified as a 20-year-old
Thomas Crooks, was shot and killed by a Secret Service sniper.
In September, the former president survived another attempt
on his life when a gunman hid undetected for nearly 12 hours at
a golf course in one of his Florida clubs.
Kamala Harris, a Democrat, faces Trump on Nov. 5 in what
polls show to be a tight presidential race.
(Reporting by Sameer Manekar in Bengaluru; Editing by Lincoln
Feast.)