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.)