Elon Musk is at it again, and now the Secret Service is involved

Elon Musk may have gone a step too far after his recently deleted post on X caught the attention of the US Secret Service.

Musk is known for his controversial commentary surrounding the US presidential election, but this post takes the cake.

The X CEO posted following an alleged second assassination attempt on presidential candidate Donald Trump.

The suspect, Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, of Hawaii, has been charged after alleged attempts on Trump’s life were made at his golf club in West Palm Beach on September 15th, 2024.

Routh supposedly broke onto Trump’s golf course with a rifle, and a Secret Service agent observed a weapon poking through the trees on the property.

Despite the severity of this situation, Musk took to his platform to “support” Trump and simultaneously bash presidential candidate Kamala Harris and former candidate Joe Biden.

“And no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala,” Musk posted in response to the X account DogeDesigner.

Unsurprisingly, this post received much attention from X users who criticized Musk for the comment.

But offline, the White House stated that “this rhetoric is irresponsible,” according to the BBC. There is "no place for political violence or any violence ever in our country," the White House said.

After the post was promptly deleted, Musk posted again, saying that he had learned one lesson: “Just because I say something to a group and they laugh doesn’t mean it’s going to be all that hilarious as a post on X.”

Well, one lesson I’ve learned is that just because I say something to a group and they laugh doesn’t mean it’s going to be all that hilarious as a post on 𝕏

undefined Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 16, 2024

Musk also claims that this post was just a joke and continued by saying that it “turns out that jokes are WAY less funny if people don’t know the context and the delivery is plain text.”

Turns out that jokes are WAY less funny if people don’t know the context and the delivery is plain text

undefined Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 16, 2024

Users condemned Musk’s previous post, with some asking him to explain the context of the “joke” and others saying that this wasn’t simply a joke but a statement intended to incite violence.

One commenter said “No context needed with 200 million followers. You had a visit from the US Secret Service yet?”

It turns out that the US Secret Service is aware of Musk’s online activity. The federal agency was contacted by the BBC and said they were familiar with the incident but couldn't comment on the matter as it involves protective intelligence.