Elon Musk deletes X post about Biden, Harris assassination threats after backlash

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On Sunday, Trump was unharmed after what the Federal Bureau of Investigation said appeared to have been an assassination attempt. Shortly before 2 p.m. E.T., while Trump was playing golf at his West Palm Beach club, the former president was rushed to a safe location, moments after the Secret Service opened fire at a gunman with a rifle, who was 300 to 500 yards away from Trump. The suspect, Ryan Wesley Routh, made his first court appearance on Monday. Musk, also the CEO of major aerospace and defense contractor SpaceX, publicly endorsed Trump in July, just hours after the Republican presidential nominee survived his first assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania rally. Tom Nichols, a former professor at the U.S. Naval War College, raised the question of Musk's Pentagon contracts on Sunday, after Musk's post about Biden and Harris. "I had a security clearance for most of my adult life. If I had said something like this, I would've lost it instantly. And yet this guy is still a major government contractor," wrote Nichols. Musk has emerged this election cycle as one of Trump's most visible allies, a stark reversal from their public feuding just two years ago. Musk said he helped to create and fund a pro-Trump political action committee, America PAC. In turn, Trump recently endorsed some of Musk's policy ideas, including a proposal to create a government efficiency commission to rein in federal spending. Musk has repeatedly volunteered to helm such a commission, which Trump has so far not ruled out. — CNBC's Lora Kolodny contributed reporting from San Francisco.