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In an interview with Fox News, Musk, who heads the Department of Governance Efficiency (DOGE), said,"I love the president. I think President Trump is a good man. The president has been so unfairly attacked in the media. It's truly outrageous. And I've spent--at this point, spent a lot of time with the president. And not once have I seen him do something that was mean or cruel or wrong."

The billionaire said he was going to endorse Trump in the race to the White House but the assassination attempt on the Republican leader "just sped it up".

In July last year, Trump was shot and wounded in the ear in an assassination attempt during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. The Secret Service acknowledged failings leading up to that shooting but has said security worked as it should have to thwart the potential Florida attack.