Elon Musk makes first appearance at Trump rally with dire words

Elon Musk walks to the stage to speak alongside Donald Trump at a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show, (Alex Brandon/AP)

Billionaire tech executive Elon Musk cast the upcoming presidential election in dire terms during a Saturday appearance with Donald Trump, calling the Republican presidential nominee the only candidate “to preserve democracy in America.”

The CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, who recently purchased X, Mr Musk joined Mr Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, where the former president survived an assassination attempt in July.