As former U.S. President Donald Trump and X owner Elon Musk prepared to chat live on X Live, the campaign account of Vice President Kamala Harris — Trump's opponent in the 2024 presidential election — posted a screenshot purportedly showing one of Musk's old posts (archived):
The Tesla CEO's alleged X post read: "Trump would be 82 at end of term, which is too old to be chief executive of anything, let alone the United States of America."
Harris' campaign appeared to be pointing out that this supposed post contradicted Musk's recent endorsement of the former president. One month prior to their live chat, the X owner announced he backed Trump on the day the Republican nominee survived an assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania (archived):
Musk did indeed post the quote on July 12, 2022, which is why we rated this claim "Correct Attribution." However, it required more context.
The original post read as follows (archived): "Trump would be 82 at end of term, which is too old to be chief executive of anything, let alone the United States of America. If DeSantis runs against Biden in 2024, then DeSantis will easily win – he doesn't even need to campaign."
That same day, Musk posted various arguments for not supporting Trump (archived and archived):
Snopes has regularly addressed social media posts about Musk and Trump in the build-up to the 2024 presidential election.