Billionaire, Bill Ackman, the CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, has “formally” endorsed President Donald Trump following his attempted assassination in Pennsylvania on Saturday.
Fox News reports that more than 19 million people have viewed Ackman’s endorsement post since it went out late Saturday night.
This is coming on the heels of Billionaire Elon Musk announcing that he “fully supports” Trump shortly after the assassination attempt.
“I came to this decision some time ago as many @X followers have already understood from my supportive posts of Trump and my criticisms of @POTUS Biden,” Ackman said.
“The reason why I have not yet formally done so is that I want to explain my thinking in detail and address the arguments put forth by others against Trump.
“All of us have an obligation to stand up and be counted,” Ackman wrote in a subsequent X post on Sunday.
Ackman said it would take a “long-form post” to explain his thinking.
According to him, he did not have the time “nor felt the urgency” to write the post prior to the shooting that took place at a Trump rally that injured the upper part of Trump’s ear, left one rally attendee dead and two spectators critically injured.
Ackman suggested that the upcoming presidential election is one of the “most consequential” in his lifetime, and said he has spent a few hours recently with Trump.
He asked voters to “keep an open mind.”
He said a more detailed post explaining his position will come in the future.