A wave of business leaders offered supportive words and condemnations of political violence Saturday night and Sunday morning after Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt when a shooter opened fire during a campaign rally near Butler, Pennsylvania.

One member of the audience was killed and Trump was injured when his ear was pierced before he was rushed away by the Secret Service.

"I pray for President Trump's rapid recovery," wrote Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook adding "I strongly condemn this violence."

It was a sentiment shared by many.

"Just awful" said Amazon (AMZN) CEO Andy Jassy.

Jassy's predecessor, Jeff Bezos, added that "our former President showed tremendous grace and courage under literal fire tonight."

The supportive sentiments were seen across the political and business worlds and shared by many top C-suite leaders, included some who have clashed with Trump over the years.

"Praying for a quick recovery for President Trump," wrote Meta (META) CEO Mark Zuckerberg. "Political violence undermines democracy and must always be condemned."

Other similar statements were seen from figures from the CEO of Microsoft (MSFT) to Airbnb (ABNB) to Alphabet (GOOG) others.

"A very difficult night for our nation," added Intel (INTC) CEO Pat Gelsinger.

Trump was taken to a hospital after the attack and and assessed before being released. He posted a thanks to first responders online and a campaign spokesman declared in a statement he was "fine."

The former President later returned to New Jersey and posted Sunday morning that he is looking forward to speaking later this week at the Republican National Convention.

The Secret Service says that the suspected shooter was killed after making an attack "from an elevated position outside of the rally venue." Two other rally attendees were critically injured.

President Joe Biden and other political leaders in both parties offered their support as did world leaders. The President said in televised remarks that "there is no place in America for this kind of violence. It's sick. It's sick."

He then spoke to Trump on the phone later in the evening.

Some new political support for Trump

The aftermath also some new political support for the former President in his campaign against President Biden.

Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk said "I fully endorse President Trump and hope for his rapid recovery" just 30 minutes after the shooting.

He also seemed to endorsed J.D. Vance later in the night as Trump's vice presidential pick and offered a string of commentary, including condemnations of the Secret Service.

Musk's formal support isn't necessarily a surprise. He has long been complimentary to Trump and critical of Biden. He even, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report, talks with Trump on various issues multiple times a month,

The endorsement also came after Bloomberg reported Friday night before the shooting that Musk had made his first donation of the 2024 with a donation to a to a Trump-aligned super PAC called America PAC.

Trump received another formal business world backer in the aftermath of the violence when Pershing Square CEO Bill Ackman posted a formal endorsement.

Like Musk, Ackman has long been critical of Biden and supportive of Trump and he noted in his post that "I came to this decision some time ago" and that it likely wouldn't be a surprise to his followers.

Ben Werschkul is Washington correspondent for Yahoo Finance.

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