Summary
Matthew Livelsberger, a 37-year-old Army veteran from Colorado Springs, has been identified as the driver of the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on New Year’s Day.
Livelsberger died in the blast, which injured seven people with minor injuries.
Authorities are investigating the explosion as a potential act of terror, noting Livelsberger’s military connection to Shamsud Din Jabbar, the suspect in the deadly New Orleans attack hours earlier.
Firework mortars and fuel canisters were found in the truck, with no confirmed motive yet.
So, shitty truck sorta manages an even shittier car bomb.
Weird flex, but thanks for the distillation, Musk.
The car bomb seems to have been assembled by throwing a bunch of sorta-burny-stuff in the back and thinking “that’ll probably do.” This may be the most incompetent “terrorist” we’ve heard about in a while.
Has anything been said about the guy’s motives? The choice of vehicle and target suggest this may not be another MAGA attack.
EDIT: Turns out the guy was a Trump fan after all, so this doesn’t really break the pattern of right-wing political violence:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/cybertruck-explosion-suspect-matthew-livelsberger-vegas-b2672940.html?
People are so confused to think that love of country and love of Trump naturally go together.
Terribly gullible, misguided people. I would almost feel bad for them if they didn’t literally have all of the worlds public facing information, accessible at any time, within thier pocket to separate fact from fiction.
But then again he assembled the terrorist equivalent to soda and pop-rocks, so perhaps research wasn’t his strong suit.
I really believe half of the country should reacquaint themselves with the word “patriot”
And the only person he managed to kill was himself. The perfect terrorist!