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Ping Tung

(1,971 posts)
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 05:38 PM Jan 2025

Cybertruck blast suspect was a 'Rambo type' who loved Trump, family says

Source: Independent

The active-duty Green Beret who was driving a Tesla Cybertruck that blew up outside the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas on New Year’s Day “was a 100 percent patriot,” his bewildered uncle said Thursday.

Matthew Livelsberger, 37, was “like a Rambo-type, for lack of a better word,” Dean Livelsberger told The Independent.

Dean, whose older brother is Livelsberger’s father, Roger, himself an Air Force veteran who served in Vietnam, said his nephew “loved the Army.”

“He used to have all patriotic stuff on Facebook, he was 100 percent loving the country,” he continued. “He loved Trump, and he was always a very, very patriotic soldier, a patriotic American. It’s one of the reasons he was in Special Forces for so many years. It wasn’t just one tour of duty.”

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/cybertruck-explosion-suspect-matthew-livelsberger-vegas-b2672940.html



Just another True Believer Patriot protecting us from terrorists?
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Cybertruck blast suspect was a 'Rambo type' who loved Trump, family says (Original Post) Ping Tung Jan 2025 OP
... wondering if his Wife divorced him for supporting Trump? Nictuku Jan 2025 #1
Symptom of a Domestic Terrorist? Roy Rolling Jan 3 #58
So why didn't he stick around to experience the 2nd term JI7 Jan 2025 #2
I think his wife discovered his infidelity, tRump betrayed him, so he decided to suicide in spectacular fashion Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2025 #30
But it's not a cult 4catsmom Jan 2025 #36
His wife kicked him just after Christmas. They had a new baby. LeftInTX Jan 2025 #54
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jan 3 #59
He had a traumatic brain injury from Afghanistan and shot himself in the mouth. LeftInTX Jan 3 #60
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jan 3 #64
trumpsters aren't rational, but what motivated him here? Did trump/musk tick him off? Silent Type Jan 2025 #3
Makes Rebl2 Jan 2025 #13
tRump-Muck ticked off a lot of magas very severely over the H-1B visa betrayal. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2025 #31
The tsf and eloon foster their hate then BlueKota Jan 2025 #4
MAGA Catharsis makes them feel good as they try to get some attention. bucolic_frolic Jan 2025 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jan 2025 #20
Maybe the reason the explosion wasn't large enough to damage the Trump hotel generalbetrayus Jan 2025 #6
Or could be a MAGA inside job. The Grand Illuminist Jan 2025 #7
It all worked out real well for him Blue Owl Jan 2025 #8
He got the spectacular suicide that linked Muck and tRump. I think because they betrayed magas over H-1B. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2025 #33
Maybe he felt "betrayed" by his dear leader siding with oligarch 1? Justice matters. Jan 2025 #9
seems so many of them are bitching about feeling screwed over on the immigrant issue orleans Jan 2025 #14
This is what makes sense to me. He was probably a disgruntled MAGAT. cos dem Jan 2025 #15
I've never met a "gruntled" MAGAt. They aren't happy unless they are pissed off about something. OMGWTF Jan 2025 #50
That's proof it's not terrorism then IronLionZion Jan 2025 #10
Does not compute. Never will compute. RobertDevereaux Jan 2025 #11
These people don't know what it means to love our country IronLionZion Jan 2025 #25
Betrayed by tRump, sold out by Muck, he cheated on his wife (so I read) she discovered. Makes good sense as a suicide.nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2025 #34
Patriot? uncledad Jan 2025 #12
hell, two trump supporters tried to kill trump prodigitalson Jan 2025 #45
Nothing about this story is making any sense Unladen Swallow Jan 2025 #16
He was MAGA. When did what they do ever make sense? Ray Bruns Jan 3 #63
Maybe he made himself a sacrifice? Grumpy Old Woman Jan 2025 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jan 2025 #18
Both of the vehicles used in these two horrific incidents TNNurse Jan 2025 #19
I heard they were Turo rentals 4catsmom Jan 2025 #38
They aren't paying off the credit card underpants Jan 2025 #40
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jan 2025 #21
one theory Hieronymus Phact Jan 2025 #22
Could it have been an accident? Demobrat Jan 2025 #23
He shot himself in the head before the truck exploded. eom littlemissmartypants Jan 2025 #24
Oh. I see. Thank you! Demobrat Jan 2025 #27
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jan 2025 #37
Well, he could have accidental shot himself in the head then fallen on the plunger. CentralMass Jan 2025 #56
Why gasoline though? IronLionZion Jan 2025 #26
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jan 2025 #43
Putting fireworks together with gasoline or gas canisters is not an accident. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2025 #35
"Patriotic" and "loved trump" don't go together. mwb970 Jan 2025 #28
bizzare Evolve Dammit Jan 2025 #29
Maybe a light bulb went off in the patriot's head. hay rick Jan 2025 #32
Patriotism is Incompatible with Donald Trump Martin Eden Jan 2025 #39
Weird blueseas Jan 2025 #41
+1 Emile Jan 3 #65
the guy rented a cybertruck...who does that? prodigitalson Jan 2025 #42
Sad when people mention 'Rambo style' and everyone knows exactly what that implies. Aussie105 Jan 2025 #44
Sorry but being a trumper in no way makes you a patriot mdbl Jan 2025 #46
Could the uncle be lying? Renew Deal Jan 2025 #47
What part of the country that he "loved so much" louis-t Jan 2025 #48
TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME! Emile Jan 2025 #49
You can't be a patriot & support Trump, period. Pick one. CaptainTruth Jan 2025 #51
Roger That Capn BOSSHOG Jan 2025 #52
Trump never accepted he lost, then he tried to overthrow the government Skittles Jan 3 #57
So why not watch his inauguration and enjoy his Presidentcy? Polybius Jan 2025 #53
Who woulda thunk. (I'm being sarcastic) CentralMass Jan 2025 #55
Deepest sympathies to those affected directly by this. Aussie105 Jan 3 #61
Maybe Kali999 Jan 3 #62
Kick ck4829 Jan 20 #66

Nictuku

(4,109 posts)
1. ... wondering if his Wife divorced him for supporting Trump?
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 05:51 PM
Jan 2025

I kind of divorced my brother yesterday, first time he called since the election. I really yelled and screamed at him (kind of surprised myself), I just can't deal with talking to TSF supporters, even if you are my brother.

Of course he said that he didn't actually vote, I said: "The last thing /you/ said to me before the election was "We will see..." and I then yelled at him: "Were you lying then, or you lying now?" I gave him no quarter. I am not this kind of yelling screaming person, but it all just came out. He was a Trumper, maybe he didn't actually vote. I bet a lot of people losing family members are saying they didn't actually vote for him.

Roy Rolling

(7,273 posts)
58. Symptom of a Domestic Terrorist?
Fri Jan 3, 2025, 03:52 AM
Jan 3

“He used to have all patriotic stuff on Facebook, he was 100 percent loving the country,” he continued. “He loved Trump, and he was always a very, very patriotic soldier, a patriotic American. It’s one of the reasons he was in Special Forces for so many years. It wasn’t just one tour of duty.”

Are we seeing a pattern here? So patriotic, he wanted to kill himself on TV for Trump.

Bernardo de La Paz

(53,892 posts)
30. I think his wife discovered his infidelity, tRump betrayed him, so he decided to suicide in spectacular fashion
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 07:55 PM
Jan 2025

I read his wife confronted him over infidelity and he left a few days ago (not certain of veracity). Last week or so, Muck was defending H1-B visas. tRump had promised to end them in 2016. He of course was full on against immigrants, especially undocumented ones. Then VP-elect tRump switched and backed his co-president supporting the H-1Bs. Many many magas howled that that was a betrayal and vowed to never support him again.

Hence a Muck cybertruck (the nemesis) at a tRump (the double-crossing ratfink) hotel. He had to drive a long distance to get there from Colorado, so it was important.

LeftInTX

(32,761 posts)
54. His wife kicked him just after Christmas. They had a new baby.
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 11:43 PM
Jan 2025

He was cheating on her. Then he texted an old GF after he rented the cybertruck.

Response to LeftInTX (Reply #54)

Response to LeftInTX (Reply #60)

Rebl2

(16,010 posts)
13. Makes
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 06:52 PM
Jan 2025

you wonder doesn’t it. Maybe they have said things since the election that made him angry. Strange way of getting back at them.

BlueKota

(4,140 posts)
4. The tsf and eloon foster their hate then
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 05:58 PM
Jan 2025

load them like a cannon ball into a cannon and then aim them at the rest of us. What they don't realize is sometimes cannons backfire.

bucolic_frolic

(49,516 posts)
5. MAGA Catharsis makes them feel good as they try to get some attention.
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 06:08 PM
Jan 2025

It's hard to be so righteous and not be recognized for your own brilliance the way Trump is worshipped. I don't really know what's happened with these people, but it seems to me to involve their rigid minds yearning for the spotlight.

Response to bucolic_frolic (Reply #5)

generalbetrayus

(824 posts)
6. Maybe the reason the explosion wasn't large enough to damage the Trump hotel
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 06:10 PM
Jan 2025

was that he wanted to commit suicide next to a Trump property and go out with a bang without causing any actual damage to it.

Bernardo de La Paz

(53,892 posts)
33. He got the spectacular suicide that linked Muck and tRump. I think because they betrayed magas over H-1B. . . . . nt
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 07:59 PM
Jan 2025

Justice matters.

(8,225 posts)
9. Maybe he felt "betrayed" by his dear leader siding with oligarch 1?
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 06:33 PM
Jan 2025

Maybe he couldn't stand the felonious rapist's betrayal and being so devoted to the extreme-right agenda, he blew a gasket and decided to show them...

Who knows?

The propaganda is strong in these types...

orleans

(35,840 posts)
14. seems so many of them are bitching about feeling screwed over on the immigrant issue
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 07:06 PM
Jan 2025

i'm thinking your guess is mostly on the money -- betrayed by trump (& eloon)

cos dem

(927 posts)
15. This is what makes sense to me. He was probably a disgruntled MAGAT.
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 07:07 PM
Jan 2025

We've all enjoyed the MAGAT vs tech bro infighting, and the guy was probably despondent when he saw orange Hitler siding with Muskrat over his beloved MAGAT cult. It should be clear to the MAGATs that they're not needed anymore. The future belongs to the oligarchs.

OMGWTF

(4,631 posts)
50. I've never met a "gruntled" MAGAt. They aren't happy unless they are pissed off about something.
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 11:06 PM
Jan 2025

IronLionZion

(48,280 posts)
10. That's proof it's not terrorism then
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 06:34 PM
Jan 2025

Yep, mental illness. He's the real victim here. It's the price of eggs. Economic anxiety



RobertDevereaux

(1,986 posts)
11. Does not compute. Never will compute.
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 06:36 PM
Jan 2025

“He . . . was 100 percent loving the country. He loved Trump, and he was always a very, very patriotic soldier, a patriotic American.”

True patriotic soldiers, true patriotic Americans, despise Trump.

IronLionZion

(48,280 posts)
25. These people don't know what it means to love our country
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 07:45 PM
Jan 2025

people who love America don't want to hurt their fellow Americans.

Bernardo de La Paz

(53,892 posts)
34. Betrayed by tRump, sold out by Muck, he cheated on his wife (so I read) she discovered. Makes good sense as a suicide.nt
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 08:02 PM
Jan 2025

uncledad

(111 posts)
12. Patriot?
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 06:42 PM
Jan 2025

"He used to have all patriotic stuff on Facebook, he was 100 percent loving the country"
Well if had "patriotic shit on facebook," then yeah he must have really loved America? My experience has always been that these assholes what call themselves "patriots" actually hate this country. The flag to them is nothing more than a tool to own the libs. They live in some mythical 1950's black and white version of America that never existed except in the slogans and propaganda of the far right in this country.

Grumpy Old Woman

(21 posts)
17. Maybe he made himself a sacrifice?
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 07:19 PM
Jan 2025

Clocking out as close to the heavenly gates as possible? Just a thought.

Response to Ping Tung (Original post)

TNNurse

(7,292 posts)
19. Both of the vehicles used in these two horrific incidents
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 07:24 PM
Jan 2025

were rented. Did not want to use their own vehicles. Cowards leave their families with the issues of those resntals.

4catsmom

(617 posts)
38. I heard they were Turo rentals
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 08:09 PM
Jan 2025

which are like someone loaning you his car - people put their extra cars on Turo to earn a few bucks. They probably won't do it again.

underpants

(189,686 posts)
40. They aren't paying off the credit card
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 08:13 PM
Jan 2025

they know they have no repercussions.

A couple of the mass shootings and I think the kid in Butler PA bought their killing machines with a credit card

Response to Ping Tung (Original post)

Hieronymus Phact

(557 posts)
22. one theory
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 07:40 PM
Jan 2025

Maybe he was upset about all that talk about terminating the constitution and not voting any more?
Try that one on the next magat, you can make them look it up!

Demobrat

(10,103 posts)
23. Could it have been an accident?
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 07:40 PM
Jan 2025

I haven’t followed closely, but I think he had fireworks and gasoline in the truck? Could he have gone down there to celebrate his heroes and just accidentally lit a cigarette at the wrong time?

Response to littlemissmartypants (Reply #24)

Response to IronLionZion (Reply #26)

hay rick

(8,596 posts)
32. Maybe a light bulb went off in the patriot's head.
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 07:57 PM
Jan 2025

If blowing up a Musk truck in front of a Trump hotel doesn't send a message, I don't know what does.

Homage to Thich Quang Duc protesting a corrupt regime?

Martin Eden

(14,066 posts)
39. Patriotism is Incompatible with Donald Trump
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 08:12 PM
Jan 2025

True American heroes made tremendous sacrifices to defeat fascism, and now they are turning in their graves because the American people put a fascist in the White House.

Aussie105

(6,929 posts)
44. Sad when people mention 'Rambo style' and everyone knows exactly what that implies.
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 09:03 PM
Jan 2025

For the uneducated:

Rambo is a fictional character, designated the 'good guy' before the film even rolls in theatres.
Rambo always wins.
The actors get to go home at the end of the filming, alive and well.

In real life, none of that is true.

Renew Deal

(83,709 posts)
47. Could the uncle be lying?
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 09:30 PM
Jan 2025

Was the Rambo wannabe compromised in some other way like blackmail?
Could it have been some sort of false flag induced by mental illness?

Skittles

(163,064 posts)
57. Trump never accepted he lost, then he tried to overthrow the government
Fri Jan 3, 2025, 03:16 AM
Jan 3

he doesn't truly BELIEVE in America and neither does anyone who supports him

Polybius

(19,625 posts)
53. So why not watch his inauguration and enjoy his Presidentcy?
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 11:33 PM
Jan 2025

It doesn't make sense. His boy won.

Aussie105

(6,929 posts)
61. Deepest sympathies to those affected directly by this.
Fri Jan 3, 2025, 07:08 AM
Jan 3

Analysis as to WHY ? ? ? ? don't get anywhere.

They never do.

So pointless, really.





Kali999

(152 posts)
62. Maybe
Fri Jan 3, 2025, 07:49 AM
Jan 3

He didn't like them yapping about ending Veterans Benefits. And the cognitive dissonance caused a melt down.

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