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Dulcinea

(7,626 posts)
Sat Jan 4, 2025, 05:08 AM Saturday

The soldier who died in Cybertruck explosion wrote it was intended as a 'wakeup call'

(NPR) A highly decorated Army soldier who died in an explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck at the Trump hotel in Las Vegas left a note saying it was stunt to serve as "wakeup call" for the country's ills, investigators said Friday.

Matthew Livelsberger, a 37-year-old Green Beret from Colorado Springs, Colorado, also wrote in the note that he needed to "cleanse my mind" of the lives lost of people he knew and "the burden of the lives I took."

Livelsberger apparently harbored no ill will toward President-elect Donald Trump, Clark County sheriff's officials said.

"Although this incident is more public and more sensational than usual, it ultimately appears to be a tragic case of suicide involving a heavily decorated combat veteran who was struggling with PTSD and other issues," FBI Special Agent In Charge Spencer Evans said at a news conference.

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/03/nx-s1-5247805/las-vegas-cybertruck-explosion-note

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The soldier who died in Cybertruck explosion wrote it was intended as a 'wakeup call' (Original Post) Dulcinea Saturday OP
Suicide bomber: if white then not terror. Nt. Voltaire2 Saturday #1
"No ill will towards Donald Trump" Docreed2003 Saturday #2
Against oligarchs perhaps? jimfields33 Saturday #3
we can't risk harming emperor whiny titty baby's feelings! Nope! LymphocyteLover Saturday #4
Wake-up call? Yes, please! Aristus Saturday #5
I don't get it Blue_Tires Saturday #6

Docreed2003

(17,926 posts)
2. "No ill will towards Donald Trump"
Sat Jan 4, 2025, 08:48 AM
Saturday

The man was a hard core trumper that went out in a blaze of glory in front of a Trump hotel, in the most recognizable vehicle made by a company that is run by Trumps Wormtongue Elon Musk, after writing a goodbye letter saying that suggested the country's leaders on only interested in enriching themselves...but sure, no ill will towards Trump

Aristus

(68,721 posts)
5. Wake-up call? Yes, please!
Sat Jan 4, 2025, 01:19 PM
Saturday

Please, please, please will more Trump supporters light themselves up like this guy while avoiding the squalor and odium of taking innocent people with you!

Trump wants to see your level of devotion! Don’t let him down! Be the first Trumpster on your block to become a human torch!

Make America Great Again!

Blue_Tires

(57,066 posts)
6. I don't get it
Sat Jan 4, 2025, 09:56 PM
Saturday

He's clearly a fan of Donnie and likely voted for him, but still felt the country needed a "wakeup call" in the form of an attention whoring suicide?

A wakeup call to what, exactly??

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