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Matthew Livelsberger, 37, also wrote in notes left on his phone that he needed to "cleanse" his mind "of the brothers I've lost and relieve myself of the burden of the lives I took".
He had served in the Army since 2006 and was deployed twice to Afghanistan.
He wrote in one letter: "This was not a terrorist attack, it was a wake-up call. Americans only pay attention to spectacles and violence. What better way to get my point across than a stunt with fireworks and explosives."
The letters covered a range of topics including political grievances, societal problems and both domestic and international issues, including the war in Ukraine. He said in one letter that the US was "terminally ill and headed toward collapse".
Investigators are still trying to determine whether Livelsberger sought to make a political point with the Tesla and the hotel bearing president-elect Donald Trump's name.
news.sky.com...
... Investigators are still trying to determine whether Livelsberger sought to make a political point with the Tesla and the hotel bearing president-elect Donald Trump's name.
originally posted by: Flyingclaydisk
Really??? Like seriously??? If it wasn't a political point, then why didn't this dude just go drive up to some Holiday Inn Express to make roman candle out of his ass...after aerating his pumpkin with a pistol???? Why choose Trump tower to do it????
originally posted by: FlatBatt
originally posted by: KrustyKrab
Something I noticed is that the guy standing on the sidewalk doesn’t flinch until the truck ignited. If there was a shot from a pistol, especially a Desert Eagle 50 cal, he would have jumped. So I’m thinking the explosion and his suicide were simultanious. Deadmans switch for sure IMO
Another thought, would the round from a 50 cal of gone through the car roof / door or whatever after exiting him?
originally posted by: Xtrozero
originally posted by: Flyingclaydisk
Really??? Like seriously??? If it wasn't a political point, then why didn't this dude just go drive up to some Holiday Inn Express to make roman candle out of his ass...after aerating his pumpkin with a pistol???? Why choose Trump tower to do it????
The Trump Tower might have been more out of convenience than anything else. It seems he drove up to other hotels but could not get access to the front as he did at the Trump Tower. As to the Tesla, he talked about loving Tesla so maybe he just wanted to spend time in one, but the Shawn Ryan show sure put a crazy turn to it all.
originally posted by: tjack
originally posted by: Xtrozero
originally posted by: Flyingclaydisk
Really??? Like seriously??? If it wasn't a political point, then why didn't this dude just go drive up to some Holiday Inn Express to make roman candle out of his ass...after aerating his pumpkin with a pistol???? Why choose Trump tower to do it????
The Trump Tower might have been more out of convenience than anything else. It seems he drove up to other hotels but could not get access to the front as he did at the Trump Tower. As to the Tesla, he talked about loving Tesla so maybe he just wanted to spend time in one, but the Shawn Ryan show sure put a crazy turn to it all.
They also talked about shoulder fired SAMs smuggled into the US, and undetectable terrorist bomb tech towards the end, it was really crazy talk and doom overload for me.
originally posted by: Flyingclaydisk
There's a heck of a lot of hotels between Colorado Springs and Las Vegas. He drove all the way from CO Springs to Vegas before he could find a convenient spot to put on his human fireworks show?
I'm having a tough time believing that one.
originally posted by: tjack
originally posted by: Xtrozero
originally posted by: Flyingclaydisk
Really??? Like seriously??? If it wasn't a political point, then why didn't this dude just go drive up to some Holiday Inn Express to make roman candle out of his ass...after aerating his pumpkin with a pistol???? Why choose Trump tower to do it????
The Trump Tower might have been more out of convenience than anything else. It seems he drove up to other hotels but could not get access to the front as he did at the Trump Tower. As to the Tesla, he talked about loving Tesla so maybe he just wanted to spend time in one, but the Shawn Ryan show sure put a crazy turn to it all.
They also talked about shoulder fired SAMs smuggled into the US, and undetectable terrorist bomb tech towards the end, it was really crazy talk and doom overload for me.
originally posted by: Flyingclaydisk
The one part which still doesn't hold water in my mind is....why, if you want to expose a botched Asskrackistan military operation in 2019, would a person bring up the crazy anti-gravity alien-like drone technology in the same 'manifesto'? If you want someone to believe you, you don't talk about a bunch of little green Martians in your manifesto also. So, that doesn't compute, and this guy on the Shawn Ryan show didn't seem to have any explanation for this either (but he didn't discount it completely either, which is where I tuned out of the program).
There's also apparently a name mentioned in the manifesto which Army CID and the FBI have demanded be redacted from any publications of the manifesto. You can see where this name is blacked out in copies circulating online. What this person's connection is, is unclear, but apparently he's an important player in all of this.
originally posted by: Xtrozero
originally posted by: Flyingclaydisk
Really??? Like seriously??? If it wasn't a political point, then why didn't this dude just go drive up to some Holiday Inn Express to make roman candle out of his ass...after aerating his pumpkin with a pistol???? Why choose Trump tower to do it????
The Trump Tower might have been more out of convenience than anything else. It seems he drove up to other hotels but could not get access to the front as he did at the Trump Tower. As to the Tesla, he talked about loving Tesla so maybe he just wanted to spend time in one, but the Shawn Ryan show sure put a crazy turn to it all.