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Las Vegas Cybertruck Bomber was a “Patriot” and a Trump Supporter (Daily Beast)
Alex Constantine - January 2, 2025
NY TIMES REPORTS THE LAS VEGAS CUBERTRUCK BOMBER WAS AN ARMY SPECIAL OPS OFFICER: "According to the Army, Sergeant Livelsberger enlisted as a Special Forces trainee and served on active duty from January 2006 to March 2011, then served in the National Guard from March 2011 to July 2012, and in the Army Reserve from July 2012 to December 2012. He re-entered active duty in December 2012, serving with U.S. Army Special Operations. At the time of the explosion, he had been on approved leave."
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Sources say Matthew Livelsberger, a Green Beret who enlisted in the U.S. Army as a teenager, was a fan of the president-elect.
By Michael Daly and Josh Fiallo
Daily Beast, Jan. 2 2025
The man suspected of being behind Tesla Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas was a “big” supporter of Donald Trump and voted for him in November, a senior law enforcement official tells the Daily Beast.
That revelation came from an interview between Matthew Livelsberger’s loved ones and investigators, the source said. His family added that they believed the 37-year-old Green Beret, who died in Wednesday’s blast outside Trump International Hotel, had Republican leanings.
The revelation tracks with old Facebook comments and what Livelsberger’s uncle, Dean, told The Independent about his nephew’s politics on Thursday.
“He loved Trump, and he was always a very, very patriotic soldier, a patriotic American,” Dean said. “It’s one of the reasons he was in Special Forces for so many years.”
Records in El Paso County, Colo., indicate that he registered in 2020 with the No Labels party, which supports centrist “commonsense” candidates, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.
Much remains unknown about what allegedly drove Livelsberger to rent a Cybertruck in his hometown of Colorado Springs and drive it to Trump’s Las Vegas property.
The truck was filled with explosives and, perhaps miraculously, only injured seven when it burst into flames just steps from the hotel’s front lobby. Livelsberger was the only fatality in the blast.
Livelsberger was a highly trained Special Operations soldier, multiple reports revealed Thursday. He was stationed in Germany, but was back stateside on approved leave.
He enlisted in the U.S. Army when he was still a teenager and was just one year away from receiving his full military benefits, having served 19 years.
CNN’s John Miller, the network’s chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst, gave telling insight into the blast suspect on Thursday. He told viewers the suspect was “highly trained in communications and electronic measures for bomb detections and intelligence operations.”
Miller noted that there remains no “clear motive” for the explosion, which some have speculated was meant to be a political statement against Trump.
Suspect in Cybertruck Explosion Went Radio Silent on Wife
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That theory emerged largely because of the explosion’s symbolics. The vehicle used, a Cybertruck, is Tesla owner Elon Musk’s crown jewel of a vehicle. Musk has been a top Trump ally since the summer, making the explosion’s location—at the Trump property nearest to Livelsberger’s hometown—all the more suspicious.
Miller theorized that the Cybertruck’s driver wanted to make sure that his charred vehicle would appear in close proximity to the massive “TRUMP” signage at the front of the hotel.
“Is he saying it’s 7 something in the morning and there’s not a lot of people here, I’m going to come back in an hour and see if there’s a bigger crowd,” Miller said. “Or is he doing his reconnaissance as a military operator would, which is, who stops you where, where am I going to place this, so the Elon Musk vehicle is going to be right under the Trump sign.
“We don’t know the symbolism that they were going for in this attack was, but they are looking at all of that.”
Matthew Livelsberger was named in local reports as the suspect in the Las Vegas incident.
A LinkedIn profile for Livelsberger included a profile photo of him posing in winter gear and holding an assault rifle. That page listed his most recent role as a Remote and Autonomous Systems Manager, which meant was responsible for the “operations, maintenance and integration” of drones in the Army. He began that role in November.
His uncle told The Independent that Livelsberger was a “super soldier.” If he were to create an exploding Cybertruck, Dean said he believed his nephew had the skills to create one that was “more sophisticated” than what was used on Wednesday.
The LinkedIn page listed Norwich University in Vermont as his alma mater. He graduated from there in 2019 with a degree in Strategic Studies and Defense Analysis.
Livelsberger occasionally commented on LinkedIn, mostly on posts related to the military and service members.
LinkedIn comment. for Matthew Livelsberger.
Matthew Livelsberger indicated in a comment last fall that he knew someone who was a good fit for a military role in Ukraine.
His oldest comment, from five years ago, was to assert that he’d prefer to be gifted a rifle instead of a cash bonus for referring people to an “armed counterintelligence role.” More recently, he commented three months ago that he knew somebody who would be a good fit as a “Tactical Combat Casualty Care Instructor” in Ukraine.
In other comments, Livelsberger appeared to show conservative leanings when disparaging a White House memoir penned by John Bolton.
“Bet Bolton got a hefty chunk from the DNC and other slimy donors to put the book out,” he commented on a news station’s article posted to Facebook.
Facebook “ Oh boy another conspiracy theorist,” someone commented back. “Lol. What a joke.”
Livelsberger responded: “It’s not conspiracy when it’s pretty obvious guy made money from the dems.”
Livelsberger appears to have at one point been married to Sara Livelsberger, a 38-year-old who lives in Delray Beach, Florida. Dean told The Independent that they’ve since divorced and each have new partners. She did not respond to requests for comment from the Daily Beast on Thursday.
A 9-year-old Facebook post by Sara Livelsberger. Facebook
A Facebook page for Sara has been dormant since 2016, but makes multiple references to Livelsberger as her husband. That included one post from 2015, which lines up with Livelsberger’s age, that read: “It is my old a-- husbands’s 28th birthday!”
She does not appear to have the same politics that Livelsberger supposedly has. She posted during the 2016 election cycle that she was a registered Democrat and shared images that were critical of Donald Trump. She once commented that she follows Trump’s Twitter page “just to get my morning motivation to to (sic) kill someone.”
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German Driver who Killed Five Christmas Shoppers was Follower of Elon Musk & Alex Jones
Alex Constantine - January 2, 2025
By Brendan Cole
Newsweek, Dec. 21, 2024
The man believed to have killed at least five people after driving into Christmas market shoppers in Germany is a fan of Elon Musk and backs "conspiracy ideologue" Alex Jones, according to German publication Der Spiegel.
A child was believed to be among the dead, and dozens were seriously injured after the man, identified by local press as Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, is said to have driven into the crowds in Magdeburg. German authorities have identified the 50-year-old Saudi doctor in custody simply as Taleb A.
Der Spiegel and social media users reported that an X account that appeared to be affiliated to the suspect, made comments supporting Musk and Jones, as well as the far-right German party AfD (Alternative for Germany).
Without specifying where it got the information, Der Spiegel also said the suspect was a fan of Elon Musk. "The entrepreneur Elon Musk, who is increasingly openly expressing his sympathies for right-wing parties, was probably one of his role models," said the publication, according to a translation.
The suspect, according to Der Spiegel said: "What Musk says, what Alex Jones says, or anyone who is labeled a radical or a right-wing extremist by mainstream media—they're telling the truth."
Newsweek reached out to Musk via X and Jones via InfoWars for comment.
Why it matters
Germany's centrist political parties are under threat from the far right AfD party. The fact that Taleb A appears to be an anti-Islamist and AfD supporter is significant. The alleged attack occurred on the day that Musk had earlier endorsed AfD as the only party capable of "saving Germany," prompting sharp reactions from across the political spectrum on a day when the country is grieving. There is no suggestion that the attack was connected to Musk's X post.
What we know
As of Saturday morning, there was no confirmed motive for the attack, although for Germans the incident from the night before will spark painful memories from nearly a decade ago.
On December 19, 2016, an Islamist extremist drove a lorry into a Christmas market next to the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church at Breitscheidplatz, Berlin, killing 12 people and injuring 56 others.
Abdulmohsen, who had reportedly arrived in Germany in 2006, allegedly drove his dark BMW into the crowd at around 7 p.m. local time Friday. Images from the scene showed the suspect lying on the pavement before his arrest.
German media outlets reported that as well as the dead, 41 were seriously injured and 86 people were treated with significant injuries in hospital, while 78 people suffered minor injuries. Initial information suggested the attacker was under the influence of drugs, according to police, The Guardian reported.
The Der Spiegel article said the suspect had said in an interview, "if you listen to someone like [British right-wing agitator] Tommy Robinson or even Elon Musk, and even if you're ignorant of the process of Islamization, you'll think they're conspiracy theorists."
"But I can say from experience that anything Robinson says, what Musk says, what Alex Jones says, or anyone who is labeled a radical or a right-wing extremist by mainstream media—they're telling the truth," Der Spiegel reported, citing the suspect.
Saudi Arabia had warned German authorities about the attacker after he posted extremist views on his X account, Reuters reported, citing a Saudi source.
An X account appearing to be affiliated with the suspect contained content condemning Islam. He had described himself as a Saudi dissident, according to an unnamed German official, cited by The Washington Post.
Other social media users noted the suspect's alleged views toward Musk. Shashank Joshi from The Economist posted a message on X that the suspect was "a fan of Elon Musk and his friends Tommy Robinson & the AfD, it turns out."
The journalist Rami Jarrah shared a 2016 post believed to be from the suspect which said "Me and AfD are fighting the same enemy to protect Germany."
Germany's FAZ newspaper said it interviewed the suspect in 2019, describing him as an anti-Islam activist and was quoted as saying, "I am history's most aggressive critic of Islam. If you don't believe me, ask the Arabs."
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Saturday that "normally a Christmas market is a very peacefully and joyful place" and in describing a "dreadful tragedy" added, "I'd like to express the solidarity of the entire country."
What people are saying
Reporting about the suspect, German publication Der Spiegel said: "The entrepreneur Elon Musk, who is increasingly openly expressing his sympathies for right-wing parties, was probably one of his role models."
German chancellor Olaf Scholz: "I'd like to express the solidarity of the entire country."
Elon Musk posted on X: "Scholz should resign immediately. Incompetent fool."
What happens next
Scholz told a press conference on Saturday that the incident and the alleged perpetrator will be investigated "in great depth."
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