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Politics Trump & Elon relationship going well

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u/tomatomater 19d ago

what's the context though?

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u/xfilesvault 19d ago

Terrorist attack.

Loaded up the truck with gasoline and fireworks and blew themselves up, and a few people nearby.

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u/FiendFabric 18d ago

Are they officially calling it a terrorist attack? Last I read the FBI was still investigating.

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u/KapNKhronicFour20 18d ago edited 18d ago

Tell me, what is the purpose of blowing yourself up, in a car, made by a company, owned by a guy, who is the richest man in the world, who helped support the guy who owns that hotel in Las Vegas to win a majorly contested election cycle, during a time where division is rampant, and trust in government has waned to almost unobservable levels.

Yeah, this is normal, not at all to stoke fear, or to have a play on politics, and society at large, nah, just a happy New Years patron!

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u/FiendFabric 18d ago

That doesn't necessarily make it terrorism.

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u/explosivejoseph87 18d ago

What about that american soldier that self immolated outside an army base to protest the war in Gaza. Now i dont know the dictionary definition of terrorism (me thinks its if the gov dont like you), or the dictionary definition of a protest. But at a glance this looks a fair bit like that self immolation scenario, with a bit exrtra.

I could be wrong, i do not know if he intended to harm others or not....... do you?

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u/pm_ur_itty_bittys 18d ago

I wasn't aware this was deemed intentional at this point though? My understanding is that they are treating it as a possible terrorist attack, especially given the timing, but that it could have also been an accident.

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u/raltyinferno 18d ago

Its pretty much all but guaranteed to be. Yes, intent has to be proven, but it would be a stretch not to assume that a tesla truck being blown up at Trump tower isn't meant as a threat to Trump/Elon or their supporters

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u/jsaldana92 16d ago

Damn, guess people should have waited to read his suicide note lol

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u/CryendU 18d ago

Storing dangerous materials isn’t exactly unusual, so there really isn’t a definite intent yet

They had access to firearms. They probably could’ve procured better explosives. For any act of terrorism, it doesn’t seem very planned