A small replace on the Cybertruck incident in Vegas, since I mentioned it in as we speak’s Backchannel. The 37-year-old active-duty soldier within the car apparently shot himself within the head moments earlier than the automobile ignited. He was additionally, in line with his uncle, a giant Trump supporter. Evidently (or I hope it’s for sure), this makes the motive for this incident fairly arduous to make sense of. Given the obvious suicide and different outlandish components of what occurred it appears apparent that psychological well being points seemingly performed some function. However this goes a bit past making dangerous choices or having a common suicidal ideation. Even within the context of some distorted reasoning, what was the message? What was the purpose? I’ve seen various folks suggest that the lifeless soldier could have been offended about Trump’s new fealty to Musk. On its face this struck me because the sort of over-ornate principle you’d give you in the event you’re spending an excessive amount of time on social media and had an excessive amount of time in your arms. However the reality is I haven’t been capable of give you any extra believable principle.

It’s all the time good to do not forget that individuals who hire a automobile, drive it from Colorado Springs to Las Vegas after which gentle the automobile on hearth and shoot themselvs within the head most likely aren’t pondering in very linear methods or methods which are going to make sense to the remainder of us. Nevertheless it’s nonetheless fairly arduous to determine.