• Carrolade@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Frankly, it could be a mass-shooting anyway, simply one that had a high-profile figure as one of the targets. Apparently he had explosives in his car and some sort of remote detonation mechanism, so it was clearly about more than just Trump alone.

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        1 year ago

        Fair. None of that speculation is inherently any better than the mass shooting speculation though, there’s similarly zero indication he had anything personal against Trump. He even had potential dem targets in his search history. There’s no sound evidence for anything so far, that I’ve heard at any rate.

        Though I do think it’s a little far-fetched that what appears to be an intelligent engineering student is going to think sneaking over and planting explosives is going to be a viable plan. That’s a little video gamey.

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            Again, there is also no evidence he specifically wanted Trump dead and was not simply committing a blaze-of-glory act of terrorism for some misguided chance at fame. Having no evidence does not mean we default to one preferred interpretation.

            Regarding the rooftop, from all indications he carefully scouted his method. The drone, the rangefinder, the ladder, etc. The building was local police’s responsibility, as well, they actually even had a cop inside that very building. Regardless though, it certainly was embarrassing for the SS anyway, hence the director resigning.