I honestly don’t know what to make of the two incidents on New Years Day, one in New Orleans and the other in Las Vegas.
As of this writing the New Orleans incident in which a driver driving a rented truck deliberately mowed down people celebrating in Bourbon Street appears to be a case of radicalization. The Las Vegas incident in which a guy apparently killed himself in a rented Tesla truck before the fireworks and explosives he’d filled its bed with exploded is even more baffling.
So, what’s going on?
Update
My interpretation of President-Elect Trump’s comments trying to tie the incident to illegal immigration is that it’s an instance of Maslow’s Hammer (when the only tool you have is a hammer every problem looks like a nail). Illegal immigration is his issue so he relates everything to it.
Unusual that both were veterans, born in the US and one was still on active duty I believe. So far it looks like he acted alone.
Steve
They both served at Ft. Bragg, although whether they knew each other is not known. Bragg is the biggest Army base. It is also a hotbed of radicalization.
They both rented EV trucks using the same app. The EV battery is itself a bomb.
One coincidence is probably just chance. Three needs investigation.
As to immigration, we need closed borders, and expulsion of all immigrants and their children who entered after 1965. Repeal that evil bill, too.