{"id":2386571,"date":"2025-01-05T10:33:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T15:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cybertruck-bomber-competed-in-ultimate-soldier-tv-show\/"},"modified":"2025-01-05T10:34:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T15:34:17","slug":"cybertruck-bomber-competed-in-ultimate-soldier-tv-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cybertruck-bomber-competed-in-ultimate-soldier-tv-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Cybertruck Bomber Competed in &#8216;Ultimate Soldier&#8217; TV Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcybertruck-bomber-competed-in-ultimate-soldier-tv-show%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2386571&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On New Year\u2019s day, Matthew Livelsberger,\u2062 a 37-year-old U.S. Army Green Beret and veteran, drove a \u2062rented Tesla cybertruck that exploded outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas. Livelsberger ultimately shot himself before the explosion, which injured \u200dseven people.He <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">left alarming notes indicating<\/a> a desire for a &#8220;wake-up call,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-reduces-support-for-s-arabia-in-another-boon-to-iran\/\" title=\"Biden reduces support for S. Arabia in another boon to Iran\">citing concerns<\/a> over leadership and potential \u2064threats from China, as well\u200c as alleged war crimes in Afghanistan.\u2063 Prior to \u200bthe incident, Livelsberger\u200d had expressed distress over various issues, which authorities attribute to his struggles\u200c with PTSD.<\/p>\n<p>Livelsberger was a contestant on the History ChannelS &#8220;Ultimate Soldier Challenge,&#8221; were he competed alongside \u200dTim Kennedy, \u2063a\u2064 former\u200b UFC \u200cfighter. Kennedy, who referred to Livelsberger as charming and talented, \u200cstated \u200cthat \u2064it took him \u2064time to process the shocking news, expressing\u2063 disbelief that someone\u2062 he respected could be involved in such an \u200cincident.\u200c Authorities have noted that the explosion appears to be a tragic case of suicide and\u2064 have indicated that Livelsberger acted alone, without\u200c any links to\u2063 terrorist organizations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>More information is coming to light about Matthew Livelsberger, the 37-year-old veteran and U.S. Army Green Beret who drove the Tesla Cybertruck which exploded on New Year&rsquo;s Day outside of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>Inside Edition posted footage to their YouTube channel on Friday of Livelsberger competing on the History Channel&rsquo;s &ldquo;Ultimate Soldier Challenge&rdquo; alongside fellow soldier and ex-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trying-hard-human-awkward-zuckerberg-goes-viral-trying-fit-ufc-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UFC<\/a> fighter Tim Kennedy.<\/p>\n<p>The show pits soldiers from various countries against one another in competition to see who is militarily superior.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy and Livelsberger won the show as the Special Forces team.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9n1wdfJouSg?si=MZ8U432_FTFo4FlD\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Livelsberger went on the show as Matt Berg. Kennedy told Inside Edition it took him several hours after the events on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/alert-mask-mandates-making-big-return-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Year&rsquo;s Day<\/a>&nbsp;to make the connection.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It took about twelve hours of me seeing some photos as more photos started coming out of, you know, who he was. And then I saw Matt Berg with a older photo of him, and I was like, &lsquo;Oh no, dude I know that guy,&rsquo;&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy stated this realization &ldquo;tore my heart out&rdquo; as he viewed Livelsberger as &ldquo;a really great Green Beret.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy gave an incredibly positive recollection of his time around Livelsberger.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He was charming, he was talented, he was personable, he was kind, he was all the things that you&rsquo;d expect from a Green Beret.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>On the explosion, Kennedy felt &ldquo;it just categorically does not make sense&rdquo; that the person behind the wheel could be the same one he met on the show.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;From everything that I have heard, he was universally valued by his team, by his peers,&rdquo; he continued, calling the explosion &ldquo;horrifically <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/heartbreaking-duck-dynastys-phil-robertson-needs-prayers-horrible-health-announcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">heartbreaking<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy&rsquo;s positive impression of Livelsberger gives a new and even stranger dimension to this story.<\/p>\n<p>Livelsberger rented his Cybertruck from the Turo car-sharing app. Shamsud-Din Jabbar &mdash; the driver behind the wheel of a truck on Bourbon Street in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-orleans-attacker-reportedly-left-quran-open-violent-passage-every-american-needs-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Orleans<\/a> who killed 14 people on the same <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bronny-james-agent-warned-that-hed-play-in-another-country-if-drafted-right-before-lebrons-lakers-chose-him\/\" title=\"Bronny James&#039; Agent Warned That He&#039;d Play in Another Country if Drafted, Right Before LeBron&#039;s Lakers Chose Him\">day &#038;mdash<\/a>; used Turo as well.<\/p>\n<p>The day before the explosion, Livelsberger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-cybertruck-bombers-manifesto-allegedly-released-links-nj-drone-invasion-mind-blowing-cover-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sent an <\/a> to retired U.S. Army intelligence officer Sam Shoemate in which he expressed concerns over an attack by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/china-shocks-world-new-test-flight-purpose-made-weapon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">China<\/a> on the eastern seaboard of the United States and alluded to alleged war crimes in Afghanistan that he said were being covered up.<\/p>\n<p>Livelsberger said veterans, servicemembers, and citizens generally needed to &ldquo;wake up.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He wrote that the country is &ldquo;being led by weak and feckless leadership who only serve to enrich themselves.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/01\/03\/cybertruck-explosion-update-matthew-livelsberger-colorado-las-vegas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Denver Post<\/a> reported comments made by Spencer Evans of the Federal Bureau of Investigation&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tesla-cybertruck-detonates-fatal-explosion-outside-trump-hotel-investigated-potential-act-terrorism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Las Vegas<\/a> division, who framed the explosion as &ldquo;a tragic case of suicide involving a heavily decorated combat veteran who is struggling with PTSD and other issues.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Federal officials say Livelsberger acted alone and has not been tied to any terrorist groups.<\/p>\n<p>As we learn more, Kennedy&rsquo;s impression of him makes the situation even more difficult to comprehend and adds a new layer of complexity to the story.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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Inside Edition shared footage on their YouTube channel of Livelsberger participating in the History Channel&#8217;s \u201cUltimate Soldier Challenge\u201d alongside fellow soldier and former UFC fighter Tim Kennedy. The competition features soldiers from different countries vying to prove military superiority, with Kennedy and Livelsberger winning as a Special Forces team.<\/p>\n<p>Livelsberger appeared on the show under the name Matt Berg. Kennedy recounted that it took him several hours after the explosion to recognize Livelsberger from photos that surfaced later. He expressed deep sorrow upon realizing it was someone he regarded highly: \u201cIt tore my heart out,\u201d he said, describing Livelsberger as an exceptional Green Beret\u2014charming, talented, personable, and kind.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy found it hard to reconcile his positive memories of Livelsberger with the tragic incident, stating that it &#8220;categorically does not make sense&#8221; for this individual to be involved in such an event. He emphasized how well-regarded Livelsberger was among his peers and called the explosion &#8220;horrifically heartbreaking.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Adding complexity to this narrative is that Livelsberger rented his Cybertruck through Turo; notably, Shamsud-Din Jabbar\u2014the driver responsible for killing 14 people in New Orleans on the same day\u2014also used Turo.<\/p>\n<p>The day before his death, Livelsberger sent an email to retired U.S. Army intelligence officer Sam Shoemate expressing concerns about a potential attack by China on America\u2019s east coast and referencing alleged war crimes in Afghanistan being concealed. He urged veterans and citizens alike to &#8220;wake up,&#8221; criticizing what he saw as weak leadership enriching themselves.<\/p>\n<p>According to Spencer Evans from the FBI&#8217;s Las Vegas division, they view this incident as a tragic suicide involving a decorated combat veteran struggling with PTSD and other issues. Federal authorities assert that Livelsberger acted alone without any ties to terrorist organizations. As more information unfolds, Kennedy&#8217;s favorable impression of him adds further layers of complexity to this troubling story<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2386572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Livelsberger.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7225,45398,47934],"class_list":["post-2386571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bomber","tag-cybertruck","tag-ultimate-soldier"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Livelsberger.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2386571"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2386575,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386571\/revisions\/2386575"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2386572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2386571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2386571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2386571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}