Donald Trump breaks his silence on Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside his Las Vegas hotel and vows to rid America of ‘violent scum’

Donald Trump has broken his silence on the Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside his Las Vegas hotel, vowing to rid America of “violent scum.”

Army veteran Matthew Livelberger is believed to be the man who filled the truck with explosives and fuel before driving it to the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas and leaving it Wednesday morning, killing himself and leaving seven people injured.

The president-elect used his social media platform Truth Social to castigate the security and justice establishment.

He wrote in a post: ‘Our country is a disaster, a laughing stock around the world! This is what happens when you have OPEN BORDERS, with weak, ineffective and virtually non-existent leadership.

“The DOJ, FBI and Democratic state and local prosecutors failed to do their jobs. They are incompetent and corrupt and have spent all their waking hours unlawfully attacking their political opponent, ME, instead of focusing on protecting Americans from the violent SCUM from without and within that is destroying all aspects of our government and our has infiltrated the nation itself.

“Democrats should be ashamed of themselves for allowing this to happen to our country. The CIA must get involved NOW, before it’s too late. The United States is collapsing. A violent erosion of security, national security and democracy is taking place everywhere in our country.

‘Only strength and strong leadership can stop this. See you on January 20. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!’

Just hours earlier, Shamsud Din Jabbar, 42, drove an electric vehicle into a crowd in New Orleans, killing 15 pedestrians and injuring dozens of others.

Law enforcement sources have since revealed that the cars used in both attacks were rented through Turo and that they were both electric vehicles, raising concerns that there is a link.

The police announced on Wednesday afternoon that they are currently investigating possible links and have not yet ruled anything out.

‘Do I think it’s a coincidence? I don’t know,” said Sheriff Kevin McMahill. “We are definitely exploring any connections to New Orleans.”

At a news conference, agents investigating the incident revealed that the Cybertruck was hired from Turo in Colorado and driven across the border into Nevada at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday. The explosion occurred just an hour later.

A spokesperson for Turo later issued a statement describing the company’s heartbreak “due to the violence committed in New Orleans and Las Vegas, and our prayers are with the victims and families.”

“We are actively working with law enforcement authorities as they investigate both incidents. We do not believe that the tenants involved in the attacks in Las Vegas and New Orleans had criminal backgrounds that would have classified them as a threat to security.”

Officers shared a series of photos taken from inside the car, which showed fireworks, gas tanks and camping fuel in the bed of the truck.

They are still investigating how the explosives were detonated, but sources with knowledge of the investigation have indicated that the explosives were likely under the driver’s control.

The driver’s remains are “still in the truck at this time,” McMahill said.

Agents have also surmised that the driver may have purposefully chosen to use one of Musk’s cars to send a message, given Musk’s newfound friendship with President-elect Donald Trump.

“It’s a Tesla truck, we know Elon Musk is working with President-elect Trump and it’s the Trump hotel, so there’s obviously something to look at,” he said.

But the driver’s decision to send a message with the Cybertruck may have been a small silver lining to the tragedy. Authorities reiterated a comment Musk made earlier today that the Cybertruck’s structure contained the explosives.

“The fact that this was a Cybertruck really limited the damage,” McMahill said.

‘It caused most of the damage to increase rather than decrease. The front glass doors of the Trump Hotel weren’t even broken by that explosion.”

Hours earlier, Musk had said, “Cybertruck is the worst possible choice for a car bomb because its stainless steel armor will contain the blast better than any other commercial vehicle.”

Wednesday’s Cybertruck explosion is “probably an act of terror,” Musk previously said, and occurred just hours after the New Orleans tragedy that killed 15 people.

The car worth $80,000 was seen in a fiery blaze outside the hotel’s revolving doors around 8:40 a.m., killing one and injuring seven.

On Wednesday afternoon, Musk revealed that the explosion was caused by “a bomb carried in the bed of the rented Cybertruck” or “very large fireworks.”

He said the explosion was not caused by or related to the vehicle itself, and that the unnamed driver had rented the truck with the help of Turo.

“Police currently believe it was most likely intentional,” he added.

‘Both this Cybertruck and the F-150 suicide bomb in New Orleans were rented from Turo. Maybe they’re connected somehow.’

Musk said, “Tesla vehicles continuously communicate their health status,” meaning his team was able to check if something was wrong with the car’s mechanics before the explosion.

Sheriff McMahill thanked Musk for his efforts to assist the investigation, which included turning over data to authorities and gaining access to CCTV from Tesla charging stations across the country.