'Picked the wrong vehicle': Musk says Cybertruck blast at Trump hotel probed as 'car bomb'
Tech billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk says he has evidence that the Cybertruck explosion at the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas that killed one person and injured more than half a dozen others was an intentional terrorist act.
That incident, which was captured in footage by hotel guests, occurred in the valet area. The immediate reaction of many people was to call it on-the-nose symbolism for Musk's controversial relationship with President-elect Donald Trump — but it may not have been a coincidence at all.
"We have now confirmed that the explosion was caused by very large fireworks and/or a bomb carried in the bed of the rented Cybertruck and is unrelated to the vehicle itself," Musk posted to his X platform. "All vehicle telemetry was positive at the time of the explosion."
He added that law enforcement officials believe the blast was "most likely intentional."
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This comes amid reports that federal authorities are investigating whether that blast was not just an act of terrorism, but whether it was tied to the vehicle-ramming attack in New Orleans by a Texas man driving a truck with an ISIS flag, which left 15 people dead and many more wounded.
Musk also strongly suggested that it's thanks to the superior engineering of Tesla that the explosion didn't do more damage.
"Cybertruck is the worst possible choice for a car bomb, as its stainless steel armor will contain the blast better than any other commercial vehicle," said Musk.
He later boasted: "The evil knuckleheads picked the wrong vehicle for a terrorist attack. Cybertruck actually contained the explosion and directed the blast upwards. Not even the glass doors of the lobby were broken."