A former FBI agent compared Wednesday's Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas to the infamous Oklahoma City bombing from decades ago, explaining that the man behind the latest episode underestimated how well the Tesla vehicle is made and "wasn't as savvy" as Timothy McVeigh, the terrorist behind the 1995 incident that left 168 deadly victims.
The episode in question took place on Wednesday morning, in which the driver of the rented Cybertruck died. Seven other people were injured.
"This reminds me of Timothy McVeigh's plan to destroy the Federal Building in Oklahoma," said retired FBI agent and NewsNation contributor Jennifer Coffindaffer on her X account. "Whoever planned this attack wasn't as savvy as McVeigh," she added, detailing that besides ignoring the strength of the Tesla vehicle, "they also did not prepare strong enough explosives."
"Thank goodness they did their job poorly," added Coffindaffer.
The Trump Hotel was not severely damaged and there were few casualties. Why? The Tesla Cyber truck reduced the blast effect.
— Jennifer Coffindaffer (@CoffindafferFBI) January 2, 2025
This reminds me of Timothy McVeigh's plan to destroy the Federal Building in Oklahoma. But whoever planned this attack wasn't as savvy as McVeigh. They… pic.twitter.com/7HxpF1lmS4
Tesla founder and Trump ally Elon Musk echoed the sentiment by Coffindaffer on Thursday, saying on a post on X that "the evil knuckleheads picked the wrong vehicle for a terrorist attack" and that "Cybertruck actually contained the explosion and directed the blast upwards."
The evil knuckleheads picked the wrong vehicle for a terrorist attack. Cybertruck actually contained the explosion and directed the blast upwards.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 2, 2025
Not even the glass doors of the lobby were broken. https://t.co/9vj1JdcRZV
The Oklahoma City bombing, carried out by Timothy McVeigh, occurred on April 19, 1995, when a truck bomb exploded outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City. Besides the 168 fatal victims, the attack injured over 600 others, making it the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history at the time.
McVeigh, motivated by anti-government sentiments and anger over events like the Waco Siege and Ruby Ridge, used a rented Ryder truck filled with explosives made from fertilizer and fuel oil. The blast caused massive destruction, leaving a 30-foot-wide crater and destroying or damaging hundreds of nearby buildings. He was arrested shortly after the bombing and later executed in 2001.
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