The Green Beret who shot himself seconds before the Tesla Cybertruck he was renting exploded in a fiery explosion outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on New Year’s Day called the event a “wake-up call” and an attempt to free himself from the “burden.” to free” the lives he took in battle. He also advocated a Jan. 6 takeover of federal buildings and the ouster of Democrats from the government and military.

“Try peaceful means first, but be prepared to fight tooth and nail to get the Democrats out of the Fed government and the military,” he wrote. “They all have to go and there has to be a hard reset so that our country doesn’t collapse.”

“Dear comrades, veterans and all Americans, it is time to wake up! We are led by a weak and reckless leadership that only serves to enrich itself,” Matthew Livelsberger wrote on one of two iPhones recovered from the vehicle in what police say are two letters and a diary in which he details his preparations in the ten days before his suicide.

The evidence police have reviewed so far “only scratches the surface” of the information investigators have collected, Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill said at a news conference Friday.

Metro’s publication of the text following the news conference revealed that Livelsberger’s message turned into a tirade in which he called on militia to line streets and gather at federal buildings.

“We are the United States of America, the best country people that ever existed! But right now we are terminally ill and on the way to collapse,” reads a second entry. “This wasn’t a terrorist attack, it was a wake-up call. Americans only care about spectacle and violence. What better way to get my point across than a stunt involving fireworks and explosives? Why did I personally do it now? I had to cleanse my mind of the brothers I had lost and free myself from the burden of the lives I had taken.”

“We are also aware that there may have been other family issues or personal grievances in his own life that may have contributed to this,” FBI Special Agent in Charge Spencer Evans told reporters.

He added that law enforcement learned through interviews that Livelsberger suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and “does not harbor any animosity toward the president-elect.”

Livelsberger calls on the nation to join Trump and Elon Musk in calling for a negotiated settlement in Ukraine.

“Focus on strength and victory. Masculinity is good and men need to be leaders. Strength is a deterrent and fear is the result,” he wrote.

“Stop pandering to diversity,” he added. “We are all diverse and DEI is a cancer. Luckily, we rejected the DEI candidate and will have a real president instead of Weekend at Bernie’s.”

Authorities have not established a clear connection between Livelsberger and the perpetrator of the New Orleans Bourbon St. massacre on New Year’s Day.

McMahill noted that the decorated soldier, who served five tours of combat, was “not much different” than the officers at Metro, noting that the department focuses on “taking care of the heart, mind, body and soul of the military.” “To take care of people who are outside.” That’s where they do this work because they are exposed to things, see things, hear things, feel things, and smell things that most normal people don’t have to do. And the heroes who serve in the military and on the front lines of America’s law enforcement are being challenged in this way.”

The incident, he said, was a reminder to “pay attention to mental health in America” ​​and the “need to talk about these things.”

Note: This story has been updated with information contained in a link provided by police to two of the notes found on Livelsberger’s phone.

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