“In addition to his initial intention of killing Hegseth and/or Johnson, the affidavit said, English told police he considered burning down the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank.”

Guy turned himself in, but doesn’t really say why.

  • WhatDoYouMeanPodcast [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    21
    ·
    2 days ago

    Going after the treasury secretary is so silly because it’s such a niche job. What did the fucking incumbent treasury guy do to you? It’s not even something funny like red day on the stock market -> blame the SEC. I’m sure if Trump likes him he’s a ghoul, so his hobby is probably liquidating babies to make Legos, but I’d have to google “what does a treasury secretary do?”

    • meth_dragon [none/use name]@hexbear.net
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      23
      ·
      1 day ago

      bessent was the architect of the 97 asian financial crisis acting through soros, many geopolitical analysts in china consider him to be the main ‘antagonist’ within the trump admin and many believe him to have a bone to pick with china as it was hong kong and the chinese government by proxy that put down his rampage almost 30 years ago

    • Inui [comrade/them]@hexbear.netOP
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      18
      ·
      2 days ago

      Looks like he was just after whoever in the Trump admin.

      "initially planning to kill Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and/or House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., a police affidavit said.

      But English shifted his target to Bessent after stopping at a library in Chevy Chase, Maryland, and reading that the Senate was voting Monday on Bessent’s nomination as President Donald Trump’s Treasury chief, the document said."

      • worlds_okayest_mech_pilot [he/him]@hexbear.net
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        11
        ·
        edit-2
        1 day ago

        Who stops in the middle of their assassination to go to a public library and read the news? And upon reading said news, changes their plan and target?

        We’re really dealing with some Level 1 Adventurers here. Starting zone shit

    • There’s a whole class of libertarian, monetary policy-obsessed people who hate the Treasury and the Fed something fierce. And when you ask them about it they go on these Marxist-length rants, and there’s always something about Bretton-Woods, gold, and crypto for some reason.