Trump Manhattan Trial: Man Self-Immolates Outside Courthouse After Jury Selection

Published APR 19 2024

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The Spin

It is clear that anyone who is willing to self-immolate has serious mental illness, and it appears that the man who lit himself on fire outside of Trump’s trial had succumbed to wild conspiracy theories that drove him mad. Just an hour before his extreme act, Max Azzarello released an incoherent manifesto on Substack that shined a light on his disturbing beliefs. Dubbing himself an “investigative researcher,” he warns of a “totalitarian con” that will lead to an “apocalyptic fascist world coup.” The man is

Independent

Everyone in the world can tell that every aspect of society is decaying, yet no one is willing, or perhaps allowed, to get to the bottom of the issues that have plagued the global order for decades. Max Azzarello may have gone to extreme measures to make his point, and he may have also gone off the deep end in regard to his conclusions. But he is not wrong in his assessment that the global economy is being destroyed and that people across all countries are being divided and propagandized. Harm to oneself or