Major highway in West Virginia shut down after man threatens to attack President Trump and blow up the Pentagon.

Highway I-68. WDTV.

A major highway in West Virginia was shut down after a traffic stop due to the driver claiming to have explosives and threatening President Trump. WDTV. State Troopers arrested a 42 year old Missouri man named Eric Charron after he had been driving 130 mph on I-68. When questioned, Charron claimed that he had explosives in his vehicle. No bombs were found but a handgun, ammunition and black powder were found. 

More information has been revealed about Eric Charron. KCTV. He claimed that he had an invitation to the White House and wanted to give his gun and the explosives to President Trump. He has been charged with reckless driving and illegal possession of a gun. 

My Comment:

Just a quick post about this incident. It's fairly clear that Charron was in the middle of a psychotic break, probably brought on by his drug use. Though his plan was clearly crazy, it's very possible he could have posed a threat. There was pretty much no chance of him getting anywhere near the Pentagon or President Trump, but he could have caused a major incident. He was well armed enough and could have caused some damage. 

I don't think this incident was politically motivated. Charron strikes me as someone who was mentally ill enough that he would have done what he did regardless of who was president. I doubt he was influenced by recent news like the Mueller report and the hysterical coverage of President Trump. If Charron's psychotic break had happened a few years ago it might have been President Obama instead he was fixed on. 

But I will say that it is disappointing that national news is completely ignoring this story. Local coverage has been fine but the national news media is completely out to lunch. They are too busy dealing with the fallout of the Mueller fiasco to really react to anything right now. 

However, I think if the same man had targeted Barack Obama or any other high profile Democrat he would be front page news across the country. More than anything else the press wants to make sure that nobody ever feels any sympathy for Trump so they are downplaying the story. It is a fairly minor incident but that doesn't mean it should be ignored.