5 suspicious packages found in the last 24 hours

[downbeatplumb]

Oh i know how to make one  and i have used them when i was younger (i grew up in the far north were explosives have their use) and my conclusion is based on the fact it looks like he was trying to build a real bomb (the fact he put shrapnel in it particularly ) but messed up . Which leads me to the greater conclusion he's not used to doing this .

I come to a different conclusion -- 

If he made one or two bombs - and mailed them - and they didn't go off, I would likely concur with your assessment.

But ten???

A guy doesn't go to that much effort - without testing his workmanship. He would have blown a couple of test bombs - to ensure they would work.

One of them would likely have gone off. It' s possible he' s a total dimwit - but even dimwits get lucky occasionally. The simple fact he didn't blow himself up would prove that. Amateurs frequently do.

You could be right.

I' d bet against though. I suspect these were designed to LOOK like bombs, but not actually BE bombs.

I came to a different conclusion, that they were bombs targeted against critics of Trump that were intended to kill but didn't.