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Ryan Wesley Routh is an American man who is suspected of having attempted to assassinate former U.S. president Donald Trump, who at the time was the presumptive Republican Party nominee for the 2024 presidential election.

On September 15, 2024, Secret Service agents shot a suspect who was hiding in some shrubs with a rifle at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida. He fled the scene. Routh was later arrested as the potential suspect. The incident occurred while former U.S. president Donald Trump was golfing at the club.

The motives of the suspect are still unknown, though officials believe he intended to shoot Trump.

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Early life

In December 2002 Routh was convicted of possessing a firearm, resisting, delaying and obstructing a law enforcement officer and driving with license revoked after a 3-hour stand off with police. He was pulled over during a traffic stop, put his hand on a gun and then drove to a nearby business, where he barricaded himself inside.

In 2003, he was sentenced for driving without a license, carrying a concealed weapon and hit and run. In 2010 he was convicted of possessing stolen goods.

Routh claimed on his various social media accounts, as well as in 2022 interivews with The New York Times and Newsweek Romania, to have made supposed efforts to recruit soldiers to fight in the conflict. He also claimed to have fought in Ukraine.

In May 2024 Routh and his girlfriend moved from Greensboro, North Carolina to Hawaii.

Attempted assassination of Donald Trump

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Political activities

Voter records show that he was an unaffiliated voter.

According to posts on his X account (then known as Twitter), he voted for Trump in the 2016 Presidential Election. In 2020 however he stated that while he had voted for Trump in 2016, he "will be happy when Trump is gone." He also stated support for Tulsi Gabbard in various posts. Other posts indicate he believed in COVID-19 conspiracy theories.

In 2024 he voted in the Democratic primary in Guilford County, North Carolina.

See also

• List of United States presidential assassination attempts and plots

References

1. "Trump Safe After Shooting Reported at His Golf Course". The New York Times. September 15, 2024. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
2. "Trump is safe following shooting at Florida golf course; suspect detained". CNN. September 15, 2024. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
3. "5 things to know about the apparent assassination attempt on Trump at one of his golf courses". AP News. September 16, 2024. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
4. ^ Henderson, Barney; Lewis, Kaitlin (September 15, 2024). "Ryan Wesley Routh, would-be Trump assassin, fought in Ukraine, supports war". Newsweek. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
5. REPORTS, FROM STAFF (December 16, 2002). "MAN WITH GUN BARRICADES SELF INSIDE BUSINESS". Greensboro News and Record. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
6. ^ Mikkelsen, Emily; Skipper, Elijah; Melrose, Justyn (September 15, 2024). "Greensboro neighbor describes man accused of attempting Trump assassination, says 'a lot of people were afraid of him'". Fox 8. Retrieved September 15, 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
7. "EXCLUSIV Recrutor pentru Legiunea Internațională: Vă încurajez să veniți și să luptați în Ucraina | Newsweek Romania". newsweek.ro. June 14, 2022. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
8. Henderson, Barney; Lewis, Kaitlin (September 15, 2024). "Ryan Wesley Routh, would-be Trump assassin, fought in Ukraine, supports war". Newsweek. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
9. Routh, Ryan (June 10, 2020). "Ryan Routh on Twitter: "@realDonaldTrump While you were my choice in 2106, I and the world hoped that president Trump would be different and better than the candidate, but we all were greatly disappointment and it seems you are getting worse and devolving; are you retarded; I will be glad when you gone"". twitter.com. Archived from the original on June 11, 2020. Retrieved September 16, 2024.

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