Trump 'Target of Second Assassination Attempt' by Fanatical Ukraine Supporter Ryan Routh

Before he was caught with an AK-47 on a golf course near Trump, Ryan Routh went to Kiev to fight for Ukraine's military and recruit for its International Legion. Routh told US media he "had partners meeting with [Ukraine's Ministry of Defense] every week." Ryan Routh was arrested today with an AK-47-style rifle several hundred yards from Donald Trump while the former president was golfing. According to the Washington Post, the "Trump golf course incident investigated as potential assassination attempt."

Back in 2022, Routh reportedly traveled to Ukraine to recruit for the International Legion. According to Newsweek Romania, which interviewed Routh in 2022, the American resident of Hawaii hoped to fight as a volunteer alongside the Ukrainian army, but was too old at age 56.

"So plan B," Routh said, "was to come to Kiev and promote the idea of many others coming to join the International Legion. We need thousands of people here to fight alongside Ukrainians.

There are about 190 countries on our planet, and if the governments are not officially sending soldiers here, then we civilians should pick up this torch and make it happen."

Routh's Twitter timeline is filled with scores of tweets volunteering his direct assistance to the war in Ukraine, cheerleading the war against Russia, and attacking opponents of military aid to Kiev such as Tulsi Gabbard.

Semafor described Routh as the head of the International Volunteer Center in Ukraine. He complained to the outlet that Ukraine's government was less than enthusiastic about the droves of volunteers flocking to Kiev. "I have had partners meeting with [Ukraine's Ministry of Defense] every week and still have not been able to get them to agree to issue one single visa."

Routh also appeared in a March 25, 2023 New York Times feature about "The U.S. volunteers in Ukraine who lie, waste and bicker."

Breaking: Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, has been identified as the gunman suspect who allegedly nearly assassinated Trump at his golf course in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Routh's online presence shows an obsession with supporting Ukraine and posts about saving democracy. He ran a website… pic.twitter.com/CgYMzv1T3Y

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The political donations of would-be assassin Ryan Wesley Routh.

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