Donald Trump Assassination Attempt: Former US President Donald Trump has once again escaped an alleged 'assassination attempt'. Donald Trump's campaign team said that a bullet was fired near the former president in Florida. At present, he is safe. After the news of the shooting in Florida, the Secret Service said that Trump is safe and an investigation is being done. 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh on Sunday (September 15) attempted to assassinate Republican candidate Donald Trump in Florida. The firing took place when Trump was playing golf at a golf club in West Palm Beach. He was later arrested. The US investigative agency FBI has confirmed that the incident was an assassination attempt, which was the second time in two months on the Republican leader.
Election campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said, "President Trump is safe after the shooting around him. There is no further information at this time." US Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green confirmed this information on X, saying that an assassination attempt has been made on Trump. At the same time, the presidential candidate's eldest son Donald John Trump Jr. said that an AK-47 rifle had been found near the site of the shooting at Trump's golf course. The son said that Donald Trump is safe. While the suspect has reportedly been captured.
Let us tell you that earlier in July, a shooter had attempted to assassinate Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The gunman shot Trump in the ear, killing one spectator and injuring two others. US law enforcement officials and agencies are investigating the assassination attempt.
Who is the attacker? (Who Is Ryan Wesley Routh)
According to the 'New York Times report, Ryan Wesley Routh is a former construction worker from Greensboro, North Carolina. He had no formal military background. But he had recently expressed a desire to participate in armed conflict. He had expressed a desire to participate in the Ukraine war, especially after Russia's 2022 invasion. In a post, Routh expressed his desire to 'fight and die' in Ukraine. He said, “I am ready to go to Krakow and go to the border of Ukraine and volunteer and fight and die.”
In an interview with Newsweek Romania, Routh said, “He initially went to Ukraine to “fight” to support the Ukrainians. After arriving in Kyiv he helped recruit people to join the war. We need all the people here to fight… That’s why I’m in Kyiv, so any project I promote is aimed at bringing people here to support the Ukrainians.”
This was not Routh's first encounter with the law. In 2002, he was arrested after locking himself inside a building in Greensboro with a weapon. Serious charges were filed against him. However, the outcome of the case is still unclear. Routh's son told the Daily Mail that his father hates Donald Trump like all sane people. He also said that his father is not a violent person. He does not think he owns a gun.
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