Profile of Ryan Routh Who Tried to Shoot Trump: He Regretted Voting for Him in 2016

Influential activist, idealist or fanatic? Ryan Routh appears to be something of all three, given the trajectory of his life leading up to his arrest Sunday in Florida on suspicion of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump. A photo released by the Martin County Sheriff’s Office shows the 58-year-old American man with his blond hair uncombed and his hands cuffed behind his back. In another photo, the rumpled T-shirt he’s wearing is pulled up on his chest, his sunglasses slid down the end of his nose. He is thin and wrinkles his eyes. The former builder seems to have been exuding a strong need to take action, and in 2022, after the Russian invasion, he went to Ukraine. Agence France-Presse had interviewed him there, coincidentally, at a Ukrainian solidarity rally in Kiev. “Putin is a terrorist,” Ruth, who had the Ukrainian flag painted on his cheek, said at the time […]
Source: News Beast

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