Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, has been identified as the suspect arrested after allegedly pointing an AK-47 assault rifle at former President Trump while golfing, law enforcement sources say.
Routh frequently pointed out his achievements as a do-gooder on social media and supported left-wing causes.
His LinkedIn profile shows that he attended North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University but moved to Hawaii sometime around 2018.
On LinkedIn, Routh describes himself as someone who is “technically inclined” and enjoys “ideas and inventions as well as creative projects with an artistic flair.”
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According to sources, Routh was spotted by Secret Service agents with an AK-47 near the Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach.
The agents opened fire on him, but he fled. Routh was later arrested by local police on I-95.
Routh is the owner of Camp Box Honolulu, a shed building company with few positive reviews. Although Routh hadn’t posted on his X account in a year, he frequently criticized politicians like Trump, current President Joe Biden, and celebrities like Bruno Mars.
Many of his replies are nonsensical, including one addressed to X’s owner Elon Musk in which he apparently considered buying a rocket from the billionaire. “I would like to buy a rocket from you. I want to put a warhead on it for Putin’s bunker on the Black Sea to destroy him. Can you please give me a price? It can be old and used as it is not coming back,” Routh wrote.
Routh was a supporter of Vivek Ramaswamy and Nikki Haley, as evidenced by one of his posts encouraging the Republican presidential candidates to continue their campaigns. “You can’t give up. Why? You have to stay on the ballot until the end. You have to fight. You have to keep making speeches and fighting until election day, no matter what the election outcome is. Don’t give up. Join Nikki and keep working. Never give up,” he wrote.
Routh is also a staunch supporter of Ukraine and Taiwan in their respective conflicts against Russia and China. On X, he claims he tried to “sell” the idea of having former Afghan soldiers fight for Ukraine in Russia, but was rebuffed several times before giving up after six months.
He also visited Kiev and declared that he would be ready to fight at the front if he were allowed to do so.
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