Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump declared himself safe after the Secret Service foiled what the FBI called an apparent assassination attempt while he was golfing on his course in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Secret Service agents spotted and fired on a gunman in bushes near the property line of the golf course, a few hundred yards from where Mr Trump was playing, law enforcement officials said.
The suspect left an AK-47-style assault rifle and other items at the scene and fled in a vehicle but was later arrested.
Ryan Wesley Routh, identified as a suspect in the second assassination attempt on former US President Donald Trump, visited Ukraine and supported the Kiev regime, the New York Post said.
According to the news outlet, he voiced "strong support for Ukraine in its war against Russia" and promoted "the idea of having former Afghanistan troopers fight for Ukraine in Russia." The newspaper noted that he also said that he had visited Kiev and "claimed that he would be willing to fight on the front lines, if he were permitted to."
Donald Trump est "sain et sauf" après des tirs "à proximité de lui", a annoncé ce dimanche son équipe de campagne, deux mois après la tentative d’assassinat qui a visé le candidat républicain à la présidentielle américaine.
ReplyDeleteL’ancien président, qui se trouvait dans son club de golf en Floride selon des médias, est "sain et sauf après des coups de feu à proximité de lui", a déclaré dans un communiqué Steven Cheung, directeur de la communication de la campagne de Donald Trump, ajoutant qu’il n’y avait "pas plus de détails pour le moment".
The New York Post reports that the two gunmen were firing at each other and that former President Trump was not involved in the incident.
ReplyDeleteAn AK-47 has reportedly been found near the scene of the shooting, according to a source in Florida law enforcement. US President Joe Biden has been informed about the incident and will continue to monitor the situation per a statement released by the White House.
Ryan Wesley Ruth, the suspect named by the US media in connection with the apparent assassination attempt against Donald Trump, was trying to recruit soldiers from Afghanistan for the war front in Ukraine.
ReplyDeleteThe 58-year-old even gave an interview to the New York Times in 2023, in which he said that he wanted to help the Ukrainian war effort against Russia and that he sought to recruit Afghan soldiers who had left the Taliban.