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Who Is Ryan Routh, the Suspect in an Apparent Trump Assassination Attempt?

Interviews, records and a self-aggrandizing book suggest that Ryan Routh, a peripatetic builder, saw himself as an influential participant in momentous world events.

© Saul Martinez for The New York Times

Local authorities and F.B.I. agents outside the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Sunday.

Suspected Gunman at Trump Golf Course Said He Was Willing to Fight and Die in Ukraine

Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, told The New York Times in 2023 that he had traveled to Ukraine and wanted to recruit Afghan soldiers to fight there.

© Saul Martinez for The New York Times

Ryan Wesley Routh was arrested on Sunday in connection with what the F.B.I. described as an assassination attempt on former President Donald J. Trump.
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