Suspected Gunman at Trump Golf Course Said He Was Willing to Fight and Die in Ukraine NYT | Top Stories Adam Goldman, Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Glenn Thrush and Najim Rahim 16 September 2024 at 19:58 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 TimesRyan 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.