Who Is Ryan Routh, the Suspect in an Apparent Trump Assassination Attempt? NYT | Top Stories Patricia Mazzei, Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Eduardo Medina and Glenn Thrush 17 September 2024 at 17:48 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 TimesLocal authorities and F.B.I. agents outside the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Sunday.