Staff Reports
News of a second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump over the weekend may sound like a plot twist straight out of a Hollywood thriller, but it unfolded on a Florida golf course instead. Ryan Wesley Routh made headlines for attempting to take out Trump while the former president was enjoying a round at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach. Fortunately, alert Secret Service agents, who were conducting a security sweep ahead of the former president’s entourage, nabbed Routh before he could unleash chaos. Their keen observation of what appeared to be a gun barrel sticking out from fencing led to shots fired, ensuring that Trump could live to swing another club another day.
NEW: Sheriff shares photo of rifle, GoPro and bags left behind be suspect in attempted Trump assassination pic.twitter.com/cCL1cmCbqS
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) September 15, 2024
One cannot help but wonder how long Routh had been on the FBI’s radar, if he was even on it at all. It’s hard to ignore a troubling pattern where law enforcement seems to have an uncanny knack for knowing about dangerous individuals yet failing to intervene until it’s too late. With mass shootings becoming a significant concern in the States, questions regarding Routh’s prior warnings and behavior linger like a slice on the fairway.
As if it weren’t already comedic enough in an unfortunate way, Routh’s background reveals a rap sheet so extensive it could fill a small novel. Reports allege that it spans 50 pages, with many entries simply stating that charges were filed but leaving the details unspecified. Among these colorful adventures in lawlessness is a conviction for possessing a machine gun, because nothing says “I’m a stable citizen” like a history of owning a weapon of mass destruction.
The Trump Shooter, Ryan Wesley Routh has an Extensive Criminal Record with the North Carolina Department of Corrections from the Early-2000s, likely before he moved to Hawaii. pic.twitter.com/WLueKFshn5
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) September 15, 2024
The sheer audacity of Routh getting so close to Trump during a casual golf outing raises eyebrows. How someone with such a commendable criminal resume could get within 350 to 500 yards of the former president is astounding, especially considering the risk to national security. After a recent near-miss assassination attempt, one would think security measures would be tightened, yet it appears that the Secret Service had not stepped up their perimeter security as one would expect. It’s baffling, and frankly, a recipe for disaster that surely would have sparked outrage had it happened under a different administration.
Adding fuel to the fire, Rep. Tim Burchett from Tennessee has called out the Secret Service for their lax protocol and lack of immediate action regarding Trump’s safety. It’s baffling that there wasn’t a drone monitoring the situation, ensuring that neither Trump nor the golfing public was endangered by an armed intruder. Burchett’s demands for enhanced security measures serve to highlight the collective disbelief that an individual could wander onto such a high-profile golf course with a potentially lethal weapon and a GoPro camera. It’s not just reckless; it raises serious questions about the operational competence of those tasked with protecting one of the nation’s most polarizing figures.
