Suspect in Apparent Trump Assassination Plot Crusaded for Many Causes - The New York Times

Interviews, records and a self-aggrandizing book suggest that Ryan Routh, a peripatetic builder, saw himself as an influential participant in momentous world events. By Patricia MazzeiThomas Gibbons-NeffEduardo Medina and Glenn Thrush Patricia Mazzei reported from Miami, and Eduardo Medina from Greensboro, N.C. The man arrested after apparently plotting to assassinate former President Donald J. Trump at one of his Florida golf courses on Sunday appeared to tell Iran in a rambling self-published book last year that it was “free to assassinate Trump.” The self-aggrandizing book, titled “Ukraine’s Unwinnable War,” along with social media posts and other public statements from the suspect, Ryan W. Routh, reflected his intense desire to fight for Ukraine. He also took a dim view of Mr. Trump, referring to him as a “fool,” “idiot” and “buffoon.” “Democracy has dissolved quickly under our watch,” Mr. Routh wrote, describing the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol as a catastrophe “perpet

Interviews, records and a self-aggrandizing book suggest that Ryan Routh, a peripatetic builder, saw himself as an influential participant in momentous world events. By Patricia MazzeiThomas Gibbons-NeffEduardo Medina and Glenn Thrush Patricia Mazzei reported from Miami, and Eduardo Medina from Greensboro, N.C. The man arrested after apparently plotting to assassinate former President Donald J. Trump at one of his Florida golf courses on Sunday appeared to tell Iran in a rambling self-published book last year that it was “free to assassinate Trump.” The self-aggrandizing book, titled “Ukraine’