For a full twelve hours before allegedly pulling the trigger, Ryan Routh, the latest deranged shooter who tried to assassinate Donald Trump over the weekend, camped out on Trump's golf course in West Palm Beach where he went completely unnoticed the entire time.
Reports indicate that Routh's mobile phone stayed in an area of the golf course where he is said to have been camped out between 1:59 a.m. and 1:31 p.m. on September 15.
Once again, Trump's security detail appears to have been missing in action as Routh crept his way through the golf course to get closer to the hole where Trump was playing.
Interestingly, Routh used to be a Trump supporter in 2016, but changed his mind after Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran nuclear deal.
Secret Service agents apparently fired at Routh at a moment when the guy did not even have Trump in his line of sight. The situation is bizarre, to say the least.
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Routh was equipped to kill
Court papers reveal that Routh was camped out in a wooded area on Trump's golf course with a loaded SKS-style rifle in hand. Some are questioning how it is possible that Secret Service overlooked his presence for those full 12 hours.
Trump was on the fifth fairway when Secret Service "engaged" Routh, according to Ronald Rowe, acting director of Secret Service. Major media outlets are now saying that Routh never actually fired his weapon at Trump.
Even so, the criminal complaint says that Routh was there to kill and was fully equipped to do so had Secret Service not gotten to him first.
"In addition to a digital camera and two bags, investigators found a loaded SKS-style 7.62x39 caliber rifle with a scope that had an 'obliterated' serial number and a black plastic bag containing food likely to sustain Routh while he waited in the wooded area," NBC News reported.
"Routh was arraigned Monday at the Paul G. Rogers Federal Court House in West Palm Beach on charges of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number."
As of this writing, Routh has not been charged with trying to kill Trump, even though he had weaponry on his person to make that happen.
Body camera footage shows that Routh was wearing sunglasses and a pink t-shirt pulled over his head, exposing his midsection. Routh pulled up his shirt in this way to prove to Secret Service that he was not hiding any weapons, and was quickly thereafter arrested.
The following day, Routh appeared dressed in prison scrubs for a very brief court appearance. Represented by a public defender, Routh now has until September 23 to return to court for further handling by the system.
Based on all the information out there, it is unclear why Routh felt motivated to kill Trump that day. We know he was upset about Trump's "tremendous blunder" in withdrawing the U.S. from the Iran nuclear deal, but that was many years ago and the news cycle has shifted dramatically since that time.
According to Routh in his book, Trump "ended up being brainless, but I am man enough to say that I misjudged and made a terrible mistake and Iran I apologize."
"You are free to assassinate Trump as well as me for that error in judgement and the dismantling of the deal," Routh further says in his published work.
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