Trump talked about a relaxing Sunday, during which he went golfing with friends. American investor and ex-president’s golf partner Steve Witkoff was also present on the course. “It’s a beautiful place and everything was wonderful. But then we heard about four to five shots… Secret Service agents (USSS) grabbed me and my friend Steve Witkoff and took us to safety. And we drove pretty fast. The agent did a fantastic job,” Trump praised the Secret Service.
“I would really like to send the last ball into the hole, but we decided to drop out,” he continued.
The shots that Trump was talking about apparently came from the weapons of other secret service agents who spotted a barrel in the bushes. “But no shot came out of it,” said Trump, whose words were quoted, for example, by the CNN server. A backpack and a weapon were later found on the fence of the golf club, which was immediately closed after the incident.
Images showing an AK-47 rifle, a backpack and a Go-Pro camera on a fence in front of a golf club.
A witness, who saw the man running out of the bushes and took a picture of the back of his car, including the license plate, significantly helped to catch the suspect. “You can imagine this situation a thousand times, but who among us will have the presence of mind at that moment to run after the suspect and take a picture of his car. She did a phenomenal job,” the former president was full of praise.
The suspect is in custody
The suspect, who is 58-year-old recidivist Ryan Wesley Routh, was later arrested by the police and is currently in custody. Among other things, the man previously described himself as a disappointed former Trump voter. He should have been hiding in the bushes for about 12 hours, the BBC reported.
Probable hitter Ryan W. Routh
“It turned out well. They have that person behind bars and hopefully he will stay there for a long time,” Trump said.
He also recalled the incident in Butler, Pennsylvania, from this July, when 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks shot at him. He was killed by snipers on the spot after several shots. Trump accused his political enemies that their rhetoric, when they described him as a “danger to democracy”, influenced the two suspects, whom he called “radical leftists”, without providing evidence for this claim, the BBC noted.
