President-elect Donald Trump has returned to the Florida golf club where a man allegedly tried to kill him months ago. On Wednesday the 78-year-old was spotted riding in a golf cart on his course. Dressed in white, the future president looked relaxed as he played his favorite sport, unfazed by the nearly deadly attack in September.
Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, of Hawaii, was charged with attempting to kill the former president as he was golfing at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sept. 15. His plot was foiled by police after gunshots were heard at around 1:30 p.
m. Donald Trump would-be assassin Ryan Routh's neighbors say he was 'a little cuckoo' and scared people Trump golf course shooting: Suspect with AK-47 and GoPro 'ran from bushes' after Secret Service opened fire Shortly after the Secret Service agents opened fire, Routh allegedly fled the scene and attempted to speed away in a black Nissan. However, one witness to the chaos and confusion managed to get the license plate number and help the police find him.
Trump opened up about the incident days after it took place. He said that he and his friend Steve Witkoff were out golfing when he was "grabbed" by Secret Service agents after hearing "four to five gunshots" ring out. Trump said it was "quite something" adding "but it all worked out well.
" "I was playing golf with some of my friends on a Sunday morning and very peaceful, very beautiful weather...
and all of a sudden we heard shots being fir.