Alleged Trump Gunman Was Angry With Him for Seeking Putin Deal on Ukraine

The man who allegedly stalked Donald Trump with a gun at his Florida golf course was reportedly angry with the former president for pushing for a deal with Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine.

No motive for the apparent attempted assassination was given when Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, was arraigned at the Paul G. Rogers Federal Court House in West Palm Beach on Monday on gun possession charges.

But a Frenchman whom Routh reportedly helped to join a Ukrainian army unit offered a possible clue, telling The Wall Street Journal that the American was unhappy with Trump’s position on the conflict.

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