Would-be assassin Ryan Wesley Routh challenges Trump to golf game in bizarre court filing: ‘he wins he can execute me’

Published Sep. 2, 2025 Updated Sep. 2, 2025, 6:56 p.m. ET

Ryan Wesley Routh, who is accused of laying in wait to assassinate then-candidate Donald Trump at his South Florida golf course this past September, challenged the commander in chief to hit the links in a bizarre one-page court filing

“A roung [sic] of golf with the racist pig, he wins he can execute me, I win I get his job,” wrote Routh, who is representing himself in his federal criminal trial at the end of a bad-tempered motion to exclude prosecutorial evidence.

“sorry [sic] hillbilly Vance,” the filing adds in a parenthetical note.

Routh, 59, also expressed a desire to “beatdown” the president in his unhinged missive.

“I think a beatdown session would be more fun and entertaining for everyone; give me shackles and cuffs and let the old fat man give it his worst,” he wrote.

“Carpet is red, isn’ t it, no harm in blood,” Routh added.

The filing is the latest in a string of deranged jailhouse letters written by the would-be assassin.

Routh has previously pleaded to Judge Aileen Cannon, who is overseeing the case, to “trade me away” to China, Iran, North Korea or Hamas, as part of a prisoner swap.

He’s also compared himself to George Bailey, the character famously played by Jimmy Stewart in the 1946 Christmas film “It’s a Wonderful Life,” expressed support for anti-Israel college campus protesters, and raged that Trump has “destroyed the MidEast [sic]“ in other rambling notes.

Routh is currently locked up in a Miami federal prison as he awaits trial on the attempted assassination of Trump.

Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in a Fort Pierce federal court. Barring delays, the trial will start on Sept. 11.

Prosecutors have said Routh methodically plotted to kill Trump for weeks before he aimed a rifle through the shrubbery along the fence line of Trump International Golf Club West PalmBeach, as the then-Republican presidential nominee played golf on Sept. 15, 2024.

Before Trump came into view, Routh was spotted by a Secret Service agent.

Routh allegedly aimed his rifle at the agent, who opened fire, causing Routh to drop his weapon and flee without firing a shot.

Routh was apprehended by law enforcement after being pulled over on a nearby interstate.

He faces a maximum penalty of life in prison if convicted.

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He’s obviously going for an insanity defense

Collin Rugg

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NEW: Florida woman shot while charging at a police officer with a 16-inch fillet knife after being pulled over.

New bodycam footage released by the Port Saint Joe Police Departmentshows 41-year-old Tikila Walker charging at an officer.

Walker had allegedly been involved in multiple hit-and-run incidents leading up to the altercation.

Port Saint Joe Police Chief Jake Richards says officers tried to disarm the woman with a taser, which was unsuccessful.

Walker was shot twice, once in the right arm and once in the pelvis. She survived the incident.

Walker is being charged with aggravated assault with a de*dly weapon on a law enforcement officer as well as resisting arrest with violence.

https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1963286365120172467

J.K. Rowling

@jk_rowling

No police action was taken against any of these men.

Men publicly threatening to kill women is white noise to law enforcement in this country and trans activists know it.

https://x.com/jk_rowling/status/1963465628053848363

Nick shirley

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Welcome to Chicago…

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I Spent a Day with Chicago’s Most Dangerous Gangsters

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In this video, I spend a full day with Chicago’s most dangerous gangsters to see what life is really like inside America’s homicide capital. For 13 years straight, Chicago has led the nation in murders, earning the title of the murder capital of America. From shootouts to survival, this is the raw, unfiltered reality of gang life in Chicago. 9/2/25

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Video | Nick Shirley goes deep into the Chicago hood — This is intense

Full video from Nick, respect.

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>>23548444 this is freakin sad, its doubtful Chicago will ever get better. None of them wanted it.

4 Sep, 2025 17:43

WATCH Russian drones take out speedboat carrying Ukrainian sabotage group

The vessel was sunk trying to cross the Dnepr River, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has reported

Russian forces have destroyed a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group on the Dnepr river, the Defense Ministry in Moscow reported on Thursday.

According to the ministry, Russian drone operators keep watch over the river constantly to prevent enemy units from crossing it.

In the latest example, scouts spotted a speedboat with Ukrainian soldiers in the island zone at the mouth of the river. Russian forces dispatched FPV drones to intercept the craft and carried out a series of strikes that hit the vessel as it tried to move deeper into the channel.

The ministry released a video showing multiple impacts on the boat and the moment it was disabled in the delta. Repeated explosions on the target can be seen as Ukrainian saboteurs tried to escape.

The motorboat was sunk and the sabotage group was eliminated, the Defense Ministry has said.

Moscow has reported stopping similar attempts by Ukrainian units to infiltrate Russia. Last month, the Federal Security Service reported detaining a group of Ukrainian saboteurs in Bryansk Region. It was reported that the individuals were Western-trained and carried US-made assault rifles, Czech-made explosives, and a large number of NATO-type grenades and cartridges. The captured soldiers confessed to involvement in blowing up railway tracks in Russia and preparing other attacks, according to the FSB.

https://www.rt.com/russia/624126-russia-destroys-sabotage-group-boat/

4 Sep, 2025 19:25

AfD polling higher than ever ahead of key regional vote

Alternative for Germany is leading its closest competitor by 12 points ahead of next year’s election in the eastern German state of Saxony Anhalt, a new poll suggests

The right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is more popular than ever in the eastern German state of Saxony Anhalt, results published on Thursday suggest.The new benchmark comes about a year before regional parliamentary elections scheduled for September 2026.

Almost 40% of the voters in Saxony Anhalt would back the party if the elections were to be held this weekend, according to a survey conducted by the Infratest Dimap Institute on behalf of several news media outlets.

AfD’s closest competitor – the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) – would only get 27% of the votes, putting it 12 percent points behind the AfD.

The party’s popularity has continued to growdespite its regional branch in Saxony Anhalt being declared a “far-right extremist” groupby the German domestic security service (BfV) in 2023.

The poll involved over 1,100 eligible voters residing in the region and was held between August 28 and September 2.

The numbers suggest public support for AfD in Saxony Anhalt has nearly doubled since the previous regional election in 2021, when the party received slightly over 20% of the votes, coming second behind the CDU. The poll suggests support for AfD is up 2% since the party secured 37% of votes in Saxony-Anhalt in snap federal elections in February.

Another mid-August national poll suggested that AfD has overtaken Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc, becoming Germany’s most popular party. Support for AfD grew to an unprecedented 26% as the CDU fell to 24%, according to the RTL/ntv ‘Trendbarometer’ poll.

In May, the BfV declared the AfD a “confirmed right-wing extremist” group but suspended the designation pending a court ruling on the party’s appeal.German Justice Minister Stefanie Hubig also floated the idea of banning the party altogether, arguing that the level of public support for it is irrelevant if the authorities deem it unconstitutional.

https://www.rt.com/news/624140-afd-poll-higher-ever-vote/

Michael Knowles: Trump & Israel, Candace Owens, and Why Christianity Is Booming Despite the Attacks

Six years ago Fox News denounced Michael Knowles as “disgusting” for making an obvious point, and then banned him from the air. He’s since been vindicated, to put it mildly.

2:19:52

https://youtu.be/Su1pWqZFqWI