Assassination Attempt Suspect is a 58-Year-Old American Man... "Disappointed in Trump, Would Be Glad if He Disappears"

The suspect arrested for attempting to assassinate former U.S. President Donald Trump has been revealed to be a 58-year-old man who tried to support Ukraine, including rescuing foreigners who wanted to fight for Ukraine.

According to CNN on the 15th (local time), judicial authorities arrested 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Rouse as the suspect in the assassination attempt on former President Trump.

Born in 1966, he lived in Hawaii, worked as a construction laborer in North Carolina, and had been arrested eight times, mostly on minor criminal charges.

Evidence photo found on the fence of U.S. President Donald Trump's golf course
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He showed great interest in the Ukraine war on his social media accounts. He claimed he was trying to recruit people to fight for Ukraine.

According to Newsweek, in an interview for the March 25, 2023, edition of The New York Times (NYT), he stated that he had spent several months in Ukraine in 2022 and was recruiting soldiers who had escaped from Afghanistan to fight for Ukraine, including those fleeing the Taliban.

In a March 10, 2023, article by the online media Semaphore, he is described as leading a civilian organization called the Ukraine International Resource Center. This organization connected foreigners who wanted to support Ukraine’s war efforts with military units and support groups.

In a June 2022 interview with Newsweek Romania, he said he came to Kyiv to help Ukraine, stating, "Many other wars are gray areas, but this war is clearly black and white," and "This war is a battle between good and evil."

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According to CBS News, he had previously posted on X (formerly Twitter) about former President Trump, saying, "I chose you in 2016, and the world and I hoped President Trump would be different and better than candidate Trump, but we were all greatly disappointed, and you seem to be getting worse and regressing," and "I would be glad if you disappeared."

He also mentioned the assassination attempt on Trump that occurred on July 13 in Pennsylvania in several posts. He implied that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris should have visited the wounded who were shot while attending the campaign and paid respects at the funeral of the deceased.