Ryan Wesley Routh, the unhinged man accused of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump outside of his South Florida golf course last September, says he’s ready to settle his score with Trump.
With a literal round of golf.
Routh, who is representing himself in his federal criminal trial, issued a bizarre one-page court filing this week challenging Trump to a round of golf.
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“A roung [sic] of golf with the racist pig, he wins he can execute me, I win I get his job,” wrote Routh.
“sorry [sic] hillbilly Vance,” the filing adds in a parenthetical note.
Routh also expressed a desire to “beatdown” the president in his unhinged rant.
“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.
Routh’s crazy filing is the latest in a string of deranged letters written by the would-be assassin from federal prison.
According to The New York Post, 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.
Routh has 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 behind bars in a Miami federal prison as he awaits trial on the attempted assassination of Trump.
Jury selection is scheduled to begin next Monday in a Fort Pierce federal court, with his trial set to start on Sept. 11.
According to reports, prosecutors believe 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 Palm Beach, 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.
Routh was a North Carolina construction worker who in recent years had moved to Hawaii. A self-styled mercenary leader, Routh spoke out to anyone who would listen about his dangerous, sometimes violent plans to insert himself into conflicts around the world, witnesses told The Associated Press.