‘he wins he can execute me’
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 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.