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Trump Golf Course Gunman Exploited Security Gap That's Been Known for Years: Report
westernjournal.com ^ | Bryan Chai

Posted on 09/17/2024 3:28:13 AM PDT by RoosterRedux

Any time there’s an attempt on a presidential candidate — of which there has been an alarming increase in frequency in 2024 — pundits, law enforcement and everyday Americans will inevitably search for the “why” or “how.”

After Sunday’s alleged assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump at Trump International Golf Course near West Palm Beach, Florida, the answer to “how” may very well infuriate Americans, law enforcement and pundits alike.

According to an ominous report from the New York Post, alleged gunman Ryan Wesley Routh was able to get dangerously close to shooting Trump thanks to a glaring — and known — issue on that Trump International Golf Course.

To wit, on Sunday, Routh was ultimately stopped and apprehended after he lay in wait in shrubbery on the golf course.

Secret Service authorities reportedly saw Routh’s weapon and engaged, forcing the would-be assassin to flee.

Routh was eventually apprehended by local law enforcement and is currently facing charges of possessing a firearm despite a prior felony conviction and possession of a firearm with a removed serial number.

That is all concerning enough on its own.

But as the Post noted, Routh only got that close because of a security gap that the “Secret Service has known about for years.”

“News photographers — including those hired by The Post — have had no problem repeatedly securing spots around the perimeter of the course to snap pictures of Trump playing golf or driving around in a golf cart,” the Post reported. “They have even taken images — which require a clear line of sight to the 45th president — unnoticed through the bushes with telephoto lenses.

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1 posted on 09/17/2024 3:28:13 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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It looks more and more like this would-be assassin was a managed asset of some intelligence operation.


2 posted on 09/17/2024 3:30:22 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Thinking objectively is difficult. And painful. That’s why many people just cling to their biases.)
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BTTT


3 posted on 09/17/2024 3:36:39 AM PDT by nopardons
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Or he saw the pictures in the papers and figured out where they were taken.


4 posted on 09/17/2024 3:45:05 AM PDT by SunTzuWu
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To: RoosterRedux

I was going to say build a wall but there will always be some other place that is vulnerable. Hire more Secret Service agents. If the short term bring our troops home to protect him until not needed. Then they can get to work on rounding up all the illegals that have invaded our country.


5 posted on 09/17/2024 3:58:04 AM PDT by McGruff (Ask everyone, Are you better off than you were four years ago?)
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“ Or he saw the pictures in the papers and figured out where they were taken.”

A common sense explanation .
They guy probably scouted the area for quite awhile and just watched the glow of people .


6 posted on 09/17/2024 4:02:31 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Have you seen Joe Biden's picture on a milk carton?)
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To: RoosterRedux

Well,,,, this operative for the democrats did get caught due to citizenry and local law enforcement efforts.
Look what happened, he was washed of involvement against President Trump charges and all???? WHAT?
Since he is still alive is it pay back with a slap on the wrist like the 2020 election interference loot and shoot participants.
Where is this person now, who is asking what questions and ???? Yep, Yet another givernment cwime.


7 posted on 09/17/2024 4:06:31 AM PDT by Recompennation (Don’t blame me my vote didn’t count)
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Let me guess. Was the known Security hole that SS is an incompetent DEi agency that deliberately denied Trump full protection because it makes him look presidential, and they kinda want him dead?


8 posted on 09/17/2024 4:10:53 AM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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Would not surprise me if he got his intel on where & how to access the property from those in the news business.


9 posted on 09/17/2024 4:11:56 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America.)
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If speculating that this was an inside job, I doubt the USSS would be in the loop directly. USSS protection for a former President is more bodyguard than executive security. Any ner-do-wells from other agencies would just quietly exploit known gaps in security of a former President.


10 posted on 09/17/2024 4:15:36 AM PDT by IamConservative (I was nervous like the third chimp in line for the Ark after the rain started.)
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Aha, some dude drives over to Mar A Lago, for the first time, at zero dark stupid, finds the security gap and sets up.

Man is a genius, he should work for the CIA........


11 posted on 09/17/2024 4:16:02 AM PDT by Steven Tyler
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Hmmmm..... maybe he already does!


12 posted on 09/17/2024 4:16:45 AM PDT by Cold_Red_Steel
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To: SunTzuWu
This guy is smart enough to identify a popular paparazzi spot from examining photos, smart enough to know Trump would be playing golf on this course on Sunday (though it's not public knowledge and there are 2 other Trump golf clubs within 14 minutes of Mar-a-Lago), and smart enough to know the Secret Service would be too understaffed to sweep the golf course perimeter and surrounding streets?

This guy is right up there with the Jackal when it comes to intellect.

13 posted on 09/17/2024 5:00:00 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Thinking objectively is difficult. And painful. That’s why many people just cling to their biases.)
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https://x.com/i/status/1835851350472827341

yep👍


14 posted on 09/17/2024 5:03:04 AM PDT by dforest
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To: RoosterRedux

I made the comment fairly early on “Who was his CIA handler?”

There was just too much squirrelly stuff in his background for him not to be on somebody’s radar. The Ukraine, Taiwan and Afghanistan merc stuff, in particular.


15 posted on 09/17/2024 5:09:00 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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ditto


16 posted on 09/17/2024 5:16:40 AM PDT by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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To: Steven Tyler

Trump International is NOT Mar A Lago. 2 different places.


17 posted on 09/17/2024 5:33:00 AM PDT by FLNittany (Autotune is jealous of Karen Carpenter)
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To: FLNittany; Steven Tyler

Correct. 4.5 miles, about 10 minutes driving. One bridge/causeway.


18 posted on 09/17/2024 6:24:30 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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He was waiting 12 hours?

His car was sitting empty (nearby?) for that time, and no licence plate check, while that close to Trump?


19 posted on 09/17/2024 8:41:58 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (Running Rampant, and not endorsing nonsense; My pronoun is EXIT. And I am generally full of /S)
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Is the security hole that golf courses are really big and the rich people who play at them don’t want it to look like a prison? I can’t imagine that you’d ever make a golf course secure.


20 posted on 09/17/2024 8:44:33 AM PDT by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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