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Newsweek Follow 1.7M Followers Trump Suspect Ryan Routh Predicts Civil War if Donald Wins Story by Kaitlin Lewis Ryan Routh, the man accused of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump at a golf course in Florida in September, recently warned that the former president "will not let go of power" if he is given a second term in the White House. According to a report from The Palm Beach Post over the weekend, Routh sent an "unsolicited letter" to the newsroom a few weeks after prosecutors had warned that he may try to contact the media. The letter was reportedly addressed from "Trump Alleged Shooter Ryan W. Routh," and the suspect's daughter confirmed the authenticity of the letter, the newspaper's report read. Newsweek was unable to independently confirm the authenticity of the letter. An email was sent to Routh's attorneys for comment on Monday. Routh is facing three firearm charges, an attempted assassination charge and an assaulting a federal officer charge after a U.S. Secret Service agent reportedly spotted him pointing the barrel of a rifle through a bush line near the Trump International Golf Club while the former president was on the green on September 15. The suspect has pleaded not guilty to all charges against him. He could face a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted. In the letter sent to the Post, the newspaper said was handwritten, Routh did not discuss his purported assassination attempt against Trump but instead warned that another Trump administration could be "the end of democracy and the beginnings of a civil war," read the report on the matter. Routh also claimed that the former president "will not let go of power if we all give it to him." "Will Palm Beach County hand the keys to our nation to the Trumps for the next century or more?" read the letter. "How does Palm Beach view its neighbor?" "Palm Beach should be leading the way and guiding our country hopefully to choose democracy over a dictator," Routh added in part. "I hope that you will respect your leadership role and push your state and country to maintain our American way of life for our children. Please help." Prosecutors say that Routh wrote a letter months before the purported assassination attempt in which he wrote about failing to kill Trump. "This was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump but I failed you," read the handwritten note. "I tried my best and gave it all the gumption I could muster. It is up to you now to finish the job; and I will offer $150,000 to whomever can complete the job." The Post said in its report that the handwriting of Routh's letter to the newsroom matches the letter he wrote about failing to kill Trump. Meanwhile, Trump, the GOP nominee, is locked in a dead heat with Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, in the final hours of the 2024 election. The former president has been accused by former members of his administration of praising dictators, including Nazi Germany leader Adolf Hitler, behind closed doors while in office. Critics, including Democrats, have also repeatedly described Trump as a fascist. Harris has told voters in the final days of her campaign that "democracy is on the line." Trump and his allies have blamed Democrats for sparking violence against the former president by describing him as a "danger" or "threat" to democracy. In July, Trump faced another assassination attempt while campaigning in Butler, Pennsylvania. That shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, grazed Trump's right ear and shot three others in the crowd, killing one rallygoer. After facing backlash for suggesting during a rally on Sunday that he "wouldn't mind" if someone had to "shoot through the fake news" to hit him, Trump's campaign pointed a finger at the "dangerous rhetoric from Democrats." "[Former] President Trump was brilliantly talking about the two assassination attempts on his own life, including one that came within 1/4 of an inch from killing him," Steven Cheung, the Trump campaign communications director, previously wrote in an email to Newsweek. "The [former] President's statement about protective glass placement has nothing to do with the Media being harmed, or anything else. It was about threats against him that were spurred on by dangerous rhetoric from Democrats."

why did the syrian army fire at peaceful protestors back in 2011? say what you want about the FSA, and takfiri groups like al nusra and isis, but in my opinion this is all Assad's fault, as he fired the first shots....had he not allowed for his own soldiers to fire at people who merely want change and are not hurting anyone, syria would not be in the mess it's in. I don't know if assad used chemical weapons (he probably did) but he did fire the first shots, so badly that some soldiers even defected.....what kind of monster would fire at his own people for protesting? now im not defending al nusra or isis or even saudi arabia and turkey....i agree that the saudi government and turkish government is evil, etc. but that doesnt justify firing live rounds at peaceful protestors.... also, assad has been using barrel bombs, which are very inaccurate and kill civilians.i think assad needs to step down....

I have sunni parents who view Assad as an evil dictator, and one sheikh who I frequently watched in the past even called him "the firaun of our times" but I've been doing some research and I've realized this isn't all one sided. My dad views Assad as the "greater of two evils" in his words, and my mom probably thinks the same, the two being Assad Vs moderate rebels (FSA)...my question is, do you think the FSA (Free Syrian Army) is a terrorist group or that the revolution is legitimate, or neither, is assad supported by his people, and what do you think of Bashar Al Assad?

1) Takfiries are Jahils and they themselves could not even make a sew. 2) US and Saudia give them a lot of ammunition .... but there is weak point of US i.e. US could not provide high tech weapons to the Takfiries, while US fears that one day it could be used against the West and Israel. We must exploit this weakness of US. 3) Against Takfiries, we don't need huge army units, nor do we need small abush units, but we need Technological Superior weapons, which will work best in the present civil war against Takfiries. 4) We need Drones, which could fly 25000 ft. altitude or higher. No manpads could ever touch the Drones at this height. (Iran even has the ablility to manufacture even 50000 ft and 64000 ft. altitude Drones, as has been said by Iranian officials ). Secondly, we need Precision Guided Ammunition (Iran is already producing it). Precision Guided Ammunition could be fired through tanks and artillery and in form of Rockets. It could be guided either by Drones (laser guidance) or by ground laser equipment. Tanks should not directly enter the cities, but trained units in camouflage should infiltrate the cities and enemies ranks, and they guide the artillery fire through lasers. With Precision Guided Ammunition and ground guidance equipment, we could win this war even without the Drones. This is what high tech weapons could do in fight against the Jahil Takfiries https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=779646365413142