Donald Trump has suffered from another assassination attempt, the second in the last two months, at his West Palm Beach golf course, where he was playing on Sunday. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating and has arrested a suspect by the name of Ryan Routh. The suspect is allegedly a Ukraine supporter, as the FBI claims to have discovered through his social media.
Routh had posted on his X profile how he wanted civilians to change the course of global conflicts by choosing to ‘fight and die’ just as he wanted. Investigators found a Go-Pro and an AK-47-style rifle with a scope in the shooting area, along with the suspect. Routh was a construction worker in North Carolina, Greensboro.
Trump has come under fire not once, but twice now. Trump sustained a gunshot wound during his Pennsylvania election rally on July 13th, 2024, and now, nearly two months later, he faces another attack. The alleged perpetrator had previously been charged with a “weapons law violation.” The would-be assassin appeared to have lost hope for Democrats, referring to President Biden as “sleepy Joe” and urging Kamala Harris to visit the Pennsylvania victims at the Trump rally, while asserting that “Trump will never do anything for them.”
Here is a screen recording with all of attempted assassin @RyanRouth’s posts, in case his account gets deleted. pic.twitter.com/qyiURqNZp0
— Billboard Chris 🇨🇦🇺🇸 (@BillboardChris) September 15, 2024
Source: Billboard Chris on X
After the assassination attempt, Trump is leading the 2024 Election Forecast on Polymarket by 1%. Currently, Trump has 50% odds of winning the presidential election this year, whereas Kamala Harris is neck-to-neck with Trump at 49% odds. Following the September 10th presidential debate, many investors were disheartened by the complete absence of any mention of cryptocurrencies in the policies. This had lowered Trump’s odds, and Harris was ahead until today. Currently, the future of the crypto industry hangs in the balance. In the last 24 hours, Bitcoin is down by 2.44% and Ethereum plummeted over 5%, indicating an onset of bearish momentum.
