How Trump ’gunman’ was spotted as he ’lurked in bushes with rifle at golf club’

THE suspect behind Donald Trump’s second assassination attempt has been unmasked as a pro-Ukraine activist. Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, was arrested by cops in Florida after Secret Service agents saw a rifle poking out of bushes at Trump’s West Palm Beach golf club. It comes almost exactly two months after Trump was shot in the ear by a gunman in Pennsylvania on July 13. On Sunday, the ex-US president, 78, was rushed to safety as Secret Service agents opened fire on a gunman brandishing an AK-47 in nearby bushes. Trump was playing a round of golf when the agents spotted someone they suspected of aiming the weapon from nearby bushes. The would-be assassin - who managed to get within 400-500 yards of Trump - attempted to flee the scene in an SUV but was caught by officials and taken into custody. Read more: The Sun delivers breaking news, latest gossip and incredible excl
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