Putin Friend Claims Trump ‘Shooter’ Was Hired by Ukraine | World News

Dmitry Medvedev, the former Russian president and prime minister who was always overshadowed by Putin, made some controversial statements just hours after suspect Ryan W Routh was arrested.

Routh, an activist from Ukraine, was captured shortly after a suspected gunman hid in the bushes around the Trump National Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, and pointed an AK-style weapon at Trump from a distance.

Now Medvedev has added fuel to the fire by suggesting that Routh may have been hired by Ukraine.

Medvedev, who now serves as a senior Security Council official, posted on his English-language X account: “I wonder what would happen if it turned out that the failed new Trump shooter Routh, who recruited mercenaries for the Ukrainian army, was himself hired by the neo-Nazi regime in Kiev for this assassination attempt?”

Photos have emerged showing Routh attending several pro-Ukrainian rallies in Kiev, where he traveled just months after the Russian invasion.

Routh, a registered Democratic voter, was often seen wearing American flag clothing at rallies in Kiev and carrying signs calling for aid to Ukraine, along with other campaigners.

However, US authorities have not reported any connection between Routh and the Ukrainian state.

Routh, a contractor from Hawaii, has reportedly had run-ins with law enforcement in recent years, including convictions for possession of a weapon of mass destruction.