Trump shoot­ing plot sus­pect Routh was inter­viewed by NYT on Ukraine war efforts in 2023: ‘Sound­ed ridicu­lous’

The man sus­pect­ed of an assas­si­na­tion attempt on for­mer Pres­i­dent Trump’s life on Sun­day went on the record with the New York Times last year to pro­mote his efforts to recruit Afghan sol­diers to fight the war in Ukraine. More than a year ago, Ryan Routh spoke to the New York Times after spend­ing “months” in Ukraine dur­ing its war against Rus­sia. Routh, whom the New York Times described as a for­mer North Car­oli­na con­struc­tion work­er, told the out­let that as the num­ber of for­eign vol­un­teers fight­ing on behalf of Ukraine in a mil­i­tary unit called th …