CNN chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst John Miller reported Sunday afternoon that Routh’s social media accounts have focused on his “self-proclaimed involvement” in the war in Ukraine, including his supposed effort to recruit soldiers to fight in the conflict. Routh also claimed to have fought in Ukraine as it continues to hold off Russia’s invasion.
BlackRock recently pledged financial support to Ukraine joining a group of investors committing $15 billion to the country’s reconstruction, as reported by Quartz.
Accoesung to media reports BlackRock did not produce the video featuring Routh.
Newsweek reached out to a BlackRock media representative via email for comment.
The video was created in 2022, publicizing protesters demanding the safe evacuation of Ukrainian soldiers defending the besieged Avovstal Iron and Steel Works in Mariupol.
The Associated Press photographed Routh at the protest in Kyiv’s Independence Square on April 30, 2022. Other outlets covering the event also photographed Routh.
March 2024, Trump name-dropped Hannibal Lecter, possibly for the first time. This didn’t get any attention because he didn’t say anything about the villain; he just shouted his name and continued ranting about illegal immigration:
We have millions and millions of people, and they came from prisons and jails. They came from mental institutions and insane asylums. No, they’re not the same thing. An insane asylum is a mental institution on steroids. It’s Silence of the Lambs, okay? You know, Hannibal Lecter! They’re all being deposited into our country and then you have terrorists, and then you have drugs, and then you have human traffickers.
This seems to be as good as an origin story .. we even tried Newspapers.com, anything where we can find Trump talking about SILENCE OF THE LAMBS in the 1990s.. anything where he saw the movie and praised it.
Nothing..
No luck…
Somehow it just popped into a speech and has become something uttered forever into history books.
23 years ago, George W. Bush graced the cover of Time Magazine after 9/11 holding a flag on the rubble on the World Trade Center Towers.. It felt at the time like a game changer–for better or worse history was altered and a new path was carved..
All these years later, a new historic photo is now etched into our psyche..
Donald Trump, grazed by a bullet in an assassination attempt, now graces a new cover of TIME magazine.. The sky behind him is blue, unliked the Bush imagery of gray and billowing dust clouds.. But the flag is there in the distance, with blood flowing down Trump’s face..
In both covers, the right arm is extended high into the sky. Both in acts of defiance..
And both moments in time feel the same. While the path we embark on now as a nation is very different than it would have been, something feels like it is dramatically different and altered.
Living through history.
In 2001 the nation was just on edge as we are now–maybe even more so then. But we survived. The path worked out.
Authorities have identified the gunman involved in the attack against former US President Donald Trump on Saturday as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, who was killed by Secret Service agents at the scene after the shooting.
The FBI named Crooks in a statement early Sunday morning, identifying him as a resident of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania – about 35 miles south of Butler, where Trump was holding his rally.
Crooks fired on Trump while perched on a nearby building rooftop outside the rally’s security perimeter, before being killed by the Secret Service, according to law enforcement officials.
Online sleuths are working in overdrive to find any public information, including footage that could be Crooks at graduation in Bethel Park from a few years ago.
The world was rocked tonight as Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt in Butler Pennsylvania during a campaign rally. Early reports indicate that 12,000 people were in attendance. A shooter opened fire on the former President during his speech, with at least the bullet or a fragment from Trump’s teleprompter hitting his face. Others in the crowd were injured and killed.
The FBI has called the shooting at former President Donald Trump’s rally Saturday night an attempted assassination.
“This evening, we had what we’re calling an assassination attempt against our former President Donald Trump. It’s still an active crime scene,” said Kevin Rojek, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Pittsburgh field office, speaking at a news conference in Butler, Pennsylvania.
He said authorities are “working feverishly to attempt to identify the individual who did this and any motives behind why this was done,” and asked the public to reach out with any information that might help.
A summary of events as being reported at press time…
The moment when the incident occured:
From posts on Twitter, imagery of the scene behind the President with blood-soaked bleachers…
Interviews with eyewitnesses
Interview with a man who said that they saw the attempted assassin watching a man on the roof.. they reported it to the police and the witness claimed the police did make attempts to stop him.
BUT IS IT!? NOT EVERYTHING YOU READ ONLINE IS TRUE..
This is not a video of the shooter at Trump's Pennsylvania rally. This is the exact same X user who pretended to be the shooter in an odd trolling attempt.
Just in: NEW FROM PA STATE POLICE SOURCES: President Trump was not struck by a bullet, but hit by glass fragments believed to have come from the shattered teleprompter from the gunfire. They were real bullets.
They hit at least 2 people behind or near the stage and possibly more…
Secret Service says President is safe..
A gunman and one audience member are dead after a shooting at former President Donald Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday night, according to the local district attorney. Another spectator is in serious condition.
Former President Donald Trump was rushed off stage after loud bangs were heard and he fell to the ground at the start of a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, Saturday night. The Secret Service says Trump is safe and under protective measures.
It was not immediately clear what occurred, but Trump was swarmed by agents on stage after the bangs were heard. Blood could be seen on Trump’s face, and he raised a fist to the crowd as he was rushed away.
The assassination attempt came after a busy day of campaigning for both Trump and President Joe Biden in the 2024 presidential race.
County District Attorney Richard Goldfinger said one person is believed to be dead and "possibly a second" is dead from the incident at this rally. He said the person believed to be dead was "someone in the crowd." https://t.co/1jRoqgJUw9
President Biden has told a key ally that he knows he may not be able to salvage his candidacy if he cannot convince the public in the coming days that he is up for the job after a disastrous debate performance last week.
The conversation is the first indication to become public that the president is seriously considering whether he can recover after a devastating performance on the debate stage in Atlanta on Thursday. Concerns are mounting about his viability as a candidate and whether he could serve as president for another four years.
