Exclusive | Alleged Trump gunman Ryan Wesley Routh was rejected as wack job when tried to volunteer for Ukraine, fighters say

Alleged would-be Trump assassin Ryan Wesley Routh rolled up in Ukraine last year looking to fight the Russians and make an impact — but was quickly rejected and pushed aside after being dubbed a “wack job” and “off” by the more serious foreign fighters in the country, several sources involved in the volunteer effort said.While some had interacted with him personally, others told The Post they knew his “type” and were “not at all surprised by it.”“A crazy idiot, but no one’s really surprised.There are people like that that show up and are desperate to help and be important,” one American fighting for Ukraine told The Post.

“And he was just one of those – just on the on the crazier end of things.”The American fighters and volunteers who spoke to The Post requested anonymity for fear of Russian doxxing.Routh, 58, had no military experience, but traveled to Ukraine around March 2023 thinking he could help out in the war effort, anyway.One volunteer told The Post that Routh’s alleged use of a GoPro when he staked out Trump was particularly telling of his problematic connections to Ukraine, saying that “there’s too many clout chasers” among foreign visitors to Ukraine.“A lot of the people that are here are not really here for Ukraine, they’re not really here for the war.

They’re here to kind of be famous or live out a fantasy or feel like they’re a part of something,” the volunteer said.“Ukraine for them is kind of like their chance to finally make it.

I think unfortunately that for the vast majority of them, that’s not helping.”When he was rejected by the Ukrainian Foreign Legion — which has recruited thousands of foreigners to fight for Ukraine, he took it upon himself to become a one-man recruitment office.But even those efforts drew scorn, sources told The Post.However, he told Financial Times last year that the Ukrainian international legion rejected him because he was “old” and lacked battlefield expert...