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The jury in the federal trial of Ryan Wesley Routh delivered a decisive guilty verdict on Sept. 23, 2025, finding him responsible for the attempted assassination at President Trump’s Florida golf course last year. This was not a close call or a muddled slap on the wrist; the facts presented convinced twelve Americans that a clear threat to the leader of our nation existed. Conservatives who love this country should breathe easier knowing the courts and the men and women of law enforcement did their duty under difficult circumstances.
The attempted attack itself unfolded on Sept. 15, 2024, when Routh was spotted with an SKS-style rifle in shrubbery near Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, prompting a Secret Service agent to fire and ultimately leading to Routh’s arrest. There were no casualties that day thanks to alert protective details and quick police work, but the intent and the planning prosecutors showed were chilling in their cold calculation. Americans cannot pretend this kind of politically motivated violence is a theoretical problem — it is real, and it almost succeeded.
Courtroom scenes turned chaotic after the verdict when Routh attempted to harm himself while being removed from the courtroom, his daughter’s cries echoing through the gallery as marshals subdued him. That ugly episode only underscores the madness and danger that swirl around acts of political violence, and it ought to harden our resolve to stand for law and order. Let there be no sympathy for those who would weaponize mental instability and political rage to threaten leaders and the public.
We should also tip our hats to the Secret Service, prosecutors, and Judge Aileen Cannon for navigating a high-stakes, politically charged case with professionalism and calm. In an era when many institutions bend to partisan pressure, this swift conviction is a reminder that courageous public servants still exist and will hold malefactors to account. Conservatives must keep shouting that violence is never a political tool and that justice should be blind but swift.
Only hours after the verdict, President Trump spoke at the U.N. General Assembly on Sept. 23, 2025, and used the moment to call out the institution’s dysfunction after a clunky escalator ride and a balky teleprompter. The U.N. later said the escalator’s safety mechanism was likely tripped by someone in the U.S. party and that the White House controlled the teleprompter, but the optics were undeniable — a global stage marred by embarrassment and, to anyone paying attention, a whiff of intentionality. The international bureaucrats and the mainstream media will rush to “explain away” the moment, but hardworking Americans know how symbolism matters — especially when it comes to respect for our president.
Commentators on the right, including voices on Newsmax, were rightfully skeptical, calling the whole sequence “weird” and insisting Americans deserve straight answers rather than platitudes. It isn’t paranoid to demand accountability when the leader of the free world is repeatedly put in awkward, avoidable positions on foreign soil while his security faces real threats at home. We live in an age when elites and global institutions too often sneer at American sovereignty; when mishaps like this pile up, they take on a political meaning that cannot be shrugged off.
The White House has demanded an investigation into the U.N. incidents, and every patriotic American should support that common-sense scrutiny rather than accept the reflexive excuses from international functionaries. If nothing else, the week’s events — a convicted would-be assassin and odd fiascos on the U.N. stage — expose the rot of negligence and, at times, contempt for American leadership in global institutions. It’s time to stop funding dysfunction and start defending our president, our citizens, and our common-sense notion that American safety comes first.
Hardworking Americans should see a clear throughline here: institutions that fail to secure leaders, and international bodies that shrug off responsibility, embolden the fringe and make our country less safe. We must demand tougher protections for public figures, honest answers from bureaucrats, and a foreign policy that remembers the United States deserves respect, not cheap stunts. Stand with the men and women who keep this nation safe, reject the chaos merchants on both the left and in global bureaus, and remember that liberty and order go hand in hand.
