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January 6, 2025

A Ukraine Connection

Between wannabe assassin Ryan Routh and the Green Beret who killed himself in Las Vegas, there are a number of odd Ukrainian connections.

Do you remember Ryan Routh? He was the second attempted assassin who hid in the bushes at Donald Trump’s Florida golf course. Somehow, Routh managed to avoid being shot by a Secret Service agent when he was no more than five feet away.
 
Routh had a bizarre obsession with Ukraine. In spite of his serious financial troubles, Routh somehow managed to travel the world recruiting mercenaries to fight for Ukraine.
 
Now, there are unconfirmed reports that Routh visited Fort Bragg more than 140 times over the past four years. As we reported last week, both of the New Year’s Day terrorists also trained at Fort Bragg.
 
That could be a total coincidence. Tens of thousands of soldiers are stationed at Fort Bragg. But, if the reports are true, we need to know why Trump’s attempted assassin was also at Fort Bragg more than 140 times.
 
Here’s another odd “coincidence.” Matthew Livelsberger, the Green Beret who killed himself in front of the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas, also strongly supported Ukraine. He reportedly served in Ukraine at some point during his military career.
 
Online photos show him wearing a shirt with an inscription that reads, “Glory to Ukraine. Glory to heroes.” The inscription was written in Ukrainian. And like Routh, he was also attempting to recruit people to fight in Ukraine.
 
The FBI is puzzled by the incident outside the Trump Hotel because the explosives packed into the Cybertruck are not what you might expect a Green Beret would use to carry out such an attack.
 
They also discovered that as the truck was set on fire, Livelsberger put a bullet through his head, so they are labeling this as a “suicide.”
 
Well, it could be a form of suicide protest. There have been at least two self-immolations in Washington, D.C., in protest of the war in Gaza against Hamas. One involved a member of the U.S. Air Force. By the way, an Army veteran was just indicted for attempting to join Hezbollah.
 
I don’t think it’s much of a leap at all to view Livelsberger as a gung-ho Green Beret all in on fighting Russia in Ukraine. How he could be active duty and also be recruiting mercenaries online raises some questions in my mind.
 
But he and the American people have been subjected to years of lies that Donald Trump colluded with Russia to steal the 2016 election, that Trump is a friend of Putin’s, that he will abandon Ukraine to Putin, and get us out of NATO. The “Deep State’s” lies have serious consequences.
 
So, there are a number of odd Ukrainian connections. But, once again, we are also seeing just how dangerous the left’s nonstop smears and false narratives against Donald Trump can be.

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