As Ryan Wesley Routh is set to be charged with plotting to assassinate Donald Trump , those who support and oppose the former president are wondering how the would be shooter found him

As Ryan Wesley Routh is set to be charged with plotting to assassinate Donald Trump , those who support and oppose the former president are wondering how the would be shooter found him

Routh, 58, is in custody after aiming an AK-47 rifle barrel towards Trump when he was golfing at his course in West Palm Beach, Florida on Sunday. He is expected to be charged overnight

Routh, 58, is in custody after aiming an AK-47 rifle barrel towards Trump when he was golfing at his course in West Palm Beach, Florida on Sunday. He is expected to be charged overnight

'Leading up to this, the former president had been subject to some critical coverage in the news media for stoking some conspiracy theories about the first attempt and now that the second one came along, it's going to be hard to convince him that there's not some deeper, darker force at work.'

One social media user wrote to that effect: 'It's time to start working on the assumption that there must be some sort of collaborative effort to take Trump down'. 

Caputo says that what's bedeviled both observers and authorities is how Routh - who moved from North Carolina to Hawaii in the 2010s - was able to plot this from out of state.

'The question no one's able to answer yet and hopefully will be answered: the alleged assassin appeared to have been from out of state. How did he drive down there? How did he case the joint? How did he know when the former president would be there and come within his potential line of sight?'Not sure

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk put it succinctly: 'President Trump's round of golf was NOT on any public schedule. How did the suspect know Trump was golfing there today? How did he get a semi-automatic rifle so close to the president? 

Caputo adds that local law enforcement are asking the same question, with no real theories yet. 

He also notes what some liberals have been theorizing on social media: that golf is Trump's favorite hobby and that he was likely to be found at his golf club on a Sunday.

'It is true that Donald Trump is somewhat of a creature of habit. He does have a tendency to play golf on Sundays when he's in town'.