Analyzing Ryan Routh: Trump’s Attempted (Alleged) Assassin’s Handwriting

Ryan Routh — Easily Influenced, Violent Loner, Eager to Impress……his Mommy

It is not often that we get to see the handwriting of an attempted, alleged assassin in almost real time, but here it is and graphology can help us understand what drives this individual.

Let me begin by managing your expectations. Without his signature I can’t complete the picture but I can tell a lot, and much of it you already know. However, when you see it laid out, almost like an x-ray of his mind, you get a compelling picture of what drives an individual like this.

As you could tell from his arrest pictures and his letter, he proudly considers himself a hero of sorts who was unlucky enough to fail. But the struggle continues — “La lutte continué” — which is why he is offering $150,000 to the person who can complete his “mission.”

So, starting with №1, and №5 the inverted T bar which is a sign of someone easily influenced. What is interesting here is his connecting to the “h” which takes place in the upper, or intellectual zone. In fact, it is so elegantly connected that he appears to be mentally fired up by this!

It should also be noted that overall, this is a fairly sophisticated handwriting. We can tell this because of its overall simplification, there is very little extraneous ornamentation. However, his education looks middling at best, as we can tell from the backward-pulling textbook “g”.

№ 2, his personal “I” probably tells his back story, which is reflected throughout in a variety of ways. This is the “Capital I” in which I the sign of someone who wants to really stand out. What makes this formation quite unique is that the top and bottom strokes are in opposite direction and each end with a hook. Additionally, those strokes tend not to attach to the main stem — especially the top stroke.

Since the top and bottom strokes generally refer to one’s relationship with their parents, he is really sending Mom and Pop a very deliberate message. The fact that these don’t connect are a sign of his impracticality, and probably, delusion. The hooks and the general flair tell you this is lifetime driving force.

№ 3 (and no. 6) his large flowing lower f loop tells you he is very forceful and practical. The word he uses in his letter is “gumption” and that it is. The word gumption has certain flair and delight at rule-breaking, and since the big loops are in the lower zone — it is all coming from the subconscious. If he is convicted, expect him to be a top prison conniver!

In no. 6 we see an angular left formation in the middle zone, which suggests that he grew up in a plucky, practical, hard-working environment, and he resented it. Yet he internalized this experience and used it subconsciously in his madcap endeavors.

№ 4 this J tells you something about his relationship to his past, probably his mother. It is unadorned and has no loop, so romantically, he is probably disappointed. It has long tail reaching to the left, showing a yearning for the past. But it ends in a sharp spike showing anger. At the same time, the stroke pulls forwards. So he is driven by the this mix of anger and yearning.

№ 7 is where we see his will and to some extent, his motivation. The stem is high but the stroke is low, which is the classic sign of someone with high ideals and low self-esteem. The large t bars show a strong will but the emphasis is to the left of the stem, indicating his drives are still mired in the past. More ominous is the fact that the left side is clubbed while the right side is a stiletto, suggesting he has violent thoughts of his past and a knifelike intent for the future.

№ 8 these wide gaps between words that lead to these open sections on the page tell you he is a loner.

№ 9 this probably should be no. 1 because it tells you how dangerous this man is (but we are just following the flow of his writing). When you see a clubbed ending at the bottom of a stem, it is a clear sign of violence. It is also pastiose, meaning there is a lot of passion involved.

In summary, Routh is an individual with a troubled family past, who is intelligent (good I dots, sometimes connected to nearby letters), out for glory, hoping to impress his peers and the ghosts of his past, considers himself a failed hero, desiring violence, adaptive, unconventionally functional — guerilla-like, perhaps — and easily manipulated by the “right” person or ideology.