A former employee of Ryan Wesley Routh, the man accused of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump, has shared her thoughts on his behavior and a past incident involving law enforcement. Tina Cooper, who worked for Routh in 2002, recounted a tense three-hour police standoff that Routh was involved in, expressing her confusion over his actions. “I don’t know what he was thinking,” she remarked in an exclusive interview with The Independent, reflecting on Routh's tendency for what she described as "stupid" behavior.