Trump's golf partner says he was five yards away from the former president when shots rang out

Former President Trump’s golf partner reacted to a second apparent assassination attempt on the 2024 GOP nominee’s life Monday on "Hannity."

Steve Witkoff, a New York real estate investor, told Fox News host Sean Hannity he was playing golf with Trump Sunday afternoon when the former president was evacuated from his West Palm Beach golf course after shots rang out.

"Yesterday was quite a day. I actually feel blessed that I was there yesterday. And the reason I feel blessed, Sean, is that I got to see what it's like for my dear friend to live his normal life. His normal life, which is punctuated by two attempts to assassinate him in the last 60 days, being vilified since he left the presidency, falsely accused [and] harassed," Witkoff said.

"Here he was yesterday on a beautiful day, just trying to get some rest and relaxation like all the rest of us, and there's a man with an...assault rifle who's attempting to kill him. It was terrible. But I got to see... I got to see a man who was stoic, courageous, cared about his friends' safety first before his own life. He was an inspiration to everybody who was around him yesterday. I wish the whole country could have witnessed what happened yesterday because they would have seen a real leader."

The suspect in the apparent assassination attempt, 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh, was charged Monday with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and having a firearm with an obliterated serial number.

A Secret Service advance agent spotted what appeared to be a rifle poking out of the tree line near Trump’s golf course and opened fire, causing Routh to run away.

He was stopped and detained by local law enforcement about 45 minutes after fleeing the scene, according to a criminal complaint