Read Trump would-be assassin Ryan Wesley Routh's chilling letter offering $150,000 to anyone who could 'finish the job'

Donald Trump's would-be assassin Ryan Wesley Routh wrote a chilling letter admitting he failed in trying to take the life of the former president.

Routh also offered $150,000 for anyone who could 'finish the job' according to the note released by the Department of Justice on Monday and obtained by DailyMail.com.

'This was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump but I failed you. I tried my best and gave it all the gumption I could muster. It is up to you now to finish the job; and I will offer $150,000 to whomever can complete the job,' the letter reads.

It was addressed to 'the world' and said Trump had 'ended relations with Iran like a child and now the Middle East has unraveled'.

Routh is set to appear in federal court on Monday for a detention hearing after the attempted assassination on September 15 at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach.

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