A man accused of plotting to assassinate Donald Trump at his golf club said the president was “not good for Ukraine” and tried to buy a rocket launcher.

Ryan Wesley Routh attempted to purchase a Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) from someone he believed to be a Ukrainian arms dealer one month before allegedly attempting to kill Mr Trump.

Mr Routh communicated with someone he believed had access to the military via an encrypted messaging app.

The 58-year-old asked the contact for a rocket launcher and shared an image of Mr Trump’s plane that he “gets on and off daily”, a Justice Department filing in the Southern District of Florida reads.

“Send me an RPG or stinger and I will see what we can do…[Trump] is not good for Ukraine,” Mr Routh said, according to the court document.

“I need equipment so that Trump cannot get elected,” he added.