A Secret Service agent was five feet away from wannabe-assassin Ryan Wesley Routh and fired off six shots — all of which failed to hit President-elect Donald Trump’s would-be killer, Fox News host Jesse Watters noted in disbelief Wednesday. 

The concerning details about the poor marksmanship of the agent assigned to protect Trump, 78, during a Sept. 15 golf outing in West Palm Beach, Fla., were revealed in a 180-page House assassination task force report released earlier this week. 

“He was only five feet away and he missed [Routh] not once, not twice, but six times,” Watters, stunned by the report’s findings, said.

“He missed him six times, from five feet. How does a trained agent who passed the firearms test miss a target five feet away?” the Fox News host wondered.

The agent, whose identity has not been revealed, was “riding along the fence line” of the Trump International Golf Club when he noticed Routh, 58, on the external perimeter, according to the report. 

The agent then noticed the barrel of Routh’s rifle sticking through the fence line from a sniper’s nest.

“The special agent, who may have been as close as five feet away from Routh, immediately responded by firing shots toward the suspect,” the report stated. “It is believed six shots in total were fired; however, final ballistics are pending an ongoing FBI investigation.” 

Routh, 58, fled the scene unharmed and was apprehended by local law enforcement about 40 minutes later. 

The heavily redacted report noted that “the Secret Service utilized the protective methodology typically used for golf courses” on the day of the assassination attempt, which includes “a layered approach with several rings of protection.”

“On September 15, the Secret Service indicated that there was already a strong security footprint in the form of an inner ring of protection around former President Trump,” the task force report explained.  

Despite not being able to hit Routh, the report commended the Secret Service agent’s quick action. 

“[T]he diligence of and successful scanning by the special agent conducting [redacted] of former President Trump provided a critical line of defense to avert a disaster that day,” the report stated.

“The special agent’s quick response and decision to discharge his firearm in the direction of the threat prevented a potentially lethal or other dangerous scenario from occurring.”

Routh, who is facing five federal charges including attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate, did not fire his rifle after being spotted and shot at. 

A Secret Service spokesperson did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.

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