Donald Trump Made Crass Jokes About Death of Corey Comparatore in Leaked Recording
By: Will Neal (The Daily Beast)
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The 12-minute tape, reportedly from a dinner with donors in August, also features Trump launching into an expletive-laden rant against undocumented migrants.
Donald Trump was reportedly caught on tape turning the grieving widow of a man who died at one of his rallies into a source of amusement for his uber-wealthy dinner guests.
The recording, obtained by The Guardian, apparently comes from a private meal Trump held Aug. 10 in Aspen, Colorado. In it, the Republican presidential nominee reportedly recalled a meeting with the wife of Corey Comperatore, the man who was killed by shots fired at Trump by Thomas Crooks at a Pennsylvania rally in July.
"So they're going to get millions of dollars but the woman, the wife, this beautiful woman, I handed her the check—we handed her the check—and she said, 'This is so nice, and I appreciate it, but I'd much rather have my husband.' Now I know some of the women in this room wouldn't say the same," Trump reportedly said. "At least four couples here would have been thrilled, actually."
The dinner, which Trump reportedly flew in for on a private jet once owned by disgraced financier and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, was held at the $38 million home of art collectors and investors John and Amy Phelan, with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), gambling mogul Steve Wynn, and billionaire Thomas Peterffy also in attendance. There were about 100 attendees at the event, which required couples to pony up $500,000 to serve on the host committee or at least $25,000 to attend at all.
Those who cut checks included Warren G. Lichtenstein, executive chairman of Steel Partners; former hedge fund manager Duke Buchan, who served as ambassador to Spain in Trump's presidency; Houston billionaires Mindy and Jeff Hildebrand; Drew McKnight, a billionaire donor to the failed No Labels effort; and Andrew McKenna.
A source in attendance told The Daily Beast that Trump, who was then still publicly fuming about Kamala Harris' crowd sizes in her early days as the nominee, actually appeared "disciplined" and was "funny" in Aspen.
Over the course of the meal, TheGuardian reported that Trump launched into an expletive-laden rant about undocumented migrants. The former president allegedly claimed that "smart, very streetwise" political leaders around the world are deliberately channeling convicted criminals into the U.S. to destabilize the country.
He also spoke at length, according to The Guardian, about a supposed incident, denied by the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in which more than 20 people traveled to the U.S. after being released from prison in the Central African nation.
"We said, 'Where do you come from?' They said, 'Prison.' 'What did you do?' 'None of your f---ing business what we did,'" he claimed an exchange between the supposed convicts and unspecified U.S. officials went down. "You know why? Because they're murderers."
Seemingly recognizing this had perhaps pushed the boat a little too far for his guests, the recording then reportedly featured Trump saying, "I hate to use that foul language."
"These are the toughest people. These people are coming in from Africa, from the Middle East," he reportedly went on. "They're coming in from all parts of Asia, the bad parts, the parts where they're rough, and the only thing good is they make our criminals look extremely nice. They make our Hell's Angels look like the nicest people on earth."
Trump, who still refuses to admit his 2020 electoral loss to President Joe Biden, further used his high-roller audience to portray his Democratic rival Kamala Harris as a dire threat to American democracy.
"Look, we gotta win and if we don't win this country's going to hell," he reportedly said. "You know, there's an expression, this could be the last election we ever have, and it's an expression that I really believe, and I believe that this could be the last election we ever have."
A representative for the Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Daily Beast.
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The idea of Trump telling a bunch of really rich people that Africans are coming after them is more than a little disturbing.
You would think that people, able to gain that much wealth, would be smart enough to see through Trump's lies. Then we all met Elon Musk....
I saw on the news that Trump is planning a massive rally at the site of the first assassination attempt where he was shot in the ear. His big guest will be Elon Musk.
That massive ego of his is never filled.
This is the most dishonest, clickbait headline I’ve seen in a while.
Well, you think Trump was forthright about Charlottesville, so...............
Oh. Here's where you pretend someone saying Neo-Nazis and white supremacists should be condemned totally means he called them very fine people.
I know the timeline of what Trump said in the four statements he made from Saturday afternoon to Tues morning. If he condemned the white supremacists why did he have to clarify his comments three times after the initial one?
Trump wanted to, and did , tiptoe around the subject of the nature of the rally goers until he couldnt anymore. He deserves no credit for eventually saying he condemned white supremacy. Those should have been the first words out of his mouth.
Lol. Your response to it being proven that Trump never called white supremacists or Neo-NAzis "Very fine people" is to justify the lie by attacking him for not saying the words you wanted to hear.
context matters.
you think because he eventually condemned the nazis he was admiringly forthright, which is not true.
who were the "fine people" on the neo Nazi side at Charlottesville? I havent heard of anyone being there who wasnt in a white supremacist group or in a militia that came there to fight alongside the white supremacists. The "fine people" stayed home that day.
Yep, more fake news, innuendo, and lies from a far-left source. I would have to hear the recording to take it seriously.
When Trump gets caught balls deep in a newborn baby, you might perhaps see some shock and anger from his base. Other than that, they don’t care about anything he does, because they are and have always been deplorable.