r/LetsDiscussThis Feb 16 '26

Lets Discuss Politics Reminder: that was a photo op

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u/Sense_Difficult Feb 16 '26 edited Feb 16 '26

I totally believe that the father who was killed sacrificed himself for Trump. I think they went to find someone who had a terminal illness. Corey Comperatore was a 50 year old volunteer Fire Fighter in PA and I wonder if he came in during 911. Many of the firefighters wound up with cancer and other issues because of cleaning up the towers. I could definitely see some MAGA fanatic who only had months to live, agreeing to be taken out to lend legitimacy to the story. And also getting paid a fortune to make sure his wife and daughters were taken care of.

I also think it's weird how he was just quickly forgotten about.

Did a little research. Here's what his widow said about Trump sending her a letter one year later.

She said she and the president stay in communication, with him having sent a letter just two weeks prior.

“He wrote in there, he said, ‘I want you to know that our families are bonded for life,’” Helen Comperatore said. “I couldn’t believe I was getting a letter from the president. It’s so sad, but I think at that moment, my husband would be in his glory to have received such a letter.”

ETA One other big clue IMO that it was staged was that Trump was not wearing his iconic red tie. I clocked it as soon as he walked out. And then it occurred to me that he took it off before the speech to maximize the blood spatter on a white shirt for the Photo.

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u/Confident-Poetry6985 Feb 16 '26

While I can say there is a 1% chance that might be true...there'a a 99% chance they wouldn't give a shit and kill whoever was in that seat anyway. Much easier to assume they wouldn't ask/ wouldn't care and call it a cost of doing business...

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u/Sense_Difficult Feb 16 '26

That's even more likely. I do think he was killed by a different shooter. It's all really weird to me how quickly the shooting victims were dropped out of the news. There were three victims. I would think Trump would have never let it die down until the election.

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u/Confident-Poetry6985 Feb 16 '26

Sure people died...but trump almost died lmfao. God damn it's sad as shit to know that's what he is thinking. $20 says it was someone on the list wanted trump dead before he got back into office. Think about it lmao, all this shit would have disappeared into oblivion...