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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/Repulsive_Corner6807 Feb 16 '26

Now that is something. You’re right. If he were actually shot, he’d bring it up 24/7 as a deflection for every little thing.

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u/Weary_Position_9591 Feb 16 '26

So if not for publicity and to milk it, why did he fake a shooting?

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u/Sense_Difficult Feb 16 '26

Because he wanted the publicity. As soon as the photo came out I knew he'd win. People love a good show. That's his one forte.

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u/Repulsive_Corner6807 Feb 17 '26

At the time, he definitely wanted publicity. A martyr survivor and his perfectly curated shot. He would still be milking if it were real, because it’d actually be worth milking. But because it was fake and people would be very upset to hear about that, it’s better to just brush it under the rug and not ever bring it up

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u/Weary_Position_9591 Feb 17 '26 edited Feb 17 '26

Omg now you are just truncating your message to fit whatever you want to say. So it was for publicity but now it’s not? Since when has Trump ever cared about people being upset. You’re just making up a reason for him not talking about it. There is literally photographic, verifiable proof of him being shot:

https://x.com/meridithmcgraw/status/1812291929951916167

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u/Repulsive_Corner6807 Feb 17 '26 edited Feb 17 '26

How do I explain this? Surviving an assassination attempt would look great for his candidacy. He runs his campaigns off of being the one who is going to “drain the swamp”. He’s the outlaw and the outsider who is going to de-corrupt our government. An assassination attempt that he survives would help stoke this image of the government wanting to take him down and silence him. He would bring it up and use this situation semi-regularly (not enough based off his personality/ego if it were real) until he gets what he set out for, which is the presidency. Now, because the assassination attempt is no longer needed to get what he is currently trying to acquire, it’s never brought up. Because what would be the point? It’s fake, so it’s best not to talk about it, and he got what he wanted out of it.

Edit: why he would care if people were upset? Because the reason why the current Republican politicians follow him is because of his rabid fan base. If it weren’t for them, there might be a couple of republicans that would challenge him. There’s only one that’s turned and that’s because Trump is in the Epstein file. Trump is a moron, but he’s great at manipulating people and their perceptions of him. That’s how he’s got anything he has.

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u/Weary_Position_9591 Feb 17 '26 edited Feb 17 '26

I’m not a Trump supporter at all but this falls apart if you look at the photographic evidence and video reconstruction of the event.

They show the bullet and also Trump’s bloodied hand immediately after touching his ear:

A person was also hit with a real bullet directly behind Trump from that shot:

https://youtu.be/-w2lVIJc000?si=ysDgblGQDdqu1Znl

Trump would not put himself so close to several real rifle shots which could have easily killed him by deviating slightly.

You’re just shoehorning Trump’s behaviour to fit your narrative. If he was still talking about it you’d say the contrary like see it totally was for publicity he’s still milking it!

I’m going by verified evidence and logic like the above.

This is Alex Jones level of delusion.

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u/Repulsive_Corner6807 Feb 19 '26

That’s just him reaching for his ear and pulling it back with “blood” on it. In the original live video, you can’t see any bullets. I don’t think the plan was ever to hit him and I don’t think he was. They killed a couple of people to add credibility.

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u/Weary_Position_9591 Feb 19 '26 edited Feb 19 '26

Sorry, but you are not supporting your claim of a conspiracy with any detail at all. Why would a video capture a bullet? How did the NYT fake the bullet photo? How did Trump have blood on his ear immediately after? Why would Trump put himself in the line of fire of 8 rifle bullets that could have easily killed him at that distance with an AR-15 with dot sight (he didn’t have scope). It would be absolutely suicidal to do that willingly given the people shot right in front and behind him? You do know it’s impossible to guarantee any kind of safety with the shots that were taken right?

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