Trump made crass jokes about the death of a rally attendee in a leaked recording

Donald Trump was reportedly filmed 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 from The Guardianapparently comes from a private dinner Trump held in Aspen, Colorado, on August 10. In it, the Republican presidential candidate reportedly recalled meeting the wife of Corey Comperatore, the man killed by shots fired at Trump by Thomas Crooks at a rally in Pennsylvania in July.

“So they're going to get millions of dollars, but the woman, the woman, this beautiful woman, I gave her the check – we gave her the check – and she said, 'That's so nice and I appreciate it 'But I would much rather have my husband.' Now I know some of the women in this room wouldn’t say the same thing,” Trump reportedly said. “Actually, at least four couples would have been thrilled here.”

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The dinner, for which Trump reportedly flew in 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, along with the Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), gambling mogul Steve Wynn and billionaire Thomas Peterffy were also in attendance. The event was attended by about 100 people, requiring couples to raise $500,000 to serve on the host committee or at least $25,000 to attend.

Those who wrote checks included Warren G. Lichtenstein, chairman of Steel Partners; former hedge fund manager Duke Buchan, who served as ambassador to Spain during Trump's presidency; Houston billionaires Mindy and Jeff Hildebrand; Drew McKnight, a billionaire donor to the failed No Labels campaign; and Andrew McKenna.

A source in attendance told The Daily Beast that Trump, who was still publicly upset about Kamala Harris' viewership early in his candidacy, actually appeared “disciplined” and was “funny” in Aspen.

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Over the course of the meal The Guardian reported that Trump launched into expletives about illegal migrants. The former president reportedly claimed that “smart, very smart” political leaders around the world are deliberately trafficking convicted criminals into the US to destabilize the country.

It is said that he also spoke in detail The Guardianabout an alleged incident, denied by the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo, in which more than 20 people traveled to the United States after being released from prison in the central African country.

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“We said, 'Where are you from?' They said, “Jail.” 'What did you do?' “It’s none of your business what we did,” he claimed, saying an exchange between the suspected convicts and unnamed U.S. officials failed. “Do you know why? Because they are murderers.”

Apparently realizing that this might have gone a little too far for his guests, he reported that in the recording, Trump then said, “I hate using those curse words.”

“These are the toughest people. “These people come from Africa, from the Middle East,” he reportedly continued. “They come from all parts of Asia, the bad parts, the parts where they are rough, and the only good thing is that they make our criminals look extremely nice. They make our Hell’s Angels look like the nicest people in the world.”

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Trump, still refusing to concede his 2020 election loss to President Joe Biden, also used his high-roller audience to portray his Democratic rival Kamala Harris as a major threat to American democracy.

“Look, we have to win, and if we don’t win, this country is 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 in, and I believe this could be the last election we ever have. “

The Daily Beast reached out to the Trump campaign for comment on the matter. An RNC spokesman responded, giving many examples – including a sentence from his RNC speech – in which Trump praised Comperatore, whom he called a “great guy” and a “great firefighter.”

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