Early on Monday, following the shocking news that veteran Hollywood actor and director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele had been found dead in their home, President Donald Trump had a typically heartless response to the sad news of a longtime enemy of his.
Trump, in the Truth Social post, denounced Reiner as “a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and comedy star,” and seemed to blame their deaths on “the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, sometimes referred to as TDS.” In fact, the Reiners’ son has been arrested after police say he was “responsible” for the deaths.
While a handful of Republican members of Congress criticized Trump for the post, the majority of MAGA types defended it, even hours after arguing that no one on their side would possibly make light of someone’s death, especially the way “the left” reacted to the death of Charlie Kirk and the assassination attempt on Trump in 2024.
Later in the day, when asked about it by reporters, Trump doubled down.
Trump on Rob Reiner: He was a deranged person… Trump derangement syndrome. I was not a fan. I thought he was very bad for our country. pic.twitter.com/PvXJDjUnfZ
— Acyn (@Acyn) December 15, 2025
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When a reporter asked Trump whether he stands by the Truth Social post, he answered, “Well I wasn’t a fan of his at all; he was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned.” He went on to rip Reiner for pushing “the Russia hoax.”
Trump has never been shy about feuding with people who are no longer alive; he kept his beef with John McCain alive for a number of years after McCain passed away in 2018. On Monday, McCain’s daughter, Meghan, called the post “beneath” Trump:
This is awful, cruel and beneath President Trump.
Many things in life are more important than politics. The Reiner family is in unfathomable pain – the son slit his parents throats in a grizzly double murder. Why add to the pain?! Let the entire family have peace and privacy. https://t.co/xwmq5OxEN0
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) December 15, 2025
Others couldn’t believe how long Trump would go:
This is no better than those who said Charlie Kirk had it coming because of his social conservatism. Except this time it’s the president of the United States. Not sure how someone’s soul gets to this point, but it’s dark. https://t.co/mivhFMajmD
— Billy Binion (@billybinion) December 15, 2025
AHAHAHAHA, remember all the fucking dipshit MAGA on this platform yesterday who were saying “Look at the difference between when someone on our side dies vs when someone on their side dies” LMAOOOOOOOO GUESS THEY SHOULDA WAITED FOR DADDY TO TWEET FIRST https://t.co/XoBkuCfUR9
— Destiny | Steven Bonnell II (@TheOmniLiberal) December 15, 2025
Even if i was the most racist maga cretin of all time this would be the last straw. having to pretend charlie kirk was a better person who contributed more to the world than rob reiner. i’d be like ‘ok that’s enough, time to start listening to pod save america’ https://t.co/dx2yHaFR3M
— snowboiiii (@snowboiiii) December 15, 2025
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