“A very tragic event happened in Hollywood last night,” Trump began his post, sent just before 10 a.m. Monday.
“Rob Reiner, a troubled and struggling but once very talented film director and comedy star, along with his wife Michelle, have died, reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his immense, unrelenting and incurable suffering from the brain crippling disease called Trump Derangement Syndrome, sometimes known as TDS,” Trump’s post continued.
Renner’s 32-year-old son was reportedly arrested and charged with murder and there is no evidence that the director and his wife were murdered “out of anger” at Trump in any way.
“They were known to drive people crazy with their fiery obsession with President Donald J. Trump, their apparent paranoia reaching new heights as the Trump Administration surpassed all goals and expectations of greatness, and ushered in a Golden Age of America, perhaps never before. Rest in peace Rob and Michelle!” Trump concluded.
When news of Reiner’s death, which is being investigated as a homicide, broke, grief immediately spread across social media Sunday night. People shared clips of his work and said they were watching some of their favorite Renner films, including classics like the Princess Bride, when harry met sally, SufferingAnd stand with meamong many others. But as Sunday night wore on, people began to wonder what Trump’s inevitable tweet might look like. Renner has long been active in Democratic Party politics, and is naturally disgusted by Trump’s fascist and racist policies, as are many Americans.
,[H]I’m going to say that Rainer was not a fan of his,” actor Diedrich Bader predicted on Bluesky Late Sunday.
Somehow, it was much worse. And it looks like some of the president’s most ardent fans are disappointed. Elected Republicans who had previously been criticized by Trump for their willingness to release the Jeffrey Epstein files, including Representative Thomas Massie and Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, were the first to come out against Trump’s reprehensible comments.
“Regardless of how you feel about Rob Reiner, this is an inappropriate and offensive discourse about a man who was recently brutally murdered,” Macy wrote on X.
Green, who recently announced she is retiring next month, expressed a similar sentiment, writing, “This is a family tragedy, not about politics or political enemies.” About an hour later, Representative Mike Lawler, a Republican from New York, quoting Trump’s statement, called Renner’s death a “terrible tragedy” that should evoke the sympathy and compassion of everyone in our country.
Republican Representative Stephanie Bice of Oklahoma wrote, “A father and mother are murdered at the hands of their troubled son. We should include the family in prayers and not make it a political issue.”
Many Trump fans nevertheless expressed their support for Trump’s sentiment. A common defense was that Reiner had called for Trump to be arrested after the president attempted a self-coup at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, to retain power. Others pointed to a tweet from Renner that described Trump as a “hate symbol,” a factual statement that held true in 2021 and has proven more true with each passing day. As a recent example, Trump said he did not want Somali-Americans in the country, calling them “trash.”
On Monday, a reporter at the White House asked Trump about his comments regarding Renner. And he repeated his despicable message of hatred.
“Mr. President, many Republicans have condemned your statements on True Social following the murder of Rob Reiner. Do you stand by that post?” The reporter asked.
Trump reiterates his Rob Reiner attack: “I was not a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person… He became like a deranged person, Trump Derangement Syndrome. So I was not a fan of Rob Reiner in any way, shape or form. I thought he was very bad for our country.”
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– Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona.bsky.social) December 15, 2025 at 12:52 pm
Every ordinary American as well as Democratic political figures expressed grief over Renner’s death. Senator Dick Durbin, Democrat of Illinois, wrote of Trump’s post: “This is one of the cruelest things I’ve heard a president say. “He is famous for his cruelty, but this horrific murder takes new depths.”
Former President Barack Obama wrote his condolences Sunday night, ahead of Trump’s post on Monday, but it read like a message from another political world. Obama shared the kind of message that any other president in the pre-Trump era would have sent about the passing of an American icon.
Michelle and I are deeply saddened by the tragic passing of Rob Reiner and his beloved wife Michelle. Rob’s accomplishments in film and television have brought us some of our most favorite stories on screen. But behind all the stories he wrote was his deep belief in goodness…
– Barack Obama (@BarackObama) 15 December 2025
Senator Tina Smith, Democrat of Minnesota, wrote of Trump’s post: “Toxic Narcissism: When you witness the brutal murder of two people and make it about you, because you think everything is about you.
Senator Mark Kelly, a Democrat from Arizona who has recently been a frequent target of Trump, perhaps summed it up better than any politician on social media on Monday: “What kind of person, let alone the President, reacts this way to the murder of an American?”
Trump is often discussed as one of the worst presidents in modern American history, but it is important to remember that such a classification is too narrow. Donald J. Trump is one of the worst people People In modern American history.
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