Trump’s Vile Put up About Rob Reiner Has Some Republicans Breaking Ranks

President Donald Trump posted to Reality Social on Monday about Rob Reiner, who was discovered lifeless in his Los Angeles house Sunday alongside together with his spouse. Trump’s publish concerning the beloved 78-year-old director was much more vile than most individuals had been anticipating. And even some Republicans are expressing their distaste for Trump’s reprehensible phrases.

“A really unhappy factor occurred final evening in Hollywood,” Trump began his publish, despatched shortly earlier than 10 a.m. Monday.

“Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, however as soon as very gifted film director and comedy star, has handed away, collectively together with his spouse, Michele, reportedly as a result of anger he brought about others by means of his huge, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a thoughts crippling illness often called TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, typically known as TDS,” Trump’s publish continued.

Reiner’s 32-year-old son was reportedly arrested and charged with homicide and there’s no proof the director and his spouse had been killed “resulting from anger he brought about” associated to Trump in any means.

“He was recognized to have pushed individuals CRAZY by his raging obsession of President Donald J. Trump, together with his apparent paranoia reaching new heights because the Trump Administration surpassed all targets and expectations of greatness, and with the Golden Age of America upon us, maybe like by no means earlier than. Might Rob and Michele relaxation in peace!” Trump concluded.

When information broke of Reiner’s demise, which is being investigated as a murder, there was an instantaneous outpouring of grief on social media Sunday evening. Folks shared clips of his work and stated they had been watching a few of their favourite Reiner movies, which embrace such classics as The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally, Distress, and Stand By Me, amongst a bunch of others. However as Sunday evening wore on, individuals began to surprise what the inevitable Trump tweet would possibly appear to be. Reiner had lengthy been energetic in Democratic Social gathering politics, and was naturally disgusted with Trump’s fascist and racist insurance policies, as so many Individuals are.

“[H]e’s going to carry up that Reiner was not a fan of his,” actor Diedrich Bader predicted late Sunday on Bluesky.

By some means, it was a lot worse. And among the president’s most ardent followers appear to be disgusted. Elected Republicans who’ve been beforehand criticized by Trump for his or her want to have the Jeffrey Epstein information launched, together with Rep. Thomas Massie and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, had been the primary to come back out towards Trump’s deplorable feedback.

“No matter the way you felt about Rob Reiner, that is inappropriate and disrespectful discourse a few man who was simply brutally murdered,” Massie wrote on X. “I suppose my elected GOP colleagues, the VP, and White Home employees will simply ignore it as a result of they’re afraid? I problem anybody to defend it.”

Greene, who just lately introduced she’s retiring subsequent month, echoed the same sentiment, writing, “This can be a household tragedy, not about politics or political enemies.” About an hour later, Rep. Mike Lawler, a Republican from New York, quote-tweeted Trump’s assertion, describing Reiner’s demise as a “horrible tragedy that ought to engender sympathy and compassion from everybody in our nation, interval.”

Rep. Stephanie Bice, a Republican from Oklahoma, wrote, “A father and mom had been murdered by the hands of their troubled son. We must be lifting the household up in prayer, not making this about politics.”

Many Trump followers nonetheless expressed their help for Trump’s sentiment. A typical protection was that Reiner referred to as for Trump to be arrested after the president tried a self-coup on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 in a bid to cling to energy. Others pointed to a tweet from Reiner describing Trump as a “symbol of hate,” an announcement of undeniable fact that was true in 2021 and has been proven to be extra true with every passing day. As only one very latest instance, Trump stated he doesn’t need Somali-Individuals within the nation, referring to them as “garbage.”

Trump was requested about his feedback concerning Reiner by a reporter on the White Home on Monday. And he simply reiterated his contemptible message of hate.

“Mr. President, plenty of Republicans have denounced your assertion on True Social after the homicide of Rob Reiner. Do you stand by that publish?” the reporter requested.

Democratic political figures, together with each regular American, expressed unhappiness within the wake of Reiner’s demise. Sen. Dick Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois, wrote about Trump’s publish: “This is without doubt one of the cruelest issues I’ve ever heard a president say. He’s well-known for his cruelty, however it is a new depth amid this horrible homicide.”

Former president Barack Obama wrote his condolences on Sunday evening, earlier than Trump’s publish Monday, however it reads like a message from one other political universe. Obama shared the sort of message that may’ve been despatched concerning the passing of an American icon by every other president within the pre-Trump period.

Michelle and I are heartbroken by the tragic passing of Rob Reiner and his beloved spouse, Michele. Rob’s achievements in movie and tv gave us a few of our most cherished tales on display screen. However beneath all the tales he produced was a deep perception within the goodness of…

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) December 15, 2025

Sen. Tina Smith, a Democrat from Minnesota, wrote about Trump’s publish: “TOXIC NARCISSISM: If you see the brutal homicide of two individuals and make it about you, since you suppose every part is about you.”

Sen. Mark Kelly, a Democrat from Arizona who’s been a frequent goal of Trump just lately, maybe put it better of any politician on social media Monday: “What sort of particular person, not to mention a President, reacts to the homicide of an American this fashion?”

Trump is usually mentioned as one of many worst president’s in fashionable American historical past, however it’s necessary to keep in mind that such a categorization is way too slender. Donald J. Trump is without doubt one of the worst individuals in fashionable American historical past.