Donald Trump hits back after being slammed for offensive Rob Reiner ‘tribute’
The couple was found dead in their Los Angeles home on Dec. 14, both having suffered fatal knife wounds, authorities confirmed.
The tragedy deepened when it was revealed that their son, Nick Reiner, 32, had been taken into custody in connection with their deaths.
‘Very loud argument’
“Nick was freaking everyone out, acting crazy, kept asking people if they were famous,” a source told People about the heated moment that motivated the couple’s departure from the party.
The next afternoon, the bodies of Reiner, who most recently directed Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, and his wife were found by their daughter, 28-year Romy.
Grossly offensive post
While tributes poured in from across the film and political communities, U.S. President Donald Trump drew sharp criticism for a statement he made on his Truth Social account shortly after the news broke.
Rather than offering condolences, Trump used the moment to attack Reiner, suggesting that the director had succumbed to a condition he described as “Trump Derangement Syndrome” (TDS).
“A very sad thing happened last night in Hollywood. Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and comedy star, has passed away, together with his wife, Michele, reportedly due to 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,” Trump, 79, wrote in a Dec. 15 post.
“He was known to have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of President Donald J. Trump, with his obvious paranoia reaching new heights as the Trump Administration surpassed all goals and expectations of greatness, and with the Golden Age of America upon us, perhaps like never before. May Rob and Michele rest in peace!”
The tone and timing of the post were widely condemned, even by Trump’s usual allies.
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