Last year, Reiner and his wife, Michele, produced a documentary titled God and Country about the rise of Christian nationalism in America. While doing press for the documentary, Reiner told The Guardian that Donald Trump, who often promotes Christian values, is the least Christian guy you could meet.
“I think he can probably spell the word ‘bible’,” Reiner said. “I don’t think he’s ever read it and I don’t think he has any idea what’s in it. But they excuse all that by saying God works in mysterious ways, and that he sent us this flawed vessel by which we can achieve the goals that we want to achieve.”
In Reiner’s view, it was better to have an old guy in the Oval Office than a “criminal,” meaning Trump.
“Look, he’s old!” Reiner told the Guardian.”But you have one guy who stumbles around, whatever. And another guy who’s a criminal, basically lies every minute of his life, has been indicted 91 times!”
Trump’s answer
And apparently, Reiner’s criticism didn’t go unnoticed.
Today, President Donald Trump issued a fiery political statement about the deaths of Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, claiming their passing was linked to “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”
“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 wrote on Truth Social.
“He was known to have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of President Donald J. Trump,” the president added.
Some have reacted to the president’s tribute with outrage. One shocked X user wrote: “This is disgusting and shameful. A new low for Trump. Attacking Rob Reiner after his murder.”
Commentator Brian Krassenstein called the statement “the most disgusting Post Donald Trump has ever made.” Meanwhile, Democratic strategist Max Burns described the tribute as a “monstrosity” and added: “I don’t want to hear another sanctimonious word from the Republicans who accused Democrats of not showing enough sadness when Charlie Kirk died.”
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