President Donald Trump’s comments about the late Rob Reiner set the internet ablaze Monday.
Trump didn’t hold back in a post shared on Truth Social shortly after the actor and his wife were reportedly found murdered on Sunday. Their son, Nick Reiner, was reportedly taken into custody in connection with their deaths. (RELATED: Rob Reiner’s Son Reportedly in Custody in Apparent Double Homicide Investigation)
“A very sad thing happened last night in Hollywood. Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very talented, director and comedy star, died, along with his wife, Michele, apparently due to the anger he caused others because of his massive, inflexible, incurable affliction with a crippling illness known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, sometimes called TDS,” Trump said.
The president wasn’t finished yet.
“He was known for driving people crazy with his raging obsession with President Donald J. Trump, with his obvious paranoia reaching new heights as the Trump administration exceeded all goals and expectations of greatness, and with America’s golden age upon us, perhaps like never before,” Trump wrote, before concluding with the words: “May Rob and Michele rest in peace!”
The Internet had opinions and quickly made them known.
Rob Reiner and his wife were tragically killed by their own son, who reportedly suffered from drug addiction and other issues, and their remaining children are plunged into deep grief and grief.
This is a family tragedy, not about politics or political enemies.
A lot… pic.twitter.com/uVd3lGVEgm
– Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) December 15, 2025
The majority of responses criticized Trump’s approach and timing.
“This is a family tragedy, not about politics or political enemies,” Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene wrote in an article on X.
Piers Morgan stepped in to say: “That’s a terrible thing to say about a man who has just been murdered by his troubled son. Delete it, Mr President.”
That’s a terrible thing to say about a man who was just murdered by his troubled son.
Delete it, Mr. President @realDonaldTrump . pic.twitter.com/LP9cTIPNiQ– Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) December 15, 2025
Maria Shriver, a friend of Reiner and his wife, criticized Trump on X.
“I try to rise above the noise all the time, but this individual has no human decency. This goes beyond that. It’s absolutely disgusting,” she said. “We should all be horrified and disgusted by this inhumane behavior, because that’s what this is.”
“What kind of human being would share a statement like that, let alone a president? Rob and Michele would tell me to ignore it, but I can’t. I just can’t,” she continued.
Trump received a few clicks online, but some supported his comments.
George Santos gave his full support to Trump’s message.
You all say @POTUS should delete this, you are deaf!
Are these words nice and vague? No.
But this man was almost killed because of the speeches made by people like Rob Reiner.
Rob Reiner would party alongside many Hollywood elites if he were potus… pic.twitter.com/Gzs7G0cfdY
– Georges Santos (@Georgesantos) December 15, 2025
“All of you who say @POTUS should delete this are deaf! “, Santos wrote. “Are these nice, fuzzy words? No. But this man was almost killed because of the rhetoric that people like Rob Reiner have spewed.”
Santos continued: “Rob Reiner would be celebrating alongside many Hollywood elites if it was Potus who was killed…Manny mocked the POTUs when he was shot at Butler, with some saying ‘find someone with better aim next time.'”
Political strategist Walter Curt also lent his support to Trump’s statement.
Allow me to translate this message from President Trump about Rob Reiner for you:
“God bless my enemies, because I won’t.” -DJT pic.twitter.com/LDEUHhXXQc
–Walter Curt (@wcdispatch) December 15, 2025
“Let me translate for you this message from President Trump about Rob Reiner: God bless my enemies, because I won’t. » – DJT,” he wrote.
