United States President Donald Trump responded early this morning to the violent deaths of actor, director and producer Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer, at their Los Angeles home, accusing Reiner of causing his own death. Reiner’s son, Nick, was arrested and sent to jail on bail Monday as the prime suspect in the murder.
Trump, who spared no epithet against Reiner, whom he described as “tortured and troubled,” acknowledged that “he was once a very talented director and comedy star,” after which he accused him of dying “apparently because of the anger he provoked in others because of his massive, inflexible, incurable affliction with a paralyzing illness known as ALIENATION SYNDROME TRUMP, sometimes called TDS.”
The Republican mogul claims Rob Reiner was known for “driving people crazy” with what he describes as a “rabid obsession” with “President Donald J. Trump.” Donald Trump defends that the director and producer had “obvious paranoia” and that they had “reached new heights” while “the Trump administration has exceeded all goals and expectations of greatness, and with America’s golden age before us, perhaps like never before.”
Afterward, Trump exclaimed, “May Rob and Michele rest in peace!” »
Rob Reiner recently criticized Trump’s efforts to influence entertainment and media companies and compared the current U.S. government’s policies to the era of McCarthyism: “It seems almost naive compared to what’s happening in the United States right now,” he said.
The American president’s comments did not go unnoticed and aroused great disapproval from all sides of the political spectrum. Among some of his most loyal supporters so far within the MAGA world, stands out still-Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who recalled that Reiner and his wife “were tragically murdered by their own son, who reportedly had drug addiction and other issues.”
“This is a family tragedy, not about politics or political enemies,” added Taylor Greene in a message on her official account on the social network. Taylor Greene recently declared her intention to redeem herself from the “toxic political-industrial complex” and the polarization that affects the United States, even in the face of Donald Trump. This confrontation led her to announce that she would vacate her seat.
His fellow Republican from the state of Kentucky, Thomas Massie, who has also had disagreements with Trump in recent months due to the Epstein scandal, pointed out on the same social network that “whatever your feelings about Rob Reiner, this is an inappropriate and disrespectful speech towards a man who has just been brutally murdered.”
“Do I imagine that my fellow elected officials in the Republican Party, the vice president and the White House staff will simply ignore it because they are afraid? he asked in X. And he added: “I defy anyone to defend him. »
Glenn Ivey, a Democratic congressman from Maryland and former federal prosecutor, told CBS that Trump’s post “is vomitous and dangerous” because it “suggests that the Reiners’ murders occurred because they were critical of the Trump administration.” Ivey also criticized the president’s comments as “divisive,” adding that this rhetoric “divides the country, targets anonymous citizens, and increases the risk of inciting political violence.” A president should lower the temperature, not inflame it.”
New York Congressman Mike Lawler, who had been suggested as a possible candidate for governor of the state and considered a moderate Republican, responded to Trump’s comments by saying they were “wrong.” “Regardless of their political views, no one should be subjected to violence, especially at the hands of their own children,” adding that it is “a horrific tragedy that should elicit the sympathy and compassion of everyone in our country, period.”
About The Author
