What were the exact words Rob Reiner used about the attempt on Trump and in what interview or post did he say them?

1. What Rob Reiner actually said — not found in reporting

Available sources do not mention any specific quote from Rob Reiner in the context of “the attempt on Trump” or about an “attempt” itself. The reporting compiled here focuses on President Trump’s post about Reiner’s death and on tributes and reactions; none of the provided items quote Reiner asserting an attempt on Trump (not found in current reporting).

2. Exact words Trump used about Reiner’s death and where he wrote them

The exact phrasing widely reproduced by outlets comes from Trump’s Truth Social post. Examples published verbatim include: “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,” and “He was known to have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of President Donald J. Trump…” ^{[1] [3]}. Media reporting attributes those lines directly to his Truth Social post ^{[4] [5]}.

3. Where and when the comments appeared

News organizations uniformly report the comments were posted by Trump on Truth Social the morning after Rob Reiner and his wife were found dead and after Los Angeles authorities had arrested the couple’s son on a murder charge. Outlets including Reuters, The Washington Post and Variety identify the message as a social-media post by the president rather than a spoken interview ^{[6] [2] [3]}.

4. What authorities have said about motive — why Trump’s assertion is significant

Police were investigating the deaths as homicides and had released little information about motive; reporting notes authorities had not outlined a motive when Trump tied the killings to Reiner’s political views ^[2]. Multiple outlets emphasize Trump’s attribution was made “despite police not outlining a motive” and that his claim was uncorroborated ^{[6] [7]}. That gap between official information and the president’s claim is central to why the post drew immediate backlash ^[2].

5. Reactions and competing perspectives

Mainstream and some Republican figures condemned the post as inappropriate and callous. Reuters, The Guardian and Axios document bipartisan criticism: Republicans including Marjorie Taylor Greene and others pushed back against blaming politics for the killings, while various commentators and officials said the post was “disgusting” or “inappropriate” given the lack of an established motive ^{[6] [8] [9]}. Some right-leaning commentators also expressed shock that Trump, who survived attempts on his life, would make such a post ^[9].

6. Patterns of coverage and editorial notes

Coverage across outlets—Variety, Rolling Stone, Reuters, Politico and Forbes—repeated the Truth Social text almost identically, signaling reliance on the original post as primary source material ^{[3] [10] [6] [1] [7]}. Reporters consistently highlight that Trump’s post uses the pejorative “TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME,” a phrase commonly used by his supporters to dismiss critics’ motives ^{[1] [7]}.

7. Limitations and what we do not know

Available sources do not report any interview or post in which Rob Reiner spoke about an “attempt on Trump” or used language suggesting an attempted attack on the president (not found in current reporting). Available reporting does not establish a motive for the Reiners’ deaths; Trump’s attribution of cause remains an unverified assertion in the public record ^{[2] [6]}.

8. Bottom line

The exact words being asked about are not from Rob Reiner but from President Trump’s Truth Social post blaming “Trump Derangement Syndrome” for Reiner’s death; major outlets published that text and framed it as an unverified, provocative claim made before authorities had established a motive ^{[1] [2]}. Readers should note the distinction between a quoted social-media post by the president (documented in multiple sources) and the absence of any reporting that Reiner himself made statements about an “attempt on Trump” (not found in current reporting).