Did Rob Reiner delete or edit any of his social media posts about the Trump shooting, and are there archived copies?

1. What reporters documented: Trump’s Truth Social post and the reaction

Multiple outlets record that President Trump posted on Truth Social blaming Reiner’s death on “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” which provoked condemnation from politicians across the spectrum and from some of his own supporters ^{[1] [3] [4]}. Coverage from The Guardian, Axios and others quotes lawmakers calling the post “inappropriate,” “disgusting” or urging deletion, and notes even some MAGA voices expressed dismay ^{[5] [4] [6]}.

2. What the stories establish about the timing and content

News stories place the post on Monday morning after Rob Reiner and his wife were found dead and after police arrested their son; the quoted language — calling Reiner “tortured and struggling” and attributing the deaths to “TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME” — appears verbatim in multiple reports ^{[2] [7] [8]}.

3. Deletions, edits and archives: what the reporting does — and does not — say

None of the provided articles explicitly report that the Truth Social post was deleted or later edited, nor do they cite archived copies or links to an archive. The Independent and AP note calls for the president to delete the post, but do not confirm deletion or preservation actions ^{[2] [9]}. Available sources do not mention whether web archives, third‑party screenshots, or platform logs preserve the original post.

4. How outlets treated the claim of causation

News outlets uniformly frame the president’s suggestion as politicizing the killings and describe it as unsubstantiated; NBC News calls the claim “baseless,” and other outlets report it drew bipartisan criticism ^{[10] [11]}. Reporting emphasizes authorities had arrested the Reiners’ son and that motive was not publicly established at the time, undercutting any causal link between Reiner’s politics and the homicide ^{[11] [12]}.

5. Competing perspectives and source agendas

Conservative and Trump‑aligned outlets are reported as more likely to defend or contextualize the president’s rhetoric, while mainstream outlets emphasize the backlash and the lack of evidence for Trump’s causal claim ^{[6] [13]}. Readers should note outlets’ beats: political outlets (Axios, The Hill) foreground congressional reactions; entertainment outlets (Variety) highlight the personal history between political figures; international outlets (The Guardian, The Independent) foreground the wider public and celebrity reaction ^{[4] [7] [3]}.

6. What to check next if you need confirmation about deletion or archives

Because the provided reporting does not state whether the post was deleted/edited or archived, confirm by: (a) checking Truth Social itself for any visible post or correction; (b) looking for contemporaneous screenshots cited by outlets or posted to photo‑hosting or social platforms; (c) searching web‑archive services (e.g., Wayback Machine) or newswire image/screenshot embeds referenced in follow‑ups. The current reporting does not report these checks or their results (available sources do not mention archives).

7. Journalistic takeaways and limitations of the record

The documented fact pattern is clear: the president posted a politicized statement about a recently discovered homicide and faced immediate bipartisan condemnation ^{[3] [4]}. The reporting is limited, however, on downstream platform activity: none of the supplied stories confirm deletion, edits, or the existence of archived copies, and readers should treat any claim about deletion/archival status as unverified unless tied to a cited source (available sources do not mention deletion or archives).

If you want, I can search for later follow‑ups that specifically address whether the Truth Social post was deleted, edited, or archived and cite those sources.