Are there screenshots or archived copies of Rob Reiner’s statements about the reported Trump shooting?
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Executive summary
Multiple major outlets report that President Trump posted a Truth Social message blaming Rob Reiner’s death on “Trump Derangement Syndrome” and later doubled down in comments, and those posts drew bipartisan condemnation as the Reiners’ son was arrested on suspicion of murder [1] [2] [3]. News organizations quote the text of the post and report that police have not linked the couple’s politics to the killings; many stories describe the president’s post as unsubstantiated and inflammatory [1] [4] [3].
1. What was the statement and where does it appear
Multiple outlets reproduce the president’s Truth Social post in full or in part: Trump wrote that Rob Reiner and his wife “reportedly [died] due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME,” language cited by The New York Times and Variety and summarized across other outlets [1] [5]. Those same outlets report he reiterated the criticism to reporters, calling Reiner “a deranged person” [6] [3].
2. Are there screenshots or archived copies? What the reporting shows
News organizations quote the post verbatim and describe it as posted on Truth Social; several pieces include the text as reported and attribute the content to Trump’s Truth Social message, indicating contemporaneous capture by mainstream outlets [1] [5] [2]. The reporting does not link to a specific public archive URL in the excerpts provided here; outlets present the statement as sourced from Trump’s social-media output and press remarks [1] [3]. Available sources do not mention a specific independent archive or screenshot host beyond the sites’ own reproductions (not found in current reporting).
3. How widely reproduced and quoted is the wording
The New York Times, CNBC, AP, The Guardian, The Washington Post, Variety, Deadline, Forbes, Axios and others reproduce or summarize the same language, showing broad consensus about what Trump wrote and said [1] [2] [3] [7] [4] [5] [8] [9] [10]. The consistency of verbatim or near-verbatim quotes across outlets functions as de facto confirmation of the post’s content in mainstream coverage [1] [5].
4. Official and investigative context the reporting provides
Police are reported to have arrested the Reiners’ 32‑year‑old son, Nick Reiner, on suspicion of murder and set bail at $4 million; multiple outlets stress that authorities have not indicated political motive and that the investigation is ongoing [2] [1] [3]. Several reports explicitly call Trump’s claim “unsubstantiated” and note authorities found no public evidence linking the couple’s political views to the killings [3] [1] [4].
5. Reactions and why screenshots matter here
Coverage emphasizes bipartisan outrage: celebrities, centrist Republicans and commentators condemned the president’s post as inappropriate and inflammatory [11] [10]. In incidents like this, screenshots or archived captures serve as durable evidence because social posts can be edited or removed; mainstream outlets providing verbatim excerpts amounts to contemporaneous documentation even where a direct archive link is not quoted in these excerpts [1] [5].
6. Caveats, limits of the available reporting
The assembled sources reproduce Trump’s post and report on his subsequent remarks, but the excerpts provided do not point to a distinct archival link or an independent screenshot repository [1] [5]. Available sources do not mention whether an archival capture (e.g., Internet Archive snapshot) or outlet-hosted image of the Truth Social post is being preserved publicly (not found in current reporting). If you need a primary screenshot or archived URL, consult the sites that quoted the post directly or archive services; those specifics are not included in the supplied reporting excerpts (not found in current reporting).
7. What to do next if you need a primary image or permanent record
Use the outlets that reproduced the post (New York Times, AP, CNBC, The Guardian, Variety) as contemporaneous records; they quote the full language [1] [3] [2] [7] [5]. For an independent archival image, search web-archiving services or the social platform itself; the current reporting excerpts do not supply a preserved screenshot link or archive ID (not found in current reporting).
Summary: The statement is widely reported and quoted by major news outlets; those outlets serve as the primary public record in the material you supplied, and none of the excerpts here point to a separate archived screenshot or archive URL beyond the reproduced text [1] [2] [3].