What exactly did rob reiner say about trump and death and are there full transcripts or videos?
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Executive summary
President Trump posted a 117-word message on Truth Social blaming Rob Reiner’s political criticism — calling it “Trump Derangement Syndrome” — and suggested that Reiner’s hatred contributed to his murder; he then doubled down in remarks to reporters [1] [2]. Multiple major outlets report the post’s wording and that Trump later defended and expanded the attack, prompting bipartisan backlash while police say Reiner and his wife were found stabbed and their son was arrested on suspicion of murder [3] [4] [2].
1. What Trump actually said: the core wording and platform
Trump posted a 117-word statement on Truth Social that began “A very sad thing happened last night in Hollywood” and said Rob Reiner “has passed away … 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,” among other attacks calling Reiner “tortured and struggling” and “once very talented” [1] [5]. News reports quote Trump adding that Reiner “was a deranged person” in later remarks when pressed by reporters at the White House [2].
2. Where to find full text and recordings
Multiple outlets republished the full Truth Social post and quoted Trump’s White House remarks; print and online reports present the full quoted passages journalists pulled from the platform and press pool exchanges [1] [2] [3]. PBS’s Newshour published video of Trump defending his reaction to reporters, and several outlets (NYT, Washington Post, Axios) include the full quoted language in their stories, meaning the complete post and the on-camera remarks are available through the reporting cited here [2] [3] [4] [6].
3. How outlets characterized the claim and immediate pushback
News organizations uniformly describe Trump’s linking of Reiner’s criticism to his death as unsubstantiated and inflammatory. The New York Times called the suggestion “baseless,” the Washington Post said he “posited” the killing was connected to Reiner’s criticism, and PBS described it as an “unsubstantiated claim” that departed from typical presidential condolences [3] [4] [2]. Republicans including Rep. Thomas Massie publicly condemned the post as inappropriate; other GOP voices and some MAGA influencers reacted with mixed responses, with a few defending or contextualizing Trump’s tone [3] [6] [1].
4. Law-enforcement context the sources report
Law-enforcement details remain limited in the reporting cited: Los Angeles police described the deaths as a homicide, the Reiners were found stabbed in their Brentwood home, and the couple’s 32-year-old son, Nick Reiner, was arrested and booked on suspicion of murder with bail reported at $4 million in jail records [4] [7] [8]. The articles emphasize authorities had not publicly linked motive to political criticism at the time of reporting [4] [3].
5. Competing narratives and the political frame
The conservative and pro-Trump outlets quoted here framed Trump’s remarks as a justified critique of a longtime critic or as an unsurprising refusal to offer sympathy to a political enemy [9] [6]. Mainstream outlets and critics framed the post as crass and potentially harmful, highlighting bipartisan discomfort and unusual intra-party rebukes [3] [1] [2]. Both perspectives are present in the coverage: some sources emphasize propriety and presidential norms, others emphasize partisan grievance and long-term attacks between the two men [3] [9].
6. What the available reporting does not show
Available sources do not mention any law-enforcement finding that connects the alleged motive for the killings to Rob Reiner’s political views; police investigations had not established such a link at the time these articles were published [4] [3]. Available sources do not mention any complete official transcript released by the White House beyond the quoted press pool exchanges, but multiple news outlets reproduce the full Truth Social post and the on-camera quotes [1] [2].
7. What to watch next and why it matters
Follow official LAPD and prosecutor statements for any motive or charging updates; absent those, linking political rhetoric directly to a specific murder is premature and the major outlets cited caution against that leap [4] [3]. The political fallout — rare public criticism from some Republicans and prominent pundits — matters because it signals norms debates about presidential conduct after violent tragedies and whether partisan attacks can escalate public harm [3] [1].
Limitations: this analysis uses only the cited articles above; if you want direct video links or press-pool transcripts, consult the PBS, NYT, Washington Post or Reuters archives cited here for their embedded video or full quoted text [2] [3] [4].