What exactly did rob reiner post on X after the assassination attempt on trump?
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Executive summary
President Donald Trump posted on social media (Truth Social/X reporting) after the apparent homicide deaths of Rob Reiner and his wife, calling Reiner “tortured and struggling” and saying the couple reportedly died “due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction” he labeled “TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME,” and attacked Reiner’s character and political opposition to him [1] [2] [3]. The post drew immediate bipartisan backlash — including from some Republicans — who called the timing and content inappropriate while authorities continued investigating the deaths and had arrested the Reiners’ son [4] [5] [6].
1. What Trump actually posted — the plain text and tone
According to multiple outlets that quoted his message, Trump wrote that Rob Reiner “was a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and comedy star,” and asserted the Reiners died “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,” a phrase he often uses to describe critics [1] [3] [2]. Outlets reported Trump went on to accuse Reiner of a “raging obsession” and “obvious paranoia” about the president while pivoting to praise his own accomplishments [2] [7].
2. Immediate factual context: investigation status and arrest
News organizations noted police were investigating the Reiners’ deaths as apparent homicides, with authorities saying the couple were found dead at their Los Angeles home and that investigators believed they had suffered stab wounds; the couple’s 32‑year‑old son, Nick Reiner, was arrested and held on bond, with online jail records showing no formal charges at that time in some reporting [6] [8] [4]. Several outlets emphasize that Trump’s post came while the investigation was ongoing [8] [4].
3. Political fallout: bipartisan and intra‑party criticism
The post provoked swift criticism from both Democrats and Republicans. Prominent Republicans publicly rebuked the president’s suggestion that Reiner’s political commentary caused his death; Representatives and other GOP figures called the message inappropriate and disrespectful in light of a brutal killing [5] [4] [7]. Major outlets documented that even some right‑leaning voices who had demanded civility after earlier political violence said Trump’s remarks undercut that stance [9] [10].
4. Media framing and repeated themes across outlets
Reporting from outlets including Variety, CNN, The Guardian, Axios and Deadline focused on three recurring elements: the use of “Trump Derangement Syndrome” to blame the victim, the political attack amid an active homicide probe, and the broader implications for political discourse given prior debates after other killings this year [1] [9] [2] [7] [3]. Several pieces explicitly compare Trump’s reaction to earlier controversies over public responses to the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, noting accusations of hypocrisy and escalation [9] [7].
5. What sources agree on — and what they do not say
All cited outlets agree Trump labeled Reiner as suffering from “Trump Derangement Syndrome” and linked that to the reason for his death; they also consistently report the arrest of the Reiners’ son and that police were investigating the deaths as homicides [1] [2] [6]. Available sources do not mention any official evidence tying Reiner’s political statements to the cause of death beyond Trump’s claim; outlets characterize Trump’s assertion as unsubstantiated [11] [8]. Sources do not provide the full minute‑by‑minute Truth Social/X post history beyond the quoted passages noted above [3] [1].
6. Why this matters — political rhetoric meets an active murder probe
Journalistic accounts uniformly underline the ethical and political stakes: the president turned a police investigation into a partisan attack by asserting the murder was "due to" a political condition he attributes to critics, a move that many saw as normalizing blaming victims for political speech and that undercut prior calls for restraint after other violent incidents [9] [10] [4]. Coverage also highlights the practical consequence: the post drew condemnation from across the political spectrum and shifted attention from the investigation to the president’s rhetoric [5] [7].
Limitations: reporting in the assembled sources quotes Trump’s post and reactions but does not provide any law‑enforcement conclusion linking Reiner’s political views to motive; outlets uniformly report the investigation was ongoing at the time of publication [4] [6].