What exactly did Rob Reiner say after the attempt on Trump's life?
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Executive summary
There is no reliable, sourced record in the provided reporting of Rob Reiner’s public remarks "after the attempt on Trump's life"; the articles instead document Reiner’s public comment praising forgiveness in response to the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and they record how President Trump later attacked Reiner after Reiner and his wife were killed (and how Trump and others referenced attempts on Trump’s life) [1] [2] [3]. The reporting shows a mismatch between the user’s premise and the available sources: Reiner’s notable quoted public remark referenced here was about forgiveness after Kirk’s killing, not a response to any attack on Trump [1].
1. The specific quote reporters unearthed — forgiveness after Charlie Kirk’s killing
The clearest, attributable quote from Rob Reiner cited across outlets was his praise for a woman’s forgiveness of Charlie Kirk’s assassin: “I’m Jewish, but I believe in the teachings of Jesus, and I believe in ‘do unto others,’ and I believe in forgiveness, and what she said, to me, was beautiful. She forgave his assassin. And I think that is admirable,” which outlets say resurfaced and went viral after Trump’s attack on Reiner following the Reiners’ murders [1]. Multiple pieces note that Reiner had earlier responded to Kirk’s assassination with “grace and compassion,” and that those remarks were later contrasted with President Trump’s commentary about Reiner [4] [1].
2. No documented Reiner quote about an attempt on Trump’s life in the supplied reporting
None of the supplied articles include a sourced statement from Rob Reiner made in reaction to “the attempt on Trump’s life” or an attempt on Trump generally; the coverage instead focuses on Reiner’s past public criticisms of Trump and the resurfaced Kirk-forgiveness quote after the Reiners were themselves killed [2] [5] [1]. Because the available reporting does not contain a contemporaneous Reiner remark tied to any alleged attempt on Trump, it is not possible on the basis of these sources to assert he said anything specific about such an event [2] [1].
3. How reporting framed Reiner’s comment versus how Trump and others referenced violence
News organizations used Reiner’s Kirk-era comment to highlight contrast: outlets noted that Reiner had spoken of forgiveness after an assassination, while President Trump posted a combative message about Reiner after the director’s death and then doubled down verbally, calling Reiner “a deranged person” and blaming “Trump Derangement Syndrome” for the killing without evidence [1] [6] [3]. That juxtaposition is a recurrent framing across AP, New York Times, Axios and others, which emphasized the moral disconnect between Reiner’s public forgiveness and Trump’s retaliatory rhetoric [5] [6] [3].
4. What the president actually said about Reiner — and why context matters
The reporting documents President Trump’s Truth Social post and subsequent Oval Office remarks in which he characterized Reiner as having “reportedly” caused anger through a “mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME,” said he “was a deranged person,” and argued Reiner “was very bad for our country,” remarks that drew bipartisan rebukes and prompted outlets to point out that law enforcement was still investigating the Reiners’ deaths [7] [3] [6]. Several outlets emphasize that Trump’s claim the deaths were “due to the anger he caused others” was unsubstantiated in the reporting [3] [7].
5. Limits of the record and alternative explanations
The supplied sources trace the viral resurfacing of a Reiner quote about forgiveness and document how that quote was used in public discourse after the Reiners’ murder, but they do not supply any direct Reiner statement responding to an attempt on Trump’s life; if such a remark exists, it is not in these items and cannot be authenticated here [1]. Alternative viewpoints are present in the coverage: some conservative voices defended Trump’s post as a critique of Reiner’s long-time public attacks, while many Republicans and Democrats condemned Trump’s timing and tone, arguing it was inappropriate given the ongoing homicide investigation [6] [7] [8].