What did rod wiener say about president trump
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Executive summary
There is no reporting in the provided sources about anyone named “Rod Wiener” or “Rod Weiner”; the available coverage instead centers on two separate figures whose names are similar—filmmaker Rob Reiner, whom President Trump publicly mocked after Reiner’s death, and former congressman Anthony Weiner, whom Trump long attacked during the 2010s—so any claim about “Rod Wiener” cannot be verified from these sources [1] [2]. This analysis clarifies what the records do show about what Trump said regarding Rob Reiner and what he has said historically about Anthony Weiner, and it flags the reporting gap about the exact name the question uses [1] [2].
1. The reporting gap: no source for “Rod Wiener” and how that matters
A direct search of the supplied reporting turns up no article, quote, or item referencing a person named “Rod Wiener” or “Rod Weiner,” so it is not possible from these sources to state what that individual said about President Trump; responsible reporting therefore must acknowledge that the name in the question does not appear in the provided set of documents and that any attribution to “Rod Wiener” would be unsupported by these sources [3] [1].
2. If the question meant Rob Reiner: what Trump said after Reiner’s death
When filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife were found dead in December 2025, President Trump posted on social media a message that described Reiner as “tortured and struggling” and attributed the couple’s death “reportedly due to the anger he caused others” through what Trump called “TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME,” a post that drew bipartisan condemnation for making the tragedy about politics and for offering no evidence that Reiner’s politics led to the killing [1] [4].
3. Political backlash to Trump’s Reiner post: cross-aisle criticism
Trump’s comments about Reiner prompted swift rebukes not only from Democrats but also from Republicans and conservative commentators who called the post inappropriate and disrespectful in light of a suspected double homicide; lawmakers such as Rep. Mike Lawler and figures including House Speaker Mike Johnson publicly distanced themselves or criticized the tone, and outlets from Reuters to NPR to USA Today documented the broad condemnation [1] [5] [6] [7].
4. Context: why Trump’s post recalled long-standing feuds and elicited defenses
Reporting shows that Reiner had been an outspoken critic of Trump for years—calling him “mentally unfit” and “unqualified” in a 2017 interview—and conservative defenders of the president tried to justify or explain Trump’s reaction by citing Reiner’s past attacks, even as other conservatives urged restraint; media coverage captured both the historical antagonism and the uncomfortable optics of a president publicly linking a murder to political disagreement [8] [9] [4].
5. If the question meant Anthony Weiner: Trump’s repeated attacks over years
Separately, extensive prior coverage documents that Donald Trump repeatedly insulted and mocked former congressman Anthony Weiner during the 2010s—calling him a “perv,” “sleazebag,” and publicly feuding over Weiner’s scandals and alleged links to other political figures—comments chronicled by CNN, Fortune, Politico and BBC as part of Trump’s longstanding practice of personal attacks against opponents [2] [10] [11] [12].
6. Bottom line and recommendation for clarification
From the material provided, there is no evidence for any public statement by a “Rod Wiener”; what can be documented is (a) President Trump’s inflammatory post about Rob Reiner after Reiner’s death, which many deemed disrespectful and politically opportunistic [1] [7], and (b) Trump’s historical pattern of disparaging Anthony Weiner during earlier political controversies [2] [10]. To resolve the remaining ambiguity, the record in these sources recommends specifying whether the intended subject was Rob Reiner or Anthony Weiner so that direct quotes and full context can be supplied from the cited reporting [1] [2].