US EditionTrump says Rob Reiner, victims of possible homicide, died of ‘Trump derangement syndrome’
President Trump blamed filmmaker Rob Reiner's death on 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' despite ongoing homicide investigation and son's arrest, sparking bipartisan criticism.
- On December 15, 2025, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social offering condolences but alleging Rob Reiner's death was linked to his criticism and TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME.
- The couple were found dead Sunday at their Brentwood, Los Angeles home on Chadbourne Avenue with lacerations consistent with a knife, and police are investigating the deaths as an apparent homicide.
- Reiner, 78, was a celebrated filmmaker and actor known for This Is Spinal Tap and The Princess Bride and was an outspoken critic who campaigned for Democratic Party causes.
- Their son, Nick Reiner, 32, was arrested and taken into custody on homicide charges and is being held on $4m bail, according to Los Angeles Sheriff's Office records.
- Public figures offered tributes while critics denounced the post, with Marjorie Taylor Greene, Thomas Massie, Barack Obama, Kathy Bates, and Stephen King responding Monday.
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US President Donald Trump has reacted in an extremely blunt manner to the murder of 78-year-old director Rob Reiner and his 68-year-old wife Michele. He linked the filmmaker's death to the fact that he was a critic of his and called him "internally torn" and "paranoid", which the White House chief of staff also contrasted with his own alleged achievements. The stabbed couple were found in their Los Angeles home on Sunday, and the couple's son wa…
Donald Trump just exposed the real derangement syndrome
Donate to Democratic candidate Adam Frisch. Donate to Palmer Report. Palmer Report has raised an incredible $10,163, let's keep going! Donate $10 now.For decades now I have followed with pleasure the brilliant career and political activism of actor and director Rob Reiner. The news of his and his wife’s death comes as a brutal shock. Whether they agreed with his politics or not, the world cannot dispute that we lost a gifted human being, and de…
Sick, obsessive, disturbed, bad for the United States. These are some of the words that President Donald Trump has used to refer to the famous director Rob Reiner in the hours after the same actor and his wife were found murdered, presumably at the hands of the middle of his three children, who has been arrested this Monday. Without hesitation or euphemism, the Republican has justified the tragic death of the couple citing the “wrath” that he wo…
Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Trump facing GOP pushback
NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Geoff Bennett to discuss the latest political news, including President Trump garnering rare backlash from members of his party for a social media post about the death of director Rob Reiner and Congress running out of time to reach a deal on the Affordable Care Act.
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