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Trump defends his criticism of killed Hollywood director Rob Reiner
President Trump called late director Rob Reiner 'deranged' and blamed 'Trump derangement syndrome' amid public criticism and after police arrested Reiner's son for murder.
- On Dec. 15, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social and told reporters in the Oval Office that Rob Reiner was a deranged person and very bad for the country, linking his death to Trump derangement syndrome.
- At their Los Angeles home on Dec. 14, authorities said Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner were found dead, and Nick Reiner was arrested on suspicion of murder with no political motive indicated as of Dec. 16.
- Rob Reiner, 78, was best known for directing This is Spinal Tap and A Few Good Men and had been an outspoken critic of Donald Trump, calling him mentally unfit in 2017 and warning of autocracy recently.
- The president's remarks prompted bipartisan backlash, with Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie calling it `inappropriate and disrespectful discourse about a man who was just brutally murdered` and Senator John Kennedy saying Trump should have said nothing.
- Past episodes, including remarks about John Dingell, show Donald Trump has criticised foes after death, while the White House has defended such comments as casual or 'just riffing'.
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