US EditionTrump says Rob Reiner, victims of possible homicide, died of ‘Trump derangement syndrome’
President Trump suggested the deaths were linked to Reiner's political criticism, prompting widespread condemnation and debate on political rhetoric and responsibility.
- 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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President Trump is refusing to backtrack from his utter post-death skewering of Rob Reiner, the longtime Hollywood director who was slain in his home alongside his wife by their ne’er-do-well son in what appears to have been a family argument that got way too overheated. Their son has since been charged for both stabbings. As background, President Trump and Reiner had long been feuding, with Reiner not only a far-left critic who routinely attack…
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