President Donald Trump is blaming “Trump Derangement Syndrome” for the death of actor and filmmaker Rob Reiner, who was reportedly found dead alongside his wife Michele in their Los Angeles home on Sunday.
Tributes from public figures, including high-profile Democrats, poured in for Reiner after multiple reports said he and his wife were the two people found dead Sunday at a Los Angeles home owned by the filmmaker. Reiner, 78, was known for his iconic films like “This is Spinal Tap,” “A Few Good Men,” “When Harry Met Sally” and “The Princess Bride.”
In a scathing Truth Social post, the president baselessly claimed on Monday that Reiner died “due to the anger he caused” as a result of “Trump Derangement Syndrome.” Trump Derangement Syndrome is a fake disease Trump frequently diagnoses his harshest critics with.
“A very sad thing happened last night in Hollywood. Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and comedy star, has passed away, together with his wife, Michele, reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, sometimes referred to as TDS,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“He was known to have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of President Donald J. Trump, with his obvious paranoia reaching new heights as the Trump Administration surpassed all goals and expectations of greatness, and with the Golden Age of America upon us, perhaps like never before. May Rob and Michele rest in peace!” he added.
Reiner was an outspoken critic of Trump, telling The Guardian in 2024 that a second term for the president could turn the U.S. into an “autocracy.”
Public figures and commentators criticized Trump for his insensitive post on Monday.
Vanity Fair’s Franklin Leonard wrote: “Every single time I see something this far beyond the pale, my first thought is ‘yes he’s terrible but that can’t possibly be real.’ And every time I’m wrong. Every. Damn. Time.”
MeidasTouch editor-in-chief Ron Filipkowski said: “Every time you think Trump can’t possibly get any worse, he gets worse.”
“Just when you think Trump can’t sink any lower, he sends this disgusting, depraved post about Rob Reiner and his wife Michele.He couldn’t muster even a moment of decency. He’s petty, small, amoral man unworthy of any position of leadership, let alone the presidency,” journalist Ahmed Baba wrote on X.
Liberal pundit Neera Tanden said: “We have never had a person of worse character as President of the United States. It’s mortifying how this great country chose to do this to itself.”
The Associated Press reported that the deaths of Reiner and his wife are being investigated as an “apparent homicide” at Reiner’s home, according to Los Angeles police. An official told the AP that the couple suffered stab wounds and a family member is being questioned by investigators.
