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\nReiner, 78 at the time of his death, was a vocal critic of Donald Trump. He also supported Biden in the 2020 election.<\/p>\n
Mocking someone who has just died is never classy.<\/p>\n
Doing it as the sitting President of the United States? That\u2019s something else.<\/p>\n
Now, Donald Trump\u2019s shocking words about Rob Reiner are spreading like wildfire.<\/p>\n
A vocal critic of Donald Trump
\nAcademy Award-nominated director and actor Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Reiner, were found dead in their Brentwood, Los Angeles, home on Sunday afternoon. Detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department are investigating an apparent homicide.<\/p>\n
It has now been reported that 78-year-old Rob Reiner\u2019s son, Nick, was taken into police custody yesterday and is currently being held on a $4 million bond, according to jail records.<\/p>\n
While his passion for films was profound, Rob Reiner was also engaged in politics. Per the LA Times, he was seen as a \u201cpolitical force\u201d and a \u201cDemocratic Party activist who went beyond the typical role of celebrities who host glitzy fundraisers.\u201d<\/p>\n
He was very much involved in, especially, the legalization of gay marriage and early childhood education. Reiner had a very different approach to politics than most celebrities.<\/p>\n
\u201cHere\u2019s this unique human being who really did make the leap between entertainment and politics,\u201d Ace Smith, a Democratic strategist to former Vice President Kamala Harris, said. \u201cAnd he really spent the time to understand policy, really, in its true depth, and to make a huge impact in California.\u201d
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\nReiner, 78 at the time of his death, was a vocal critic of Donald Trump. He also supported Biden in the 2020 election.<\/p>\n
Back in 2017, during an appearance at the Dubai International Film Festival, Rob Reiner told Variety that he thought Donald Trump was \u201cmentally unfit\u201d to be president.<\/p>\n
\u201cDonald Trump is the single most unqualified human being to ever assume the presidency of the United States. He is mentally unfit. Not only does he not understand how government works, he has no interest in trying to find out how it works,\u201d Reiner said when asked to compare Trump with President Lyndon B. Johnson.<\/p>\n
\u201cLook, he\u2019s old!\u201d
\nLast year, Reiner and his wife, Michele, produced a documentary titled God and Country about the rise of Christian nationalism in America. While doing press for the documentary, Reiner told The Guardian that Donald Trump, who often promotes Christian values, is the least Christian guy you could meet.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think he can probably spell the word \u2018bible\u2019,\u201d Reiner said. \u201cI don\u2019t think he\u2019s ever read it and I don\u2019t think he has any idea what\u2019s in it. But they excuse all that by saying God works in mysterious ways, and that he sent us this flawed vessel by which we can achieve the goals that we want to achieve.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaking with The Guardian in 2024, when it at the time looked as if Biden would be challenging Trump in the 2024 Presidential Election, he backed the Democratic candidate despite many criticizing him for being too old.<\/p>\n
In Reiner\u2019s view, it was better to have an old guy in the Oval Office than a \u201ccriminal,\u201d meaning Trump.<\/p>\n
\u201cLook, he\u2019s old!\u201d Reiner told the Guardian.\u201dBut you have one guy who stumbles around, whatever. And another guy who\u2019s a criminal, basically lies every minute of his life, has been indicted 91 times!\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s answer
\nAnd apparently, Reiner\u2019s criticism didn\u2019t go unnoticed.<\/p>\n
Today, President Donald Trump issued a fiery political statement about the deaths of Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, claiming their passing was linked to \u201cTrump Derangement Syndrome.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA 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,\u201d Trump wrote on Truth Social.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was known to have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of President Donald J. Trump,\u201d the president added.<\/p>\n
Some have reacted to the president\u2019s tribute with outrage. One shocked X user wrote: \u201cThis is disgusting and shameful. A new low for Trump. Attacking Rob Reiner after his murder.\u201d<\/p>\n
Commentator Brian Krassenstein called the statement \u201cthe most disgusting Post Donald Trump has ever made.\u201d Meanwhile, Democratic strategist Max Burns described the tribute as a \u201cmonstrosity\u201d and added: \u201cI don\u2019t want to hear another sanctimonious word from the Republicans who accused Democrats of not showing enough sadness when Charlie Kirk died.\u201d
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\nWhat\u2019s your take on Trump\u2019s words about Reiner? Drop your thoughts in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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