Trump claims director Reiner was killed for angering people with criticism of US president

By AFP 15 December 2025, 5:37 pm

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Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner arrive on the red carpet at the State Department for the Kennedy Center Honors gala dinner, December 2, 2023, in Washington, DC. (AP/Kevin Wolf)

Donald Trump suggests that the apparent murder of Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife is linked to Reiner’s criticism of the US president, in an extraordinary claim just one day after the killings.

The Reiners died “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,” Trump posts 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.”