President Donald Trump is under fire over his comments on the deaths of legendary Hollywood director and actor Rob Reiner, 78, and his wife Michele Singer Reiner, 68, who were found fatally stabbed at their Los Angeles home Sunday.
Nick Reiner, the couple’s son, has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is “responsible” for his parents’ deaths, LAPD detectives said.
Reiner, 32, and his father were seen arguing at a party Saturday evening, friends told The Los Angeles Times.
He is being held without bail and will appear in court at 8:30am local time Tuesday, according to jail records.
While tributes poured in for the slain couple, Trump blamed Reiner’s death on what he called “TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME” in a post on Truth Social, inspiring an angry backlash, including from the president’s fellow Republicans, who urged him to delete it.
Late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel, a regular critic of Trump, called his remarks “loathsome” and “hateful and vile” and said the president was a “sick and irresponsible man.”
Rob Reiner directed such popular movies as This is Spinal Tap, Stand By Me, The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally, Misery and A Few Good Men.
What Rob Reiner said about Trump
The president’s shocking animosity towards Reiner is perhaps explained by the fact that the director and actor was a lifelong Democrat and activist who was never afraid to share his political views, not least on Trump himself.
Here’s a look back at some of his most unsparing comments about the president, whom he called “mentally unfit” for high office and “the single most unqualified human being to ever assume the presidency of the United States.”
(independent)