Months after ardently pushing for the firing of anyone who took lightly the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, President Donald Trump said Hollywood director Rob Reiner, who was found stabbed to death in his home, died because of "Trump derangement syndrome."
Reiner, 78, director of beloved wholesome hits "Princess Bride," "Stand by Me," "A Few Good Men," and "When Harry Met Sally," and widely praised as a kind and generous friend, family man and mentor, was found stabbed to death in his Los Angeles home Sunday, along with his wife Michelle.
Their son Nick, a 32 year-old with a long history of drug addiction and other issues, was arrested for the crime and ordered held on a $4 million bond.
But the president of the United States blamed his liberal beliefs for his murder.
"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.
He added, "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."
Condemnation was swift, although no one from the right side of the congressional aisle has reacted as of press time. "Every time I think he can't go any lower, he proves me wrong," one user wrote on X, echoing the sentiment of many on the plaform.
Trump's words are especially notable considering how enraged he became about anyone pointing out Kirk's history of violent remarks before he was shot to death during a speech this summer. The president pushed to get Jimmy Kimmel fired for making a joke about the MAGA right trying to portray Kirk's killer as 'not one of them.'
"He said a horrible thing about a great gentleman known as Charlie Kirk,” Trump said about Kimmel's suspension. The late night host was later returned to air, and Trump continues to fire out posts calling for his dismissal.
Department of War Director Pete Hegseth suspended an Army colonel for a post-criticizing Kirk after his death and said the Pentagon was "very closely tracking responses celebrating or mocking Kirk's death ... and "we will address immediately." White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller went so far as to call mocking Kirk's death an act of domestic terrorism.
"We will not live in fear, but you will live in exile, because the power of law enforcement under President Trump's leadership will be used to find you, will be used to take away your money, take away your power, and if you have broken the law to take away your freedom," Miller said.