I am sure that you are aware that President Trump saw fit to disparage Rob Reiner in the wake of his murder.
Yet these comments have to be seen to be believed.
President Trump speaks of derangement and paranoia. But it is he who is deranged and paranoid.
Trump is also devoid of humanity. A man and his wife have been murdered in their own home, evidently by their own son and is without an ounce of compassion.
There is no doubt that Trump truly hates Rob Reiner. He could have said nothing. But restraint and silence are not part of Trump's modus operandi.
Indeed, Trump doesn't know when to shut the fuck up:
I wasn’t a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned. The Russia hoax, he was one of the people behind it. I think he hurt himself career-wise. He became, like, a deranged person. Trump derangement syndrome. So I was not a fan of Rob Reiner at all in any way, shape or form. I thought he was very bad for our country.
Of course, it must be said that a plurality of the American electorate elected and elevated Trump to his position - twice. We have come to accept, embrace and encourage this behavior in our leaders. Within the past 30 days, Trump told a female reporter, "Quiet, piggy!!!", referred to Somali immigrants as "garbage" while calling for the death penalty against Democratic lawmakers who called upon military members not to obey unlawful orders. If he is capable of such contemptibility, it should not come as a shock that we would make derogatory comments about a man who is dead and cannot defend himself. Trump is a man who thinks he can get away with saying anything because we have let him get away with it.
Although some Republicans in Congress like Marjorie Taylor Greene, Thomas Massie and Mike Lawler took Trump to task for his crass behavior, conservative pundit Kurt Schlichter defended Trump stating on X, "It's pretty pathetic to be so fake and fussy because Trump was insufficiently cordial to a guy who targeted him for nonstop bile for the last decade."
Last I checked, Rob Reiner offered words of sorrow following the assassination of Charlie Kirk back in September. Reiner told Piers Morgan:
Absolute horror, and I unfortunately saw the video of it. It’s beyond belief what happened to him. That should never happen to anybody. I don’t care what your political beliefs are. That’s not acceptable. That’s not a solution to solving problems.
And I felt like what his wife [Erika] said at the service at the memorial they had was exactly right. I’m Jewish but I believe in the teachings of Jesus and I believe in ‘do unto others’ and I believe in forgiveness and what she said to me was beautiful. She forgave his assassin. And I think that is admirable.
I guess Schlichter must have missed those remarks. More likely, he simply doesn't care.
To the extent that Trump faces a backlash from MAGA or Republicans at large will depend on those people viewing Rob Reiner as a person and a storyteller rather than as a liberal. While they might not have shared Reiner's views, they probably liked some of his work be it This is Spinal Tap, Stand by Me, The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally or perhaps liked him as Meathead in All in the Family. Given the horrific circumstances of Reiner and his wife's death, Trump's remarks might prove to be a bridge too far. Then again, even if it is, it might not them from voting for Trump for a third term - constitution or no constitution.
As for the President, Rob Reiner showed more grace in 100 words than Trump will ever show if he lives to be 100.
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