Trump criticises Reiner in Truth Social postpublished at 15:16 GMT
Bernd Debusmann Jr
Reporting from the White House
We’ve just heard from President Donald Trump, who has posted on Trump Social about the “very sad” incident in California – while at the same time taking a swipe at Reiner, who was a vocal critic of his.
In the post, Trump said – without providing any evidence – that Reiner and his wife “reportedly” died “due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction” with “Trump Derangement Syndrome”.
“He was known to have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of President Donald J Trump,” he wrote.
It is not clear what reports the president is referring to, and while the investigation is being treated as a homicide, police have yet to comment on any possible motive. Trump’s comments go far beyond what is known about the deaths.
The president and his allies often used the term Trump Derangement Syndrome – which he shortens to TDS – in reference to those who are critical of him.
Reiner was a lifelong Democrat and a prominent liberal activist, and a frequent critic of Trump. In 2017, for example, he called Trump “mentally unfit” for office.
