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highplainsdem

(60,057 posts)
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 10:08 AM Dec 15

Aaron Rupar on what Trump just said about Rob Reiner: "This is one of the most psychotic things Trump has ever posted"

this is one of the most psychotic things Trump has ever posted

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-12-15T14:52:36.457Z
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Aaron Rupar on what Trump just said about Rob Reiner: "This is one of the most psychotic things Trump has ever posted" (Original Post) highplainsdem Dec 15 OP
Sick, syphilitic asshole! displacedvermoter Dec 15 #1
You know, Syphilis would explain a lot of his behavior maxsolomon Dec 15 #69
I tell everyone I know he is syphilitic displacedvermoter Dec 15 #75
His personal Vietnam caught up with him at last? not fooled Dec 15 #90
Me too! IrishAfricanAmerican Dec 15 #95
Trump never fails homegirl Dec 15 #99
Could have caught it from all those trips to Epstein Island. Beartracks Dec 16 #112
He is truly, deeply fucked in the head. Initech Dec 15 #91
Sadly, I am not in the least surprised. niyad Dec 15 #2
Anybody who is surprised hasn't been paying attention. yardwork Dec 15 #7
Sadly true. niyad Dec 15 #46
The only surprise is that it took him this long to do it MustLoveBeagles Dec 15 #68
He is one pathetic son of a bitch. OLDMDDEM Dec 15 #3
As enraged as this statement by Trump makes me, no_hypocrisy Dec 15 #4
Yeah, no way he wrote this leftstreet Dec 15 #11
I disagree. The ONE thing that enables Trump to be able to write these posts is hatred and vengeance... hlthe2b Dec 15 #24
It's also possible he dictated it to one of his minions, who read it back and posted it with his approval. Ocelot II Dec 15 #35
I agree. MorbidButterflyTat Dec 15 #60
Miller's just as vile as he is leftstreet Dec 15 #37
trump would use all caps for this one. rampartd Dec 15 #54
Not only that, Chump can't spell and his grammar is usually flawed or incorrect FakeNoose Dec 15 #63
Heh, I forgot about his CAPS Use! Heh. It'd have bern partially or all. electric_blue68 Dec 15 #103
Either he or Miller did. Tommy Carcetti Dec 15 #39
They never post this crap on X leftstreet Dec 15 #48
Want proof he did not write it? usedtobedemgurl Dec 15 #67
I think #1 is correct. To try to add to the illusion that Trump still has some working brain cells. raccoon Dec 15 #14
Stephen Miller I'll bet duckworth969 Dec 15 #79
He may not have wrote it MustLoveBeagles Dec 15 #94
I was right MustLoveBeagles Dec 15 #97
OMG. TSF. ms liberty Dec 15 #5
What a piece of shit! He is the most vile person on earth. sinkingfeeling Dec 15 #6
No redeeming qualities at all MustLoveBeagles Dec 15 #96
Apropos of nothing specific, "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?" marble falls Dec 15 #8
"May Rob and Michele rest in peace"? sop Dec 15 #9
Trump Derangement Syndrome, lol seriously? Emile Dec 15 #10
That's to be expected from that Piece of Shit. Turbineguy Dec 15 #12
Evil piece of shit. dalton99a Dec 15 #13
May his disapproval ratings continue to skyrocket newdeal2 Dec 15 #15
What an asshole and piece of shit thump is. debm55 Dec 15 #16
I can't believe this is not The Onion.I can't believe this guy is the president Tribetime Dec 15 #17
It USED to be unbelievable. Paladin Dec 15 #45
Did Trump actually post that? pfitz59 Dec 15 #18
Yes. dalton99a Dec 15 #19
Papers are reporting it. Depraved. Joinfortmill Dec 15 #82
You know, as deranged & hate-filled as this is, I hold out hope that the few MAGA with a drop of humanity remaining hlthe2b Dec 15 #20
Nope. durablend Dec 15 #74
Did anyone expect him to say something even slightly appropriate? Ocelot II Dec 15 #21
Yes he had to grab the limelight and make it all about himself. Irish_Dem Dec 15 #29
Imho, Except in certain enclaves of the 5 Burroughs...You'll hear THE CHEERING from NYC around the country! electric_blue68 Dec 15 #104
This country is in a very bad place right now - TBF Dec 15 #22
I think the word "in" in your subject line may be a typo. rzemanfl Dec 15 #33
Do you feel our country is not in distress right now? TBF Dec 15 #44
I think "...is a very bad place..." doesn't need "in." rzemanfl Dec 15 #88
I'm sorry you don't like my writing style. TBF Dec 15 #100
My post was not about your writing style. rzemanfl Dec 15 #101
Embarrassing and sad. underpants Dec 15 #23
On top of everything else dsc Dec 15 #25
I saw it that way too GusBob Dec 15 #32
Rot in hell you disgusting swine* mcar Dec 15 #26
No matter what... purr-rat beauty Dec 15 #27
Somebody wrote that for him but it is as sick as Hitler writing that it was all the Jews' fault for starting ... Botany Dec 15 #28
Trump logic Wiz Imp Dec 15 #30
Yes I saw it that way too GusBob Dec 15 #34
You always say it's somebody else's fault when you can't defend YOUR fault in it. calimary Dec 16 #109
I stopped reading after the second sentence. GoCubsGo Dec 15 #31
Yet he prosecuted people who said similar things about Charlie Kirk karynnj Dec 15 #36
He is THE SICK FUCK! ProudMNDemocrat Dec 15 #38
Everyone fired for shit posting Charlie Kirk should be rehired. Johonny Dec 15 #40
Lower and lower and lower... LuckyCharms Dec 15 #41
What a pathetic little man. Dave Bowman Dec 15 #42
Oh for God's sake. leftyladyfrommo Dec 15 #43
I think I need decontamination after reading that. Girard442 Dec 15 #47
Trump knows that the world will break out the champsgn when he croaks BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 15 #49
And, for once, he's right. Joinfortmill Dec 15 #83
Horns would be honking, fireworks going off BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 15 #84
I would like to see a journalist/reporter confront him on this message and then push back on his bullshit response. chowder66 Dec 15 #50
More comments - Lawyers, Guns & Money, and Matt Yglesias: muriel_volestrangler Dec 15 #51
Heaven forbid part of a news cycle isn't about IQ 45 minus 47 equals minus 2. GreenWave Dec 15 #52
And ordinary people lost their jobs for simply quoting Charlie Kirk Rowdyag Dec 15 #53
Whoever wrote this for him, this is indeed his mindset, sheshe2 Dec 15 #55
You are right, someone wrote it for him. His Emile Dec 15 #57
Truly a Sick Fuck spanone Dec 15 #56
The Trump formula is not working anymore/ He is done. Bluetus Dec 15 #58
Agree completely. Joinfortmill Dec 15 #87
He needs to... 2naSalit Dec 15 #59
So! MorbidButterflyTat Dec 15 #61
The slime has to make it about himself, like everything. greatauntoftriplets Dec 15 #62
I am disgusted that 11.7K jerkholes (and counting) "loved" this horrible statement. OMGWTF Dec 15 #64
Bots, mostly Alice Kramden Dec 15 #72
Who's surprised by this? MustLoveBeagles Dec 15 #65
What a sick son of a bitch. mzmolly Dec 15 #66
Trump is a disgusting piece of shit. No, actually he is the whole turd. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Dec 15 #70
He is sick, evil and demented beyond words Grim Chieftain Dec 15 #71
Post removed Post removed Dec 15 #73
How horrible 😡 TommieMommy Dec 15 #76
Miller orangecrush Dec 15 #77
Wow Figarosmom Dec 15 #78
One sick Mo fucker vapor2 Dec 15 #80
Beyond the pale. Impeach him. Joinfortmill Dec 15 #81
Reads more like a cheung post than a trump Klarkashton Dec 15 #85
An unrivaled GIFT for finding lower STILL. B.See Dec 15 #86
Why would anyone be shocked by this? This is exactly who he is, and has always been. Borogove Dec 15 #89
No words. N/T Upthevibe Dec 15 #92
Trump JUST said "if you think that's bad, hold my beer". BradBo Dec 15 #93
Trumpiest Post ThoughtCriminal Dec 15 #98
This is not surprising in the least - to us. But, NH Ethylene Dec 15 #102
I blame the enablers for releasing this demon from hell. GoodRaisin Dec 15 #105
Trump Is Trash. Joinfortmill Dec 15 #106
You've always gotta work your stupid shitty willfully myopic self into it, 'eh donald? calimary Dec 15 #107
Scary thing is - he might actually try and top it one day. n/t yellow dahlia Dec 16 #108
BUTBUTBUT HE WAS SO MEAN TO BAYBEE DONNY! pansypoo53219 Dec 16 #110
He's beginning to sound like a Gov. Newsom parody of himself. C Moon Dec 16 #111
"This is one of the most psychotic things Trump has posted so far" Ray Bruns Dec 16 #113
MaddowBlog-On the Reiners' death, Trump should have quit while he was behind LetMyPeopleVote Dec 17 #114

not fooled

(6,607 posts)
90. His personal Vietnam caught up with him at last?
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 04:01 PM
Dec 15

Back in the 90s, he told Howard Stern during an interview that avoiding STDs was his "personal Vietnam."

Initech

(107,460 posts)
91. He is truly, deeply fucked in the head.
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 04:05 PM
Dec 15

The kind of cold blooded, narcissistic psychopath you have to be to say something like that about a horrifying murder people are trying to get a hand on...

yardwork

(68,981 posts)
7. Anybody who is surprised hasn't been paying attention.
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 10:16 AM
Dec 15

The "news" media will ignore it.

no_hypocrisy

(54,300 posts)
4. As enraged as this statement by Trump makes me,
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 10:11 AM
Dec 15

I can't let go of:

1. Someone else (likely Stephen Miller, the antithesis of Rob Reiner) wrote this, and
2. Trump is still crazy as fuck and this is projection.
3. Trump is pissing on their graves.

hlthe2b

(112,833 posts)
24. I disagree. The ONE thing that enables Trump to be able to write these posts is hatred and vengeance...
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 10:31 AM
Dec 15

Just as many with advanced dementia who were not infrequently nasty human beings, but able to contain it in earlier life, manifest it frequently--especially as they "sundown"... I believe that phenomenon allows TSF to put this kind of vitriol into his posts in a surprisingly coherent way. Do i think he may have discussed Rob Reiner's death with Miller or whoever told him and was thus reminded of Reiner's reactions to him and thus stimulated his longstanding animosity and resentment? Yes. But that having occurred, I think TSF is STILL capable of a hate-filled rant such as this.

Ocelot II

(129,124 posts)
35. It's also possible he dictated it to one of his minions, who read it back and posted it with his approval.
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 10:40 AM
Dec 15

It's all his, even if his stubby little digits didn't physically pound out the words. The fact that the words were spelled correctly only means that someone else probably participated.

leftstreet

(38,866 posts)
37. Miller's just as vile as he is
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 10:43 AM
Dec 15

He's so filled with his own hatred and vengeance, he'd have no problem writing for Trump

You may be right, I just don't think Trump is up to these long screeds

FakeNoose

(40,206 posts)
63. Not only that, Chump can't spell and his grammar is usually flawed or incorrect
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 12:28 PM
Dec 15

He doesn't normally write in complete sentences, just as he's incapable of speaking a complete thought. So it's easy to tell when he DIDN'T write something. My guess is that Stephen Miller wrote it for Chump, got his approval, and posted it on Truth Social in his name. That's how it usually happens.

Tommy Carcetti

(44,411 posts)
39. Either he or Miller did.
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 10:46 AM
Dec 15

If it were a polite, dignified response, then I would say no way he wrote that.

But Trump is stupid and classless, and this is both.

leftstreet

(38,866 posts)
48. They never post this crap on X
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 11:16 AM
Dec 15

Since Trump was allowed back on X, his acct never posts his (alleged) crazy, deranged crap.

X appx users: 500-600 million
Truth Social appx users: 4-6 million

Hmm, you'd think he'd want the greater exposure, not just among a handful of rightwing nutters

usedtobedemgurl

(1,931 posts)
67. Want proof he did not write it?
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 12:38 PM
Dec 15

It does not end with, "THANK YOU FOR THE ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER."

raccoon

(32,214 posts)
14. I think #1 is correct. To try to add to the illusion that Trump still has some working brain cells.
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 10:19 AM
Dec 15

sop

(17,463 posts)
9. "May Rob and Michele rest in peace"?
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 10:17 AM
Dec 15

Trump is quite possibly the most despicable piece of shit in the entire history of despicable pieces of shit.

newdeal2

(4,801 posts)
15. May his disapproval ratings continue to skyrocket
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 10:20 AM
Dec 15

He’s hanging on to that 30% for dear life.

Tribetime

(7,063 posts)
17. I can't believe this is not The Onion.I can't believe this guy is the president
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 10:22 AM
Dec 15

Always has to make it about himself.I'm sick of this a******

hlthe2b

(112,833 posts)
20. You know, as deranged & hate-filled as this is, I hold out hope that the few MAGA with a drop of humanity remaining
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 10:24 AM
Dec 15

will see this for what it is and this will incite a major backlash. I ask that no one dispel me of this notion from well-deserved cynicism. I still hold out hope.

But, I will turn the page and spend today thinking of all the ways in which Rob (and i am sure his wife) were truly wonderful and talented human beings who CARED about OTHERS. I am really devastated by this loss and if it is true how he and his wife were killed and by whom, well that just adds to the immense pain. to Rob and his wife, Michelle's countless friends, family, admirers. You made a difference and I will forever be grateful. I like to think there is some afterlife or realm that means Rob might rejoin his wonderful father, Carl, and Norman Lear--who surely are turning that realm into one infinite funny and happy landing spot.

Ocelot II

(129,124 posts)
21. Did anyone expect him to say something even slightly appropriate?
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 10:25 AM
Dec 15

Once again, of course, it had to be all about him. He has to be the baby at every christening, the bride at every wedding, the corpse at every funeral - but the day will come when he really is the corpse at the funeral, and he'll get all the attention he ever wanted. It will be a happy day for all of us.

Irish_Dem

(79,882 posts)
29. Yes he had to grab the limelight and make it all about himself.
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 10:35 AM
Dec 15

Trump's funeral should be a national holiday.
We can dance in the streets.

electric_blue68

(25,942 posts)
104. Imho, Except in certain enclaves of the 5 Burroughs...You'll hear THE CHEERING from NYC around the country!
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 09:08 PM
Dec 15

It'll be (if any if you saw the photos in NYC from that day) even bigger than when Biden was declared the winner! 👍
😄🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😄

Competing cheering from Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Atlanta, Seattle, Portland, ?Austin...and a few more, probably
I welcome them! 😄👍
We shall lift our voices together!!!
👋 🎉 👋

TBF

(35,673 posts)
22. This country is in a very bad place right now -
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 10:27 AM
Dec 15

no matter who is posting on the Truth Social account, it's just another indication that we are being ruled by:

1. an increasingly decapacitated president (probably due to dementia)
2. Steven Miller, et al, are really running things behind the scenes w/the Heritage Foundation
3. Congress can't find it in themselves to impeach despite all evidence of the above.

That this message is NOT surprising shows just how bad it has gotten.

TBF

(35,673 posts)
44. Do you feel our country is not in distress right now?
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 11:01 AM
Dec 15

My title does not contain a typo.

rzemanfl

(31,135 posts)
88. I think "...is a very bad place..." doesn't need "in."
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 01:32 PM
Dec 15

Armed goons in the streets, unaffordable prices, people losing their healthcare, defiance of judicial rulings, lying to judges and probably grand juries too, a complicit Congress and Supreme Court, mass shootings, need I go on?

TBF

(35,673 posts)
100. I'm sorry you don't like my writing style.
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 06:07 PM
Dec 15


I was first published when I was 14, but that's neither here nor there. Enjoy your day.

rzemanfl

(31,135 posts)
101. My post was not about your writing style.
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 06:19 PM
Dec 15

It was about the state of the nation from my perspective. Also, in my old age, I find I rely too much on the word processor to find my mistakes. Sometimes it makes mistakes for me. Two-letter words like- in, is, and it have been occasional problems.

dsc

(53,322 posts)
25. On top of everything else
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 10:32 AM
Dec 15

This post seems to imply that one of Trump's followers is responsible for this (or at least that Trump believed that to be true). Only People is saying who is a suspect (and it isn't about Trump if that suspect is correct) but it is interesting to me that, that is where he went with this.

GusBob

(8,134 posts)
32. I saw it that way too
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 10:39 AM
Dec 15

Of course crazy MAGAts kill libs, that’s what they do

Seems to be the implication

Botany

(76,418 posts)
28. Somebody wrote that for him but it is as sick as Hitler writing that it was all the Jews' fault for starting ...
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 10:34 AM
Dec 15

… WW II just before he killed himself as the Russians were less than a mile from his bunker. So it was
Rob Reiner’s fault because he was opposed to Trump that caused his drug addicted son who Rob and
Michelle took back in to attack and kill his mother and father. Trump is a true psychopath even if it is
other people’s words.

Wiz Imp

(9,012 posts)
30. Trump logic
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 10:37 AM
Dec 15

Not that I'm giving any credence to what Trump said, I did want to point out how illogical & hypocritical such idiotic statements are.

He blames Rob Reiner for his own death because he made People angry with his hatred of Trump. Apparently Reiner deserved to die because he hated Trump. So by that logic, Charie Kirk was responsible for his own death, because Charlie Kirk was clearly hateful of large groups of people adn according to Trump's logic, because that hate made someone angry at Kirk, then Kirk deserved to be murdered and brought it on himself.

calimary

(89,046 posts)
109. You always say it's somebody else's fault when you can't defend YOUR fault in it.
Tue Dec 16, 2025, 12:20 AM
Dec 16

That's how trump plays the game. ALWAYS.

GoCubsGo

(34,673 posts)
31. I stopped reading after the second sentence.
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 10:38 AM
Dec 15

Fuck that motherfucking fucker, and everyone who is responsible for elevating waste of flesh into his current position.

karynnj

(60,787 posts)
36. Yet he prosecuted people who said similar things about Charlie Kirk
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 10:43 AM
Dec 15

One obvious difference though is that the killer of Kirk himself said it was because of Kirk's hateful comments on trans people.

We don't know the whole story on Reiner, but there is NO reason to think it was because he spoke against Trump.

Question: Is Trump accepting blame because the killer acted due to hatred of what he calls TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME

All in all, that statement is worse than any inappropriate Kirk comments and he is the President.

Johonny

(25,493 posts)
40. Everyone fired for shit posting Charlie Kirk should be rehired.
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 10:48 AM
Dec 15

Because WTF man. WTF. The president demonstrates, this is the new America standard.

LuckyCharms

(21,817 posts)
41. Lower and lower and lower...
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 10:49 AM
Dec 15

Every day he goes lower.

This guy is one of the sickest motherfuckers in history.

Just as sick, however, are the people in his cabinet, and the republicans in the house and Senate, who are turning a blind eye to his depravity.

This is quite a world we are living in today.

There is a greater than zero chance that this guy could literally end the world.

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(12,880 posts)
49. Trump knows that the world will break out the champsgn when he croaks
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 11:29 AM
Dec 15

He knows Trump haters out number MAGA that wearing fools

chowder66

(11,856 posts)
50. I would like to see a journalist/reporter confront him on this message and then push back on his bullshit response.
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 11:37 AM
Dec 15

Get him on record defending it or saying he didn't know anything about it.

muriel_volestrangler

(105,579 posts)
51. More comments - Lawyers, Guns & Money, and Matt Yglesias:
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 11:45 AM
Dec 15
This is utterly deranged, and totally unexceptionable. And that dichotomy is the essence of where we are now.

Fifty years from now, it will be difficult to convey to young people, in whatever form this country or its successor exists at that point, that the president of the United States was a frank sociopath.

Malignant narcissism enhanced by creeping dementia. A few years ago he would have thought this, but would have been able to control himself from saying it out loud.

https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/the-new-normal


"MAGA launched a mass movement to get people fired from their jobs for being insufficiently mournful about Charlie Kirk's murder."



My comment: this was worse than I thought possible for him to be. I think that is indeed a sign of dementia. If that attack on Reiner was written by a lickspittle to "represent what Trump feels", then we are at the Mad King stage, with toadies encouraging the sociopathy - which may be even worse.

Does anyone think they are experimenting with different drugs for him? I'm thinking of his meeting with Mamdani, when he managed to be - "normal", more or less. It's standing out more and more, given his state since.

Rowdyag

(173 posts)
53. And ordinary people lost their jobs for simply quoting Charlie Kirk
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 11:51 AM
Dec 15

After his death. Double standard ( no surprise)

sheshe2

(95,937 posts)
55. Whoever wrote this for him, this is indeed his mindset,
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 11:59 AM
Dec 15

his and the rest of their ilk.

It would have been better for all of us if they had just kept their mouths shut and said nothing at all.

Bluetus

(2,308 posts)
58. The Trump formula is not working anymore/ He is done.
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 12:07 PM
Dec 15

Last edited Mon Dec 15, 2025, 07:09 PM - Edit history (1)

The formula, since the "Birther" days or even before, has been to wake up every morning trying to say or do something even more outrageous than the day before.

This is no longer working for him. Everywhere we look, people are racing to distance themselves from him. Trump signs and bumper stickers have all but disappeared. Candidates are running away from his endorsements. Congress people are openly defying him. The EU leaders ridicule him and actively work against his policies. And his poll ratings are the lowest ever recorded.

This latest statement about Reiner's tragic murder will not sit well with anybody, not even his strongest supporters. Ultimately, we are judged by the company we keep, and millions of former supporters have decided they have had enough.

OMGWTF

(5,016 posts)
64. I am disgusted that 11.7K jerkholes (and counting) "loved" this horrible statement.
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 12:35 PM
Dec 15

WTF is WRONG with you?

mzmolly

(52,639 posts)
66. What a sick son of a bitch.
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 12:37 PM
Dec 15

Though I don’t believe he wrote that, he certainly approved it.

Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

orangecrush

(28,451 posts)
77. Miller
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 12:54 PM
Dec 15

Needs a visit to the Hauge.

"Defendants: Individuals, not states, and it operates when national courts are unwilling or unable to act. "

Figarosmom

(9,765 posts)
78. Wow
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 12:54 PM
Dec 15

Last edited Mon Dec 15, 2025, 01:40 PM - Edit history (1)

And this is our President?
I woke up with this song playing in my head and now I know why. This is so shameful.


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Shapes of Things
Song by The Yardbirds ‧ 1967

Overview
Lyrics
Other recordings
Shapes of things before my eyes
Just teach me to despise
Will time make men more wise?
Here within my lonely frame
My eyes just hurt my brain
But will it seem the same?
Come tomorrow, will I be older?
Come tomorrow, may be a soldier
Come tomorrow, may I be bolder than today?
Now, the trees are almost green
But will they still be seen
When time and tide have been?
Fall into your passing hands
Please don't destroy these lands
Don't make them desert sands
Come tomorrow, will I be older?
Come tomorrow, may be a soldier
Come tomorrow, may I be bolder than today?
Soon I hope that I will find
Thoughts deep within my mind
That won't disgrace my kind

Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Jim Mccarty / Keith Relf

ThoughtCriminal

(14,706 posts)
98. Trumpiest Post
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 05:18 PM
Dec 15

Three things:
1) Trump jumped to the conclusion that one of his followers did this in response to Reiner's political views
2) Like most Republicans, knee-jerk Blame-The-Victim
3) It's always about himself.

NH Ethylene

(31,289 posts)
102. This is not surprising in the least - to us. But,
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 08:49 PM
Dec 15

For the Magas who acted like the slightest negative comment about Charlie Kirk after his death was akin to a 'celebrating his death' and believed offenders should lose their jobs at the very least, it may have come as a surprise that their hero could be so unapologetically and viciously hypocritical.

GoodRaisin

(10,736 posts)
105. I blame the enablers for releasing this demon from hell.
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 09:33 PM
Dec 15

The dumbasses that voted him in and the Republicans in Congress that just sit and watch.

calimary

(89,046 posts)
107. You've always gotta work your stupid shitty willfully myopic self into it, 'eh donald?
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 11:49 PM
Dec 15

I'm pretty much through with even capitalizing the first letter of your first and last names.


Hey, donald, could you do us all a favor and disappear?

LetMyPeopleVote

(175,017 posts)
114. MaddowBlog-On the Reiners' death, Trump should have quit while he was behind
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 06:57 PM
Dec 17

Facing criticism from the left, right and center, the president had a chance to make things better. He did not.

When Paul Pelosi was nearly murdered, and Trump responded with conspiracy theories and jokes, it reminded the world that Trump is a man devoid of grace and decency.

Targeting Rob Reiner, he did it again, digging a hole in the bottom of the barrel and falling even further.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-12-15T17:14:09.993Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/on-the-reiners-death-trump-should-have-quit-while-he-was-behind

But when the president responded to the deaths of Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, by attacking one of the victims, suggesting the filmmaker brought on his own slaying with his criticisms of Trump, something unusual happened: A variety of GOP voices, including some in Congress, agreed that the president had gone too far in his lack of basic human decency.

In a normal White House, a president would see the pushback from his own ostensible allies and realize he’d made a mistake (although in a normal White House, the comment never would have happened in the first place). In this White House, Trump acted as if he’d never heard the old expression about quitting while behind.

Q: A number of Republicans have denounced your statement on Rob Reiner. Do you stand by it?

TRUMP: Well, I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned.

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-12-15T20:48:56.863Z


At an unrelated event in the Oval Office, a reporter reminded the president that “a number of Republicans” had denounced his statement related to Reiner and asked, “Do you stand by that post?”

The smart move would have been for Trump to dodge the question and change the subject. He did not, however, make the smart move.

“I wasn’t a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned,” the president said, referring to himself in third person. “He said he liked, he knew it was false — in fact, it’s the exact opposite — that I was a friend of Russia, controlled by Russia. You know, it was the Russia hoax, he was one of the people behind it.

For good measure, the Republican added, “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.”.....

Instead, let’s focus on the fact that Trump welcomed an avalanche of criticism from the left, right and center by condemning a celebrated artist immediately after learning of his death and, given an opportunity to make things better, made a conscious decision to make things worse.

Trump is who he appears to be: a small and petty man, incapable of empathy or grace, obsessed with his grievances, unaware of what it means to be “presidential” and unable to control his worst instincts.
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