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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAaron 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
displacedvermoter
(4,142 posts)maxsolomon
(38,206 posts)Hmm....
displacedvermoter
(4,142 posts)and I don't care if it is true or not. I hope it is.
not fooled
(6,607 posts)Back in the 90s, he told Howard Stern during an interview that avoiding STDs was his "personal Vietnam."
IrishAfricanAmerican
(4,381 posts)homegirl
(1,927 posts)to respond as the RUDE, CRUDE DUDE he has always been!
Beartracks
(14,356 posts)================
Initech
(107,460 posts)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...
niyad
(129,607 posts)yardwork
(68,981 posts)The "news" media will ignore it.
niyad
(129,607 posts)MustLoveBeagles
(14,801 posts)OLDMDDEM
(3,040 posts)no_hypocrisy
(54,300 posts)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.
leftstreet
(38,866 posts)But it's really sick
hlthe2b
(112,833 posts)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)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.
MorbidButterflyTat
(4,193 posts)Any of Piggy's ghouls would happily comply with his filth.
leftstreet
(38,866 posts)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
rampartd
(3,835 posts)FakeNoose
(40,206 posts)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.
electric_blue68
(25,942 posts)Tommy Carcetti
(44,411 posts)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)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)It does not end with, "THANK YOU FOR THE ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER."
raccoon
(32,214 posts)duckworth969
(1,199 posts)This type of vitriol is certainly in his wheelhouse.
MustLoveBeagles
(14,801 posts)But he approves the message
MustLoveBeagles
(14,801 posts)When being asked about it he double downed on it.
ms liberty
(10,976 posts)sinkingfeeling
(57,242 posts)MustLoveBeagles
(14,801 posts)Even with W I can name a few things, but with dump, not a one.
marble falls
(71,104 posts)sop
(17,463 posts)Trump is quite possibly the most despicable piece of shit in the entire history of despicable pieces of shit.
Emile
(40,655 posts)
Turbineguy
(39,848 posts)dalton99a
(92,155 posts)newdeal2
(4,801 posts)Hes hanging on to that 30% for dear life.
debm55
(55,852 posts)Tribetime
(7,063 posts)Always has to make it about himself.I'm sick of this a******
Paladin
(32,299 posts)Now it's commonplace and expected.
pfitz59
(12,323 posts)Seems his style.
Joinfortmill
(20,095 posts)hlthe2b
(112,833 posts)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.
If anything a bunch of them are orgasmating over it.
Ocelot II
(129,124 posts)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)Trump's funeral should be a national holiday.
We can dance in the streets.
electric_blue68
(25,942 posts)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)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.
rzemanfl
(31,135 posts)Seems that way to me.
TBF
(35,673 posts)My title does not contain a typo.
rzemanfl
(31,135 posts)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)I was first published when I was 14, but that's neither here nor there. Enjoy your day.
rzemanfl
(31,135 posts)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.
underpants
(194,960 posts)dsc
(53,322 posts)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)Of course crazy MAGAts kill libs, thats what they do
Seems to be the implication
mcar
(45,682 posts)*apologies to swine everywhere.
purr-rat beauty
(978 posts)...it becomes about him
It is also Stochastic..."got TDS? you will die"
Botany
(76,418 posts)
WW II just before he killed himself as the Russians were less than a mile from his bunker. So it was
Rob Reiners 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 peoples words.
Wiz Imp
(9,012 posts)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.
GusBob
(8,134 posts)Needs to be pointed out
calimary
(89,046 posts)That's how trump plays the game. ALWAYS.
GoCubsGo
(34,673 posts)Fuck that motherfucking fucker, and everyone who is responsible for elevating waste of flesh into his current position.
karynnj
(60,787 posts)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.
ProudMNDemocrat
(20,628 posts)TACO has to make EVERYTHING about HIM!
God help us! QUICKLY!
Johonny
(25,493 posts)Because WTF man. WTF. The president demonstrates, this is the new America standard.
LuckyCharms
(21,817 posts)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.
Dave Bowman
(6,683 posts)leftyladyfrommo
(19,956 posts)Girard442
(6,822 posts)BlueWaveNeverEnd
(12,880 posts)He knows Trump haters out number MAGA that wearing fools
Joinfortmill
(20,095 posts)BlueWaveNeverEnd
(12,880 posts)chowder66
(11,856 posts)Get him on record defending it or saying he didn't know anything about it.
muriel_volestrangler
(105,579 posts)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."
Link to tweet
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.
GreenWave
(12,361 posts)Rowdyag
(173 posts)After his death. Double standard ( no surprise)
sheshe2
(95,937 posts)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.
Emile
(40,655 posts)writing would be in all caps.
spanone
(141,027 posts)Bluetus
(2,308 posts)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.
Joinfortmill
(20,095 posts)2naSalit
(100,071 posts)Be GONE now!
MorbidButterflyTat
(4,193 posts)I wonder who will get cancelled for not showing the proper respect??
Oh how silly of me.
greatauntoftriplets
(178,635 posts)OMGWTF
(5,016 posts)WTF is WRONG with you?
Alice Kramden
(2,880 posts)I hope
MustLoveBeagles
(14,801 posts)It's who he is.
mzmolly
(52,639 posts)Though I dont believe he wrote that, he certainly approved it.
RedWhiteBlueIsRacist
(1,834 posts)Grim Chieftain
(1,262 posts)Response to highplainsdem (Original post)
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TommieMommy
(2,666 posts)orangecrush
(28,451 posts)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)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.
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
vapor2
(3,787 posts)Joinfortmill
(20,095 posts)Klarkashton
(4,740 posts)Cheung is the all time shithead.
B.See
(7,806 posts)Borogove
(528 posts)Upthevibe
(10,032 posts)BradBo
(930 posts)ThoughtCriminal
(14,706 posts)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)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)The dumbasses that voted him in and the Republicans in Congress that just sit and watch.
Joinfortmill
(20,095 posts)calimary
(89,046 posts)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?
yellow dahlia
(4,590 posts)pansypoo53219
(22,892 posts)C Moon
(13,474 posts)Ray Bruns
(5,985 posts)FIFY
LetMyPeopleVote
(175,017 posts)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.
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-12-15T17:14:09.993Z
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...
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/on-the-reiners-death-trump-should-have-quit-while-he-was-behind
In a normal White House, a president would see the pushback from his own ostensible allies and realize hed 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 hed 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?
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-12-15T20:48:56.863Z
TRUMP: Well, I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned.
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 wasnt 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, its 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, lets 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.

