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US President Donald Trump has ignited an international firestorm of outrage across the nation by publishing a post on his social media platform just hours after the shocking deaths of director and actor Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were confirmed. In a statement widely condemned as utterly disgraceful and lacking any trace of human decency, the President not only failed to offer condolences but instead used the tragedy to attack his longtime political adversary.
Rob Reiner and his wife were found dead on Sunday afternoon in their Brentwood home in what is reportedly a double homicide, with their son taken into custody as a person of interest. Instead of acknowledging the horrific nature of the crime and offering sympathy to the Reiner family, Trump posted a venomous message alleging that Reiner died “reportedly due to the anger he had built up over the years”.
The scandal hit US President, who has been a frequent target of Reiner’s sharp political criticism, reportedly called the legendary director a “tortured and struggling star”. He went on to mock Reiner’s well-known opposition by blaming his death on a fictitious malady he often refers to: “Trump Derangement Syndrome”.