“Nobody celebrates the murder of perceived enemies quite like Trump"

 

Trump took to his Truth Social network to make the deaths about himself.

“Nobody celebrates the murder of perceived enemies quite like Trump—whose celebration of the murder of Rob Reiner is the most disturbing, deranged, and demented post you’ll ever see from a US president,” singer-songwriter and activist Bill Madden said on social media.

Even Trump’s supporters could not believe the president actually posted the message, with some seeking confirmation from Grok, the generative artificial intelligence chatbot on Elon Musk’s social media site X, that the post was “fake.” Grok obliged, replying falsely that “the statement attributed to Trump is not real” and “appears fabricated.”

Invoking the recent assassination of Charlie Kirk—the far-right firebrand known for purveying racist, xenophobic, homophobic, and misogynistic rhetoric from behind a shield of “free speech”—Democratic strategist Max Burns said, “I don’t want to hear another sanctimonious word from the Republicans who accused Democrats of not showing enough sadness when Charlie Kirk died.”

“Trump is dancing on Reiner’s body and blaming Reiner for his own murder—but remember, they demanded people be FIRED for not dropping down in tears to praise Charlie Kirk after his death,” Burns added. “It’s all an act. These people only have compassion for their own.” Some also pointed out that in contrast to Trump’s comments, after Kirk’s killing, Reiner called the assassination an “absolute horror” and condemned political violence.

-Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams