Overview
- On his Dec. 25 podcast, Joe Rogan called the president’s Rob Reiner post “not funny” and said there was “no justification” for it in a compassionate society.
- Rogan compared Trump’s remarks to people celebrating Charlie Kirk’s shooting and said someone should have taken the president’s phone before he posted.
- The Truth Social message, posted the day after the killings, linked Reiner’s death to so‑called “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” a claim Trump later defended at a White House press conference.
- Actors and hosts including Josh Gad, Jimmy Kimmel and Whoopi Goldberg have publicly criticized the president’s comments.
- Nick Reiner has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his parents and is due for arraignment on Jan. 7, 2026, with attorney Alan Jackson representing him.