Overview
- President Trump used Truth Social to assert that the killings of Rob and Michele Reiner were due to what he called “TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME.”
- After the arrest of Reiner’s son in the double homicide investigation, Trump declined to acknowledge error and said, “I thought he was very bad for our country,” according to the Baltimore Sun.
- The criminal case remains developing, with authorities investigating the deaths and the reported arrest centered on Reiner’s son.
- Commentary from across the political spectrum condemns the president’s remarks as cruel and outside basic norms of decency.
- Opinion analysis, including Paul Krugman’s, situates the incident within a broader resurgence of hateful public discourse, citing NORC and ADL data on rising antisemitism and the amplifying role of social and partisan media.