Even most Republicans thought Trump’s insults over Rob Reiner homicide have been ‘inappropriate’ | EUROtoday

About two-thirds of Americans say President Donald Trump’s social media put up insulting murdered actor-director Rob Reiner was inappropriate, in keeping with a brand new YouGov ballot.

It comes amid a tidal wave of criticism over the president’s weird social media put up and follow-up remarks following the Hollywood icon’s tragic dying.

“YouGov showed Americans Trump’s post, as well as social media posts about Reiner by several other politicians from both parties, and asked what they thought about it,” YouGov mentioned in a press launch.

“Americans weren’t fans. When shown a screenshot of it, 72% of Americans say Trump’s post is inappropriate, and just 17% say it is appropriate.”

Reiner and his spouse Michele Singer Reiner have been discovered lifeless at their dwelling by their daughter, Romy Reiner.

The couple’s youngest son, Nick Reiner, was arrested hours later and has been charged with two counts of first-degree homicide in reference to their deaths.

In distinction to the widespread mourning that the actor-director and his spouse have obtained, the president as an alternative opted to model Reiner “struggling” and “once very talented.”

Trump also said Reiner had a “large, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a thoughts crippling illness often called TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME,” one thing the president usually labels his critics with.

The president added in a put up on his personal Truth Social web site: “He was known to have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of President Donald J. Trump, with his obvious paranoia reaching new heights as the Trump Administration surpassed all goals and expectations of greatness, and with the Golden Age of America upon us, perhaps like never before.”

YouGov reported that 55% of Republicans described the put up as “inappropriate,” and 90% of Democrats. Among non-MAGA Republicans, 66% mentioned the president’s feedback have been inappropriate, in contrast with 19% who seen them as acceptable.

Opinions amongst MAGA Republicans have been extra divided, with 45% calling the remarks inappropriate and 43% saying they have been acceptable.

A longtime critic of Trump, Reiner mentioned in a 2024 interview with The Guardian that the previous president was a “criminal” who “basically lies every minute of his life.”

Tributes to Reiner posted by different political figures have been, in distinction to the president’s response, accepted by Americans as “appropriate”.

For instance, Senator Ted Cruz referred to as Reiner “one of the most talented movie-makers to have ever lived”. At the identical time, former commander-in-chief Barack Obama mentioned the couple “will be remembered for the values they championed and the countless people they inspired.”