Trump’s comments on Reiners’ deaths out of line
In recent days, the country has been reminded again of how far our civic culture has deteriorated under the influence of Donald Trump.
When conservative influencer Charlie Kirk was murdered, Democrats were accused of celebrating his death. In reality, those reactions came, if at all, from fringe voices online while elected officials and prominent figures across parties responded with condemnation and sympathy, including filmmaker Rob Reiner.
There is a world of difference between a random internet user behaving with zero grace or class, and the president. In the wake of the horrific murders of Reiner and his wife Michelle, allegedly by their own son, the president has once again made it about him and injected politics into tragedy. Instead of offering basic human decency or saying nothing at all, he used the moment to attack Reiner personally, blaming Reiner’s death on his “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”
Can anyone imagine Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, or George W. Bush responding this way to a senseless death, knowing grieving family members would see it? The answer is no, because anyone raised properly understands there are moments that call for restraint, humanity, or keeping your mouth shut.
You can vehemently disagree with Rob Reiner’s liberal politics and still recognize that using a senseless death as a vehicle for personal attack is fundamentally wrong and defies basic decency. “Trump Derangement Syndrome” is not a recognized condition. Narcissistic personality disorder is.
Daron Christopher
New York City
McClellandtown native