Being outraged by President Donald Trump's offensive remarks is passe at this late hour, and largely pointless: His most ardent supporters excuse his coarseness, and his detractors already regard him as the lowest of lowlifes. Those who fall somewhere in the middle are understandably more worked up about his policy agenda than his mean tweets.
Yet even by the standards of previous nastiness, Trump's comments on Truth Social about Rob Reiner—who was murdered alongside his wife, Michele Reiner, over the weekend—were distressing. Rob Reiner was a well-liked director responsible for such iconic films as A Few Good Men, This Is Spinal Tap, and The Princess Bride. Yes, he also harbored intensely anti-Trump views and criticized the president obsessively on social media. The occasion of his shocking murder—a murder allegedly perpetrated by his son, Nick Reiner, who has suffered from drug addiction and homelessness—is not a fitting time for the president to whine about this, however.
