President Trump defends his comments mocking Rob Reiner's murder, sparking a bipartisan political backlash and calls for empathy. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

He falsely and disrespectfully suggested that the director was murdered due to his dislike of the president.

The US president claimed the reason for Reiner's murder was for having "Trump derangement syndrome".

The president attributed the killing of Rob Reiner and his wife to “Trump derangement syndrome.” There was no indication that the couple’s political beliefs were linked to their deaths.

The statement, even for the president, was a shocking comment that came as police were still investigating the deaths of the beloved director and his wife as an apparent homicide.

WASHINGTON >> President Donald Trump today mocked Rob Reiner, the slain actor and movie director who was also a vocal Democratic activist, suggesting he was killed for his anti-Trump views despite police not outlining a motive for the apparent homicide.

He claimed Reiner was afflicted with a "mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME”. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

US president says killing of Reiner and his wife, both outspoken critics, was due to their 'TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME'; GOP reps bash him for 'inappropriate' post

Donald Trump faced a storm of condemnation on Monday after posting "perverse" and "sick" remarks suggesting Rob Reiner and his wife were murdered because of the celebrated filmmaker's criticism of the U.S. president. Among those shocked were some staunch Trump loyalists, and the remarks triggered a wave of unusually negative…