David Graham: “The post was nauseating even by Trump’s standards. Though Reiner was an outspoken Trump critic and longtime progressive activist, no serious reports have tied the deaths to his politics. Police have arrested the Reiners’ younger son, who had spoken publicly about struggling with addiction and homelessness. This makes Trump’s post seem even stranger. Did he invent this idea in the hope that a Trump supporter had killed the Reiners? Was his post intended as a threat to other anti-Trump people, warning that speaking out might get them killed? Is he simply extraordinarily cruel?”

“Looking for a considered meaning in Trump’s words might be a wild-goose chase, though. The simplest reason Trump posted this is the same reason he posts anything: The man cannot resist making everything about himself, even if it’s the heartbreaking murder of a beloved artist in an alleged domestic dispute.”

White supremacist Nick Fuentes told listeners that President Trump’s response to Rob Reiner’s death proves he’s an evil man who believes in nothing.

Said Fuentes: “And then he’s a dick on top of it… Who could look at that and laugh?… It goes to show there was never anything in there—it was always empty.”

“For a man who vowed to stay out of the political spotlight, Jared Kushner is finding himself very much in its glare,” Bloomberg reports.

“He helped clinch a ceasefire agreement and secure the release of hostages in Gaza. He has sat across from Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskiy — separately — in a bid to negotiate a peace deal over Ukraine. And his private equity firm has backed a bid in the politically charged battle for an entertainment empire.”

“Such engagement might have been expected in Donald Trump’s first administration, where Kushner served as a senior adviser. But it’s a far cry from the future that the president’s son-in-law envisioned just last year, when he told a Miami crowd that he’d stay out of government affairs even if offered a job.”

“A history-making menorah — which made its debut under former President Joe Biden — is not on display as part of the Trump White House’s annual holiday decor this year,” NewsNation reports.

“The candelabra — created by the Executive Residence Carpentry Shop using historic wood from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. — became the first menorah to ever be added to the White House collection when it was unveiled in 2022.”

National Review: “Yes, we must talk about what President Trump posted on Truth Social about the brutal murders of Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner, and how Trump doubled down when asked about it Monday afternoon.”

“We must talk about it because a lot of Americans are embarrassed by the president, and for the president, and a whole lot of Americans would prefer to avert their eyes and pretend it didn’t happen.

“But it did happen. We must talk about it because there are some Americans still so blinded by partisan animus and cult-like loyalty that their first instinct will be to defend the president’s remarks.”

“A former adviser to Donald Trump has slammed the MAGA president’s response to the shocking and grisly murder of a beloved film director and his wife,” the Daily Beast reports.

Said David Urban: “My condolences go out to the Reiner family. It’s a terrible tragedy that they’ve suffered here and the president’s tweets, his Truth Social post, is indefensible by anybody. I don’t know how anyone can defend it.”

“Trump officials fending off a legal challenge over the president’s planned ballroom argue the project is a matter of national security, in court filings that provide the most detailed picture yet of the controversial White House addition,” the Washington Post reports.