Michelle Obama responds to Trump's Rob Reiner remarks, recalls planned visit with late couple

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Former First Lady Michelle Obama appeared on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!' On Monday, December 15.

During her time on the talk show, she addressed the tragic death of Rob and Michele Singer Reiner, stating that she and Barack Obama had been friends with the couple for years. 

She also revealed that the Obamas were supposed to meet the Reiners the same night they were killed. 

Michelle Obama praises 'courageous' Rob and Michele Reiner

During her appearance on the talk show, Michelle Obama chimed in on Donald Trump’s Truth Social post about the Reiners’ passing.

Commenting on the same, she said that Rob and Michele Reiner were “some of the most decent, courageous people” one would want to get to know.

She added that they were not “deranged or crazed” like President Trump claimed, and instead described the late couple as “passionate people.”

Michelle Obama added that Rob and Michele Reiner were the kind of people who were “ready to put their actions behind what they cared about.”

“And they cared about their family. And they cared about their country,” she added. 

She further stated that the Reiners cared about fairness and equality and said that the truth was that she did “know them.”

Trump doubles down on criticism of Rob Reiner 

Donald Trump’s Truth Social post about the late Rob Reiner stated that the famous director and his wife were killed due to the “anger he caused others” through his “massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction” with Trump Derangement Syndrome.

The president further wrote that Rob Reiner drove people “crazy” by his “raging obsession” with the president and said that the director’s paranoia had reached new heights as the Trump administration “surpassed all goals and expectations of greatness.”

Later, the president further criticized the director while speaking to reporters, saying that Reiner was “very bad for our country.”

Various people objected to Trump’s comments, including former MAGA faithful Marjorie Taylor Greene, who took to X to condemn Donald Trump’s Truth Social post.

She wrote that the couple’s death was a “family tragedy” and not about political enemies.

Further commenting on Nick Reiner, Rob and Michele’s son, being arrested for the couple’s death, Greene said that many families deal with a family member’s “drug addiction and mental health issues.”

“It’s incredibly difficult and should be met with empathy when it ends in murder,” she concluded.