"It was always empty": Nick Fuentes calls Trump a "d*ck" following his comments on Rob Reiner's death

Far-right influencer Nick Fuentes sharply criticized President Donald Trump after the president posted a controversial message about the deaths of filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner.

The President’s Truth Social post, published on December 15, 2025, framed the couple’s deaths through the lens of Reiner’s long-standing opposition to the President, invoking “Trump Derangement Syndrome” while offering condolences. The remarks quickly drew backlash across the political spectrum, including from some figures on the right.

Nick Fuentes, speaking in a video posted on December 16, 2025 on X (formerly Twitter), condemned both the tone and substance of the comments, calling them immoral and emblematic of a deeper emptiness in the President's leadership.

In a blunt assessment near the end of his remarks, Fuentes said the episode showed that Trump’s political core “was always empty.”

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More about President Trump’s post about the Reiners

In the Truth Social post, shared on December 15, the US President described the deaths of Rob and Michele Reiner as “a very sad thing,” but devoted most of its language to attacking Reiner’s anti-Trump politics.

He also suggested Reiner’s death was linked to the “anger he caused others” through what he called an “incurable affliction” of Trump Derangement Syndrome, before concluding with “May Rob and Michele rest in peace.”

"A very sad thing happened last night in Hollywood. Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and comedy star, has passed away, together with his wife, Michele, reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME. sometimes referred to as TDS"

According to CNN on December 16, 2025, the post undercut months of Republican messaging that had emphasized civility following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

At that time, Trump allies and GOP officials had condemned politicized or celebratory reactions to Kirk’s death and argued such rhetoric contributed to political violence. The President's comments about Reiner, CNN noted, reversed those roles, drawing criticism from across the party.

Several Republican lawmakers publicly rebuked the post. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene called the situation a “family tragedy,” while Rep. Don Bacon said the language was unbecoming of a president.

Others, including Rep. Mike Lawler and Rep. Thomas Massie, labeled the remarks inappropriate or disrespectful. Despite the backlash, the President reportedly later doubled down, reiterating his criticism of Reiner in remarks from the Oval Office.

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More about Nick Fuentes’ reaction

In the video clip, Nick Fuentes described Trump’s rhetoric as “ugly,” “evil,” and fundamentally disrespectful to the gravity of the situation. Referring to the reported killing of Rob Reiner and his wife by their son, Fuentes said no one deserved to have such a tragedy mocked, regardless of political beliefs.

Fuentes also said that the circumstances, a family murdered by their own child, were “objectively awful” and not comparable to debates over a public figure’s political legacy.

Fuentes went further, arguing that the President’s personal flaws had once been tolerated by supporters because they believed he would deliver substantive political results.

According to Fuentes, that implicit bargain no longer exists. He listed what he described as unfulfilled promises, including a lack of deportations, failure to end wars, and no meaningful restructuring of the federal bureaucracy. In that context, Fuentes said the American President’s behavior now amounted to vanity without results, and asking what redeeming qualities remained.

Concluding his remarks, Nick Fuentes said the President believed “in nothing” beyond himself, and that supporters were projecting meaning onto a movement that no longer had substance.

Edited by Devangee