Whoopi Goldberg said President Donald Trump hit “a new low” with his reaction following the deaths of filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner.
In a Truth Social post on Monday, Dec. 15, the 79-year-old president claimed Reiner, 78, died from “the anger he caused others” and said the director—an outspoken critic—suffered from what he called “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”
Rob Reiner and Michele, 68, were found dead in their Brentwood, Calif., home on Sunday, Dec. 14. Multiple sources close to the family said the couple’s son, Nick, killed his parents.
On Monday’s episode of The View, Goldberg, 70, condemned Trump’s rhetoric and said he is “not my president.”
“I don’t understand the man in that White House,” Goldberg told the panel, criticizing what she described as a lack of basic decency. “Have you no shame? No shame at all? Can you get any lower? I don’t think so.”
Goldberg also referenced other tragedies that occurred in recent days—including shootings at Brown University and an incident at Australia’s Bondi Beach—arguing that national leadership should respond with compassion.
“And what do you have to say about what’s happening around the world?” she said. “Where is our voice as Americans… Our hearts are breaking through all of this.”
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Trump did address the incidents at Brown University and Bondi Beach during remarks at a White House Christmas reception on Sunday. Later in the broadcast, Goldberg clarified her earlier point and corrected herself.
“As it turns out yesterday… you know who put his condolences out,” she said, adding that Trump had spoken about those events. “But this is how he followed it up, about Rob Reiner… my bad. You did say something… so there you go.”
Goldberg also spoke personally about Reiner, noting they had a long-standing connection—he directed her in the 1996 film Ghosts of Mississippi. She said she last saw him at the Kennedy Center during the event honoring Billy Crystal and described Reiner as a “wonderful director” and a principled person who “fought for the stuff that was right.”
Co-host Ana Navarro echoed the praise for Reiner’s activism and sharply criticized Trump’s post, emphasizing that the family was grieving.
“There’s an American family grieving,” Navarro said. “This is a tragedy… For the President of the United States to make this about him… is shameful.”
Trump’s message, posted shortly after news of the deaths broke, included a lengthy attack on Reiner, repeatedly referencing “TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME” and describing a “Golden Age of America,” while closing by saying the couple should “rest in peace.”
The post also drew a response from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on X, who criticized the political tone around the deaths and urged empathy for the family. She wrote that the couple were “tragically killed” and said the situation should not be treated as “politics or political enemies,” adding that addiction and mental health struggles can devastate families and should be met with compassion.
