PoliticsJoe Rogan Slams Donald Trump's Remarks About Rob Reiner's Murder as 'Not Funny' and 'So Dark'
'There’s no justification for what he did that makes any sense in a compassionate society,' Joe Rogan said.
Dec. 29 2025, Published 6:59 p.m. ET
Joe Rogan was very turned off by Donald Trump's statements about Rob Reiner after the Hollywood director was tragically murdered along with his wife, Michele.
"The Rob Reiner thing is not funny. When you see it with no empathy, it’s hard to like," Joe declared on the Thursday, December 25, episode of his podcast.
"There’s no justification for what he did that makes any sense in a compassionate society. It’s no different than people that were celebrating when Charlie Kirk got shot. It’s the same kind of thing," he continued, referencing the reactions to the far-right political activist's assassination.
Joe Rogan Compares Donald Trump to Barack Obama
'Imagine if Obama tweeted something about someone after they died in this way,' Joe Rogan said.
The podcaster, 58, who formally endorsed the commander-in-chief, then seemed to imply that former President Barack Obama never would've spoken the way Donald did about someone who had passed away.
"Imagine if Obama tweeted something about someone after they died in this way, that this person was a deranged person that hated Obama," he said. "It just shows you how crazy it is, the way Trump thinks and talks. It’s just like the guy got sliced up by his kid, you know? Anybody that doesn’t see that and go, ‘F---, man...'"
"It’s so dark," Joe added.
Donald Trump's Unhinged Remarks About Rob Reiner
Rob Reiner hated Donald Trump.
In his Truth Social post about the beloved Hollywood director's death, Donald called Rob — whose drug addict son Nick allegedly murdered him and his wife — a "tortured and struggling" director who died "due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME."
The divisive POTUS added that Rob was supposedly "known to have driven people CRAZY" with his Trump "obsession."
The When Harry Met Sally director, who was found dead on Sunday, December 14, was outspoken about his hatred for the president.
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Donald Trump Claims Rob Reiner Was 'Very Bad' for America
Rob and Michele Reiner were found dead at their Los Angeles home on Sunday, December 14.
When questioned about his statement during an Oval Office press conference on Monday, Donald doubled down on the scathing post.
"I wasn’t a fan of his at all," he bluntly told reporters. "He was a deranged person."
He further added, "I thought he was very bad for our country."
Even White House insiders were taken aback by the president's statements.
As OK! previously reported, the president's insensitive remarks even rubbed many loyalists within the White House the wrong way.
According to biographer Michael Wolff, a White House source told him, "I don’t know what that was, but it wasn’t good. Everybody knows it’s a thin line he walks. Is he teetering? Well..."
