President Donald Trump's niece flagged the most fitting punishment for the president after his outburst about slain director Rob Reiner.
Trump chided Reiner's murder in a Truth Social post on Monday, saying the director suffered from "Trump Derangement Syndrome" and suggested that may have been a cause in his death. Authorities have indicted Reiner's son, Nick, with murder in the case.
The president was given a chance to clarify his remarks during a press conference on Monday when a CNN reporter asked Trump about the amount of criticism he received for the statement.
"I wasn't a fan of Rob Reiner at all in any way, shape or form," Trump said.
Trump's niece, Mary Trump, a psychologist and author, clapped back at the president's comments in a new essay on her Substack.
"Congratulations, Donald. Once again, you have gone out of your way to prove, to anyone who doesn’t already know, that you are a depraved, deviant, damaged little man who cannot bear the thought that there are people in this world who are talented, valued, and loved—three things you are not," Mary Trump wrote.
"You cannot stomach the thought that anybody else, for any reason, would take the spotlight," she added. "And who are you without that? The most fitting punishment for you would be a mirrorless room without access to the internet or sycophants who continue to believe or pretend to believe that anything you do or say matters. You are beyond redemption."