Section 8 or Amendment 25, take your pick ...

US actor and director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Reiner, attend the Kennedy Center Honors gala at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, in 2023 [File: AFP]

A terrific actor and director, Rob Reiner and his wife will be missed.

Now for the certifiable. 

If president bone spurs was in the service, Section 8 i.e. service members judged mentally unfit for service, applies. As for the presidency, Amendment 25  i.e. addresses issues related to presidential succession and disability works for me.

In a social media post on Monday, United States President Donald Trump appeared to blame the death of Rob Reiner, a comedy giant who embraced progressive political causes, on his criticisms of Trump and his presidency.

Trump’s post on his Truth Social platform states that Reiner’s death was “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”.

The Republican president added that Reiner was “known to have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of President Donald J Trump, with his obvious paranoia reaching new heights as the Trump Administration surpassed all goals and expectations of greatness”.