Donald Trump has been condemned as a “vile, disgusting man” and a “sick human being” after gloating over the death of Robert Mueller, a former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Mueller, a decorated Vietnam war veteran who led a politically explosive investigation into Trump, died on Friday aged 81, triggering a callous reaction from the US president.

“Robert Mueller just died,” Trump responded quickly on his Truth Social platform. “Good, I’m glad he’s dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people!”

Even by the president’s own norm-shredding standards, the comment was unusually harsh. There was a chorus of opprobrium from the “Never Trump” movement in his own Republican party.

Michael Steele, a former chairman of the Republican National Committee, wrote on X: “@realDonaldTrump you are a vile disgusting man. Petty and pathetic, you are a hypocrite who reeks of weakness and insecurities with no moral core. Regardless of the politics, the American people should be embarrassed and ashamed for ever having entrusted you with leadership.”

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    13 hours ago

    Maybe you are denying reality because parts of the right wing are pushing reality for a change on this one.

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            12 hours ago

            No. I am positive that others are The Architects of this. I like many others suspect Israel and their factions, because reasons. Including Kirk rejecting their board pricks, yes that’s not a typo, rejecting their vision for his own not that he’s a good guy he’s a piece of shit obviously. They wanted to turn this into a Nazi youth Organization, and to police schools. Which it turns out is what they are doing now.

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              12 hours ago

              I am all for waiting until the evidence is presented and not a lot of conjecture and nebulous rabbit holes. It just sounds very tinfoiley.