Trump threatens to revoke Hollywood star's citizenship branding her 'threat to humanity'
'Because of the fact that Rosie O'Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship,' Trump, 79, wrote Saturday.
'She is a Threat to Humanity, and should remain in the wonderful Country of Ireland, if they want her. GOD BLESS AMERICA!'
The outburst followed O'Donnell's July 7 HuffPost interview, in which she discussed her decades-long feud with the president and her 2024 move to Ireland, made ahead of Trump's reelection.
'I look at America and I feel overwhelmingly depressed,' O'Donnell, 63, said, citing her need to protect her mental health and care for her 12-year-old son, who has autism.
'I knew what [the Trump administration] was planning to do, because I read Project 2025. I know what he's capable of. And I didn't want to put myself through another four years of him being in charge.'
'I picked up and left before the inauguration – because I wasn't going to take any chances.'
O'Donnell and Trump's public feud began in 2006, after she criticized him on The View over his handling of the Miss USA controversy.
Mocking his defense of then-titleholder Tara Conner, she called Trump a 'snake-oil salesman on Little House on the Prairie' and dismissed his claim of being self-made, pointing to his wealthy father.
Trump hit back in a People interview, insisting his father 'never gave [him] tons of money' and threatening to sue.
'Rosie will rue the words she said,' he said at the time. 'Rosie's a loser. A real loser.'
In the recent HuffPost interview, O'Donnell described her move as one of 'self-preservation.'
'I wasn't up for this battle,' she said. 'The cost was too high. I still believe in the virtue of the fight—I just couldn't do it personally.'
Watching Trump's second term from abroad, O'Donnell added: 'I think it's as bad as everyone worried it would be. I believe fascism has taken a foothold in the United States.'
She also criticized a new bill she claims grants Trump his own 'secret police,' with a budget 'greater than the money we give to Israel, which is already unbelievably high.'
'I look at America, and it feels tragic,' she said. 'I feel sad. I feel overwhelmingly depressed. I don't understand how we got here.'
The two have continued to trade jabs publicly, their mutual disdain well-documented.
During his 2016 presidential campaign, Trump repeatedly brought up O'Donnell, including during the first Republican primary debate in August 2015.
When moderator Megyn Kelly questioned his use of terms like 'fat pigs,' 'dogs,' and 'slobs' to describe women, he replied, 'Only Rosie O'Donnell.'
Her name eventually resurfaced during a debate with Hillary Clinton, when Trump said, 'Rosie O'Donnell has been very vicious to me. I said very tough things to her, and I think everybody would agree she deserves it.'
O'Donnell responded in a now-deleted post on X, calling him an 'orange anus.'
After Trump's first election, O'Donnell told W Magazine in October 2017 that she struggled to cope with his presidency, saying it took her a year to regain emotional balance.
'I seriously worry whether I personally will be able to live through [his presidency] and whether the nation will be able to survive,' she said. 'It's a terrifying concept, on the brink of nuclear war with a madman in charge.'
In August 2018, The View alum even joined a protest outside the White House to voice her opposition.
After Trump's second inauguration in January 2025, O'Donnell revealed on TikTok that she had moved to Ireland with her child and would consider returning to the U.S. 'when it is safe for all citizens to have equal rights.'
Weeks later on The Late Late Show, she expressed disbelief that Trump still invoked their long-standing feud.
'He hasn't let it go,' she said. 'He uses me as a punchline whenever he feels the need.'
Trump later commented on O'Donnell's move during Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin's visit to the White House for St. Patrick's Day.
When asked why he allowed O'Donnell to move to Ireland, Trump said he 'liked' the question, asked if Martin knew who she was, then joked he was 'better off' not knowing.
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