Rosie O'Donnell slams Trump in multiple social media posts after he threatened to revoke her citizenship
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American actor and TV host Rosie O'Donnell has slammed US President Donald Trump in a series of social media posts after he threatened to revoke her American citizenship . O'Donnell, who has been a long-time critic of Trump, on Saturday, July 12, 2025, claimed that the US president was on Jeffrey Epstein 's client list and was a guest at the sex trafficker's island.The response from O'Donnell, former host of The View, came hours after Trump, on his social media platform, Truth Social, on Saturday, called her a 'Threat to Humanity' as she moved to Ireland from the US and threatened to take away her American citizenship.'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 wrote on Truth Social. 'She is a Threat to Humanity, and should remain in the wonderful Country of Ireland, if they want her. GOD BLESS AMERICA,' he further stated.Following Trump's threat to O'Donnell, legal analysts highlighted that revoking the citizenship of a person born in the United States is not within the power of the president.The comedian came down heavily on Trump through a string of social media posts. 'The president of the USA has always hated the fact that I see him for who he is - a criminal con man sexual abusing liar out to harm our nation to serve himself - this is why I moved to Ireland - he is a dangerous old soulless man with dementia who lacks empathy compassion and basic humanity,' O'Donnell said.She wrote that she stands 'in direct opposition all he represents,' noting that 'so do millions of others' and asked 'u gonna deport all who stand against ur evil tendencies". In the post, she called Trump a 'bad joke who can't form a coherent sentence' and added the hashtag "#nevertrump".The dispute between the two began in 2006, when O'Donnell raised questions on Trump's moral standing and the way he handled the Miss USA pageant while she was co-hosting The View. Since then, there have been numerous intense exchanges drawing attention from both the media and the public.In another Instagram post, the comedian slammed the US president again and asked he was rattled again. 'Hey Donald – you're rattled again? 18 years later and I still live rent-free in that collapsing brain of yours,' she said.'You call me a threat to humanity – but I'm everything you fear: a loud woman, a queer woman, a mother who tells the truth, an American who got out of the country b4 u set it ablaze. You build walls –I build a life for my autistic kid in a country where decency still exists,' she added. 'You crave loyalty –I teach my children to question power. You sell fear on golf courses –I make art about surviving trauma. You lie, you steal, you degrade –I nurture, I create, I persist,' the post further read.The comedian further stated that Trump is 'everything that is wrong America' and she was everything he hated about what was still good about the United States.'You want to revoke my citizenship? go ahead and try, king joffrey with a tangerine spray tan. I'm not yours to silence I never was,' she said. The actress announced in March 2025 that she moved to Ireland following Trump's second term in office in November 2024
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