Rosie O'Donnell tears into Donald Trump claiming he's on the Epstein client list after he threatened to revoke her citizenship
The former host of The View posted a series of posts on Saturday claiming Trump was on Jeffrey Epstein's client list and was a guest at the sex trafficker's island after the president hit out at the comedian expatriate.
'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,' Mr Trump wrote via Truth Social on Saturday.
'She is a Threat to Humanity, and should remain in the wonderful Country of Ireland, if they want her. GOD BLESS AMERICA.'
O'Donnell went on a social media blitz of posts and fired back in a lengthy response towards the US President.
'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".
The 63-year-old concluded the post by calling Trump a 'bad joke who can't form a coherent sentence' and added the hashtag "#nevertrump".
In a flurry of posts the former TV host hit back again and asked Trump if 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,' O'Donnell 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.
'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.'
O'Donnell added 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.'
The actress announced in March, she moved to Ireland following Trump's second term in office in November.
The re-ignited feud between Trump and O'Donnell comes after US Attorney General Pam Bondi is facing heavy scrutiny after the Department of Justice revealed there is no Jeffrey Epstein client list.
'She is stuttering and spluttering all over her words, and it's not really clear what she is trying to accomplish,' UnHerd newsroom editor James Billot told Sky News Digital Presenter Gabriella Power.
'I completely understand why the MAGA base is in uproar about this.'
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