'She's a mess': US President Donald slams Rosie O'Donnell during a live press conference as their long-running feud takes another ugly turn
Speaking at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Sunday (local time), the 79-year-old US President responded to a reporter's question about O'Donnell's recent comments on The Chris Cuomo Project, where she opened up about her mental health struggles during Trump's presidency.
"So Rosie O'Donnell, she went on Chris Cuomo and blamed you for the fact that she's overweight, depressed and drunk, what do you say to that?" the reporter asked.
With a smirk, Trump replied: "I don't know about Rosie. I watch Rosie, she's a mess. She's a mess. But she's left our country, which is a good thing, not a bad thing."
O'Donnell, who recently relocated to the seaside suburb of Howth in Dublin, Ireland, has long clashed with Trump- but the bitter back-and-forth has ramped up in recent weeks.
In her June 25 interview, the 63-year-old comedian said Trump's first election win in 2016 left her in a dark place.
"During his first go around, it was very difficult and I got myself into some bad places," she told Cuomo.
"I was very, very, depressed. I was over-eating, I was over-drinking, I was so depressed, Chris. It hurt my heart that America believed the lies about him. And then it broke my heart to be in a business that creates and sells those lies for profit. It was very heavy to tell you the truth."
Trump escalated things even further on Saturday, posting on Truth Social that he was "giving serious consideration" to revoking O'Donnell's US 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," he wrote.
"She is a Threat to Humanity, and should remain in the wonderful Country of Ireland, if they want her. GOD BLESS AMERICA."
The host of 'The View' fired back on social media, branding Trump "a dangerous old soulless man with dementia who lacks empathy compassion and basic humanity".
"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," she said.
In another post, she mocked Trump for still being "rattled" by her nearly two decades on.
"Hey Donald- you're rattled again? 18 years later and I still live rent-free in that collapsing brain of yours," she said.
"You want to revoke my citizenship? go ahead and try, King Joffrey with a tangerine spray tan."
O'Donnell also accused Trump of having links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, claiming he was "on the list" of clients tied to Epstein's infamous private island.
Interestingly, the pair were once on good terms, with O'Donnell even saying she attended Trump's 1993 wedding to Marla Maples.
But their public breakdown began with a heated clash on The View in 2006, when O'Donnell took aim at Trump's morals and media influence.
"He's the moral compass for 20-year-olds in America. Donald, sit and spin, my friend," she said at the time.
Trump retaliated by telling People that O'Donnell lied about him and was "a woman out of control".
"I'll most likely sue her for making those false statements- and it'll be fun. Rosie's a loser. A real loser," he said.
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