Rosie O'Donnell Fires Back At Trump With Epic Rant After He Threatens To Strip Her U.S. Citizenship

Actor and comedian Rosie O'Donnell condemned President Donald Trump after he announced in a post on Truth Social that he is considering stripping her U.S. citizenship, labeling her a "Threat to Humanity."

O’Donnell, who was born in the U.S., moved to Ireland shortly before Trump’s inauguration. In an April interview with CNN, she said it was his reelection that ultimately prompted the move, citing the risks Project 2025 poses to her and her nonbinary child—especially after decades of being in Trump's crosshairs.

Trump's post came just days after O’Donnell gained attention for a viral TikTok video in which she criticized the Trump administration’s handling of the Texas floods. In the clip, she accused Trump of having “gut[ted] all of the early warning systems and the weather‑forecast abilities of the government,” which she said hindered the federal response.

He wrote:

“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. She is a Threat to Humanity, and should remain in the wonderful Country of Ireland, if they want her. GOD BLESS AMERICA!”

You can see his post below.

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O'Donnell later responded to him in an Instagram post in which she calls him "King Joffrey with a tangerine spray tan" and "everything that's wrong with America."

She wrote:

"hey donald – you’re rattled again? 18 years later and I still live rent-free in that collapsing brain of yours. 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."

"you are everything that is wrong with america – and I’m everything you hate about what’s still right with it. 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."

To top it all off, O'Donnell's post included a picture of Trump with the late financier, pedophile, and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. In recent days, Trump has been accused of refusing to release the infamous "Epstein files," which are said to contain detailed lists of some of Epstein's most high-profile enablers.

Trump, who is widely believed to be on the list, deflected calls by his MAGA base to release the files, admonishing critics of his Attorney General Pam Bondi, who in her capacity leading the Department of Justice (DOJ) concluded no such list exists, despite claiming the exact opposite just months ago.

Effectively, O'Donnell was pointing out that Trump's threat to revoke her citizenship was just another distraction designed to take people's attention away from Epstein's case and remove a spotlight that could expose his own involvement.

You can see her post below.

O'Donnell and Trump have feuded for years.

In 2006, Trump decided not to fire a Miss USA contestant following revelations of underage drinking, drug use, and sexual activity, which prompted O'Donnell, who was a co-host on The View at the time, to criticize the decision.

At the time, O'Donnell described Trump as “not a self-made man” and referred to him as a “snake-oil salesman on Little House On The Prairie." Trump responded shortly afterward, calling her “a real loser” and “a woman out of control.”

In the following years, Trump took multiple opportunities to attack O'Donnell for her marriage, her old talk show, her health, and even her weight.

During his 2016 presidential campaign, Trump also denigrated O'Donnell at the first Republican presidential debate, telling Fox News host and debate moderator Megyn Kelly that he thinks "only" of O'Donnell when he's used language like “fat pigs,” “dogs,” “slobs” and “disgusting animals” to describe some women.

People applauded O'Donnell's blunt response.

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Last year, O'Donnell criticized Time magazine for naming Trump their "Person of the Year," accusing the publication of "normalizing" his actions along with countless other media outlets.

Addressing them directly, she said that they are "not doing your job and you haven't since he came down that escalator. .. If you had stood up to the lies that were told on [the reality TV show] The Apprentice we wouldn't be in this position."

O'Donnell, who described Trump as the "most dangerous" and "most criminal" man of the year, also noted that Trump would weaponize the DOJ to target individuals he believes “aren’t American enough or for him enough,” including herself given their contentious history.

Her fears are not at all unfounded—but she's still getting the last laugh.