President Trump Weighs Revoking Rosie O’Donnell’s U.S. Citizenship Amid Feud

WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a late-night social media post on Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced he is “giving serious thought to taking away Rosie O’Donnell’s Citizenship,” reigniting a long-running public feud with the actress and comedian Rosie O’Donnell. The president described O’Donnell as “not a Great American” and asserted she was “incapable” of embodying American values.

The announcement follows O’Donnell’s recent apology for incorrectly alleging that the gunman in last week’s Minneapolis Catholic school shooting was a supporter of Trump. In a video posted Sunday, the 63-year-old former talk show host acknowledged she “did not do my due diligence” before making her emotional statement and expressed regret for her unfounded claims.

O’Donnell, who has been a vocal critic of President Trump for nearly two decades, relocated to Dublin earlier this year with her 12-year-old child and is in the process of applying for Irish citizenship through her Irish-born grandparents’ lineage. Despite Trump’s threat, U.S. legal experts note that the president does not possess unilateral authority to revoke citizenship, which can only be stripped by federal courts under very limited circumstances such as fraud in the naturalization process or acts of treason.

In response to Trump’s latest salvo, O’Donnell took to Instagram on Wednesday, posting a pointed open letter to the president. She styled her message as a defiant manifesto, declaring, “you’re rattled again? 18 years later and I still live rent-free in that collapsing brain of yours,” and challenging Trump’s “walls” by contrasting them with her own efforts to build a life for her autistic child in Ireland. The post quickly garnered widespread support from followers, praising her bold stand and resilience.

The renewed clash underscores the persistent animosity between Trump and O’Donnell, which dates back to 2006, when she mocked him on The View and he retaliated with personal attacks. While Trump’s proposal to strip her of citizenship has no clear legal basis, it signals an escalation in their decades-long bitter rivalry.