Rosie O’Donnell’s Burn After Trump Threatens Her Citizenship Resonates With Young MAGA
On 12 July, President Donald Trump told his 96 million followers that he was “seriously considering” taking away Rosie O’Donnell’s U.S. citizenship because she is “not in the best interests of our great country.” The claim came even though the Supreme Court ruled decades ago that citizenship cannot be stripped by presidential fiat.
O’Donnell answers from Ireland.
The 63‑year‑old actor, now living in County Kerry while applying for Irish citizenship through her grandparents, replied the next day with a stinging Instagram post beside a photo of Trump and the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “I’m everything you fear: a loud woman, a queer woman, a mother who tells the truth,” she wrote, adding that she left the United States “before you set it ablaze.”
A feud that never cooled.
Their bad blood dates to 2006, when O’Donnell mocked Trump on The View for his handling of the Miss USA pageant. Trump retaliated on television, in print, and on X, calling her “disgusting” and “a loser.” The exchanges became staples of pop‑culture coverage and later peppered Trump’s 2016 campaign rallies.
🚨BREAKING: The moment in 2006 when Rosie O’Donnell became the mortal enemy of Donald Trump is going viral: “He’s the moral authority?? left the first wife, had an affair. Left the second wife, had an affair. Had kids both times.” She spoke the truth.
— CALL TO ACTIVISM (@CalltoActivism) July 13, 2025
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Can a president really cancel citizenship?
Short answer: no. Birthright citizenship is protected by the Fourteenth Amendment, and the Supreme Court has repeatedly said the government cannot revoke it without the holder’s consent. Legal experts note that only a federal court, acting under strict fraud findings, can denaturalise a naturalised citizen; native‑born citizens like O’Donnell are even more secure. Recent court orders have already frozen Trump’s separate bid to end birthright citizenship for children of undocumented parents.
O’Donnell ended her post with a final, cutting comparison from the TV series Game Of Thrones. “You want to revoke my citizenship? Go ahead and try, King Joffrey with a tangerine spray tan,” she wrote. “I’m not yours to silence. I never was.”
Rosie’s defiance has resonated with younger MAGA supporters. Former Florida state Rep. Anthony Sabatini, who was among Trump’s most prominent young supporters when in the state Legislature, has called Trump’s Truth Social post “out of touch”, reports NBC News. “Trump is losing his touch,” Sabatini declared. “Bad personnel are undermining him left and right. We need a full reset.”
