Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to revoke the citizenship of his longtime foe Rosie O’Donnell, saying she is “a Threat to Humanity.” In a post shared to Truth Social, Trump 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!” O’Donnell moved to Ireland shortly after Trump’s election last year. Trump did not specify how exactly she is a “Threat to Humanity.”
O’Donnell, who has butted heads with Trump since her days as host on The View in the mid-2000s, quickly hit back. “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,” O’Donnell wrote in an Instagram post. “this is why i moved to ireland – he is a dangerous old soulless man with dementia who lacks empathy compassion and basic humanity- i stand in direct opposition all he represents- so do millions of others – u gonna deport all who stand against ur evil tendencies – ur a bad joke who cant form a coherent sentence.”
“hey donald – you’re rattled again? 18 years later and I still live rent-free in that collapsing brain of yours,” she added in another Instagram post that included a photo of Trump standing next to Jeffrey Epstein. “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.”
It’s worth noting that Trump has no actual legal mechanism to revoke the citizenship of someone born in the United States.
Trump threatens to strip Rosie O'Donnell of her U.S. citizenship, calling her a “threat to humanity” who is “not in the best intetests of our Great Country.” pic.twitter.com/MSICOEKjeY
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