President Donald Trump has issued a warning to Rosie O’Donnell, branding her "a threat to humanity".
On Saturday (July 12), the POTUS took to Truth Social to write a post targeting the 63-year-old media personality, branding the comedian and actress as being "not in the best interests" of the United States.
Trump, 79, 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!"
The President's post references the fact that O’Donnell recently moved to Ireland - crediting her move to Trump's second inauguration in January 2025.
O’Donnell claimed that Trump "has it out for [her] and has for 20 years". She said during a March 2025 appearance on RTÉ’s Late Late Show that their feud was sparked when she "told the truth about him on a program called The View."
It began in December 2006 during a Hot Topics segment on The View, when O'Donnell criticized Trump’s response to Miss USA Tara Conner’s underage drinking scandal, challenging his moral credibility.
“He annoys me on a multitude of levels,” O’Donnell said, adding that Trump is “not a self-made man” but a “snake-oil salesman on Little House On The Prairie."
She then took shots at Trump's previous marriages, saying: “[He] left the first wife, had an affair, left the second wife, had an affair, had kids both times, but he's the moral compass for 20-year-olds in America. Donald, sit and spin, my friend. I don't enjoy him."
Trump fired back in an interview with PEOPLE, calling her “a woman out of control” and threatening legal action. “Rosie will rue the words she said,” he declared. “Rosie’s a loser. A real loser.”
Refering to claims O'Donnell made about him going bankrupt, Trump said at the time: “You can’t make false statements. Rosie will rue the words she said. I’ll most likely sue her for making those false statements – and it’ll be fun. Rosie’s a loser. A real loser. I look forward to taking lots of money from my nice fat little Rosie.”
The feud only escalated from there. Over the years, Trump repeatedly targeted O’Donnell on social media, calling her a “loser” after her 2011 engagement. “I feel sorry for Rosie‘s new partner in love whose parents are devastated at the thought of their daughter being with @Rosie–a true loser," Trump tweeted at the time.
Trump would then mock her openly during the 2015 GOP primary debate. Asked about using terms like “fat pigs” and “slobs” to describe women, Trump famously replied, “Only Rosie O’Donnell.”
O’Donnell has described the harassment as profoundly damaging. “Probably the Trump stuff was the most bullying I ever experienced in my life, including as a child,” she told PEOPLE. “It was national, and it was sanctioned societally.”
By the time Trump won the 2016 election, O’Donnell had become one of his most vocal celebrity critics. She protested outside the White House in 2018 and, by 2025, had moved to Ireland following his second inauguration.
Even after her move abroad, the feud continued. When a reporter jokingly asked Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin why he’d allow O’Donnell into the country, Trump quipped: “Do you know who she is? You’re better off not knowing.”
Reflecting on the sustained attacks, O’Donnell admitted, “He’s been doing it for two decades and I’m still not used to it every time he does.”