Comedian and former talk show host Rosie O’Donnell launched another furious attack on President Donald Trump over the weekend, responding to his recent Truth Social post in which he said he was “seriously considering” revoking her U.S. citizenship. The exodus-prone actress, who had already relocated to Ireland earlier this year, called herself “everything you fear” in a profanity-laced Instagram rant aimed at the president.
Trump’s Truth Social post didn’t mince words. “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,” he wrote. “She is a Threat to Humanity, and should remain in the wonderful Country of Ireland, if they want her.”
This wasn’t just another political jab—it was a direct response to O’Donnell’s increasingly inflammatory commentary from abroad. O’Donnell, who has long declared her hatred for Trump, has made good on years of threats to leave the U.S., citing the president’s leadership as a threat to her well-being. But her departure hasn’t stopped her from weighing in on American politics.
On Instagram, O’Donnell fired back: “hey donald – you’re rattled again?” She then went on to characterize herself as “a loud… queer woman,” defiantly claiming, “I’m everything you fear.” The tirade continued with personal attacks on Trump’s character and mental state.
This latest dust-up follows a history of hostile exchanges between the two, dating back to Trump’s days as a reality TV host. But O’Donnell’s decision to permanently move to Ireland in March 2025 signaled a new chapter in their feud—one where she claimed to be physically and mentally harmed by Trump’s presidency. In a revealing comment shortly after arriving in Ireland, she said Trump’s first term led her to overeat, drink heavily, and ultimately give up on the United States altogether.
“I just couldn’t take it anymore,” she reportedly told fans. “That administration broke me.”
Since then, O’Donnell has remained highly vocal from overseas, regularly blasting Trump’s policies and mocking his supporters. But her rhetoric took a darker turn when she suggested she would not return to the U.S. until Trump’s administration was gone and his team held “accountable for their crimes.”
Critics argue that O’Donnell’s public meltdown is a textbook case of Trump Derangement Syndrome—a term popularized to describe public figures whose hatred of Trump eclipses reason. Others see her outburst as performative rage aimed at staying relevant in a political climate that’s left most Hollywood progressives marginalized and frustrated.
Trump’s own supporters quickly rallied online, mocking the idea that he could legally revoke her citizenship but applauding his willingness to confront O’Donnell so directly. For many, the situation is emblematic of the broader cultural rift between conservative America and a Hollywood elite increasingly unmoored from everyday realities.
The larger irony, some noted, is that O’Donnell fled to a foreign country to escape a man she claims is “destroying democracy,” only to spend her time shouting back at him from the sidelines.
Whether Trump’s “citizenship threat” was serious or rhetorical, the episode underscores the bizarre place American politics has reached in 2025—a place where former celebrities in self-imposed exile now claim to be martyrs of free speech while hurling invective from afar. And in Rosie’s case, at least, it seems her obsession with Trump didn’t get left behind at the airport.