Rosie O’Donnell said she wasn’t surprised that President Trump threatened to revoke her US citizenship, claiming that she’s endured “20 years of abuse” from her longtime foe.
The former talk show host took to social media Tuesday to slam the “absurd” attack after the president triggered a social media brawl with O’Donnell when he branded her a “threat to humanity” in a fiery post on his platform.
“I’m safe here in Ireland. I’m out of the reach of the tangerine Mussolini,” the former talk show host said in a nearly 10-minute TikTok video addressing her longstanding feud with Trump.
“I have to say that I was expecting him to do something as absurd as he did for a few reasons. Number one, I read Project 2025. Number two, I’ve had 20 years of abuse from him so I knew it wasn’t going to stop, and number three, I know myself well enough to know that I wasn’t going to shut up.”
O’Donnell, 63, moved overseas to the Dublin suburb of Howth with her 12-year-old non-binary child in January in response to Trump’s victory against Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.
She called the move a “necessity” to protect her family, saying her “heart couldn’t take the pain” of what Trump was planning – or what he has already done.
But the actress, who was born on Long Island, remains unfazed by the president’s warning shot.
“Can’t take away someone’s citizenship, they have to renounce it themselves in the constitution, so, you know, I’m not that worried,” the “A League of Their Own” star remarked.
“However, the Supreme Court has given him unbridled powers and I believe his dementia forces him to think that he is actually a king. We don’t have kings in America. That’s why we started America, not wanting to have kings, no monarchy. Liberty and justice for all, for all people in the United States.”
Under current law, Americans cannot lose their US citizenship status even if they obtain citizenship elsewhere.
On Saturday, the commander in chief raged on Truth Social that he’s giving “serious consideration” to taking away the former TV personality’s citizenship.
“Because of the fact that Rosie O’Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great County, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship,” Trump wrote.
“She is a Threat to Humanity, and should remain in the wonderful Country of Ireland, if they want her. GOD BLESS AMERICA!”
The actress quickly fired back with a flurry of Instagram posts ripping Trump as “dangerous old soulless man” who craves “loyalty” and picturing him with notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
While it remains unclear what legal grounds Trump could invoke to strip O’Donnell of her citizenship, she claimed the prez was clearly “rattled,” as she was still living “rent free” in his “collapsing brain” nearly two decades after their infamous feud erupted in 2006.
In her latest post, the activist made it clear she has no intention of ever renouncing her citizenship.
“I will never renounce my American citizenship,” she said.
“I am waiting happily for my Irish citizenship so that I can be a dual citizen, but I will never renounce my American citizenship, ever.”
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