The war between President Donald Trump and comedian Rosie O’Donnell continued Wednesday as the president doubled down on his intent to remove her U.S. citizenship.
“As previously mentioned, we are giving serious thought to taking away Rosie O’Donnell’s Citizenship,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “She is not a Great American and is, in my opinion, incapable of being so!”
Back in July, Trump broached the topic of pulling O’Donnell’s citizenship because she “is not in the best interests of our Great Country” and is a “Threat to Humanity,” per Fox News.
O’Donnell responded by making a reference to King Joffrey from “Game of Thrones.”
“Go ahead and try, king joffrey with a tangerine spray tan. i’m not yours to silence i never was,” she wrote.
Trump may want to revoke O’Donnell’s citizenship, but the Constitution does not allow a president to do that to someone born in the U.S.
The 14th Amendment gives citizenship to anyone born in the U.S. O’Donnell was born in Commack, New York.
O’Donnell, who has Irish grandparents, moved to Ireland with her daughter after Trump won the presidency. She is in the process of obtaining Irish citizenship to become a dual citizen. She said the current political climate was the reason for her move.
“When it is safe for all citizens to have equal rights there in America, that’s when we will consider coming back,” she said in a TikTok video.
Trump and O’Donnell have sparred since 2006 when she was on “The View.”
O’Donnell criticized him for being lenient toward a Miss USA winner who was accused of drug use among other things.
During a Republican primary debate in 2015, Trump was asked about using derogatory terms to describe women.
“Only Rosie O’Donnell,” Trump responded.
Most recently, O’Donnell posted a video about Minneapolis Catholic school shooting that resulted in the deaths of two students and injuring more than a dozen.
“What do you know? It was a White guy, Republican, MAGA person. What do you know? White supremacists,” she said.
O’Donnell eventually took down the video and apologized for being wrong in her assessment.
“I knew a lot of you were very upset about the video I made before I went away for a few days,” she said.
“You are right. I did not do my due diligence before I made that emotional statement, and I said things about the shooter that were incorrect.
“I assumed, like most shooters, they followed a standard MO and had standard, you know, feelings of… you know, NRA-loving kind of gun people,” she continued. “Anyway, the truth is I messed up, and when you mess up, you fess up. I’m sorry. This is my apology video and I hope it’s enough.”
