Overview

• O’Donnell told Australia’s Daily Telegraph she has applied for Irish citizenship and is “about to be approved,” citing her Irish grandparents.
• White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson responded to the news by saying, “What great news for America!”
• Trump has repeatedly threatened on Truth Social to take away O’Donnell’s U.S. citizenship, a power legal experts note the Constitution does not grant a president.
• O’Donnell says she intends dual nationality and will not renounce her American citizenship, emphasizing she was born in New York and remains a proud U.S. citizen.
• She says security advisers urged her to avoid U.S. trips, noting she skipped her daughter’s college graduation and framing her move as protection for her family and a political protest.