Overview
- An in-depth Washington Post profile details how O'Donnell agreed to a therapist's challenge to avoid posting about the president for two days but ended the hiatus within hours.
- She says the break ended after Trump told Bloomberg reporter Catherine Lucey to be 'quiet, piggy,' which led her to fault the White House press corps in posts to journalists.
- O'Donnell has moved to Ireland and begun the process of obtaining Irish citizenship to create distance from U.S. politics, with her brother assisting the application.
- Friends have urged her to disconnect from following Trump, describing a fixation that persists despite her efforts to step back from political combat.
- The White House mocked her stance, with spokesperson Abigail Jackson calling it 'Trump Derangement Syndrome,' and O'Donnell says the stress has weighed on her family, including a daughter who blames Trump for their move.