Overview

• On July 12, President Trump posted on Truth Social that he is giving “serious consideration” to revoking Rosie O’Donnell’s U.S. citizenship, calling her “a Threat to Humanity.”
• Constitutional scholars agree there is no legal pathway for a president to strip birthright citizenship from a native-born American under the 14th Amendment.
• O’Donnell, who relocated to Ireland in January and is seeking Irish citizenship, responded on Instagram with fierce criticism and affirmed she cannot be silenced.
• Trump’s prior executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship was blocked by federal courts as unconstitutional.
• The clash spotlights the widening use of executive power against critics and the growing role of Truth Social and Instagram in their public feud.