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Trump Renews Threat to Strip Rosie O’Donnell’s Citizenship, Posts Distorted Image

Legal experts say the Constitution bars any president from revoking a natural-born American’s citizenship.

L: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media in the Oval Office at the White House on September 2, 2025 in Washington, DC. R: Rosie O'Donnell attends Sky's UK Premiere of "The Last of Us" Season II at Vue West End on April 10, 2025 in London, England.
Comedian Rosie O'Donnell attends the Autism Speaks Los Angeles Gala at the Taglyan Complex on October 24, 2024.
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Overview

  • In a Wednesday night Truth Social post, President Trump said he was "giving serious thought" to taking away Rosie O’Donnell’s citizenship and paired the message with a digitally altered photo of her.
  • Constitutional scholars point to the 14th Amendment and Supreme Court precedent, including Afroyim v. Rusk, to note that citizenship cannot be taken from a birthright citizen without voluntary renunciation or narrowly defined legal grounds.
  • O’Donnell responded from Ireland on Instagram, calling herself a distraction and saying Epstein survivors are the “reckoning,” as advocates pressed in Washington for more Epstein-related records.
  • O’Donnell, born in New York, moved to Ireland in January and is pursuing Irish citizenship through her ancestry, which does not negate her U.S. citizenship under current law.
  • The clash extends a nearly two-decade feud; Trump made a similar threat in July after O’Donnell relocated and publicly criticized him.