Overview

• In a July 12 Truth Social post, President Trump declared he is “giving serious consideration” to revoking Rosie O’Donnell’s U.S. citizenship, labeling her a “threat to humanity.”
• Constitutional scholars emphasize that the 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship to anyone born in the United States and bars a president from unilaterally rescinding it.
• O’Donnell responded on Instagram and TikTok by mocking Trump’s claim, accusing him of being “a criminal con man sexual abusing liar” and daring him to try to carry out his threat.
• The comedian moved to Howth, Ireland, in January with her 12-year-old child and is formalizing her Irish citizenship as both a political protest and personal safeguard.
• Federal courts have repeatedly blocked the administration’s initiatives to curtail or strip citizenship rights, underscoring judicial resistance to executive actions on birthright citizenship.