Trump threatens to revoke Rosie O'Donnell's citizenship (again)

President Donald Trump is doubling down on his feud with comedian Rosie O'Donnell.

In a post to Truth Social Sept. 3, the president said that his administration was considering revoking O'Donnell's citizenship. The legal basis of Trump's claim, however, is dubious, given that O'Donnell was born in New York, which grants birthright citizenship.

"As previously mentioned, we are giving serious thought to taking away Rosie O’Donnell's Citizenship," the president wrote alongside a seemingly distorted image of the comedian's face. "She is not a Great American and is, in my opinion, incapable of being so!"

This is not the first time Trump has dangled the idea of revoking O'Donnell's citizenship. In a July 12 post to Truth Social, Trump wrote: "because of the fact that Rosie O'Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship."

"She is a Threat to Humanity, and should remain in the wonderful Country of Ireland, if they want her. GOD BLESS AMERICA!" Trump wrote. In March, O'Donnell said on TikTok that she was "in the process" of obtaining Irish citizenship through family descent. Under current U.S. law, Americans cannot lose their citizenship even if they obtain citizenship in a foreign country.

Later, in July, O'Donnell confirmed the move, saying on TikTok that she left the U.S. because "it got sad and scary for me with the election of the current president, so I knew I had to take care of my kid — my non-binary, Autistic kid. And the way that people marginalize and attack the Trans community, especially politically, is unfathomable to me, and so unbearably cruel."

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Trump and O'Donnell's feud dates back to the comedian's early days on the panel of ABC's "View" talk show, which she cohosted from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2014 to 2015. On the show, O'Donnell infamously mocked the idea of Trump as "the moral authority" during a 2006 episode, referencing the multiple children he shares with different women.