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Topics: Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein, Politics, Social Media, US News
Emily Brown
Topics: Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein, Politics, Social Media, US News
Talk show host Rosie O'Donnell has hit back at Donald Trump with a reference to Jeffrey Epstein after the POTUS threatened to strip her of her American citizenship.
Trump took to Truth Social on Thursday (September 4) to continue sharing his disdain of O'Donnell, who has long been a vocal critic of Trump and even left the US to move to Ireland in January after he returned to the White House.
The 63-year-old is now showing her support for survivors of convicted sex offender Epstein as they call for lawmakers in the US to release more files about his actions, and compile a list of Epstein associates who they allege were involved in abuse.
O'Donnell has shared posts to make clear she stands alongside the survivors, but her advocacy clearly continues to infuriate the president.
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In his post, Trump shared a distorted photo of O'Donnell and commented: "As previously mentioned, we are giving serious thought to taking away Rosie O’Donnell’s Citizenship. She is not a Great American and is, in my opinion, incapable of being so!"
O'Donnell didn't shy away from Trump's post, and instead re-shared it to her Instagram account where she added a caption of her own.
She wrote: “Banishing me again? Logan Roy would be proud."
Roy is the media mogul played by Brian Cox in the series Succession.
O'Donnell then suggested that the continued work of survivors of Epstein would lead to Trump's downfall.
She wrote: “EPSTEIN SURVIVORS are the reckoning and your gold lamé throne is melting."
The president does not have the power to strip Americans of their citizenship, though he has previously sought to bring an end to birthright citizenship, which is guaranteed to Americans under the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.
O'Donnell further responded to Trump's threat in a post on her Substack to point this out, Fox News reports, saying: "He can't do that because it's against the Constitution, and even the Supreme Court has not given him the right to do that ... he's not allowed to do that, the only way you're allowed to take away someone's citizenship is if they renounce it themselves, and I will never renounce my American citizenship. I am a very proud citizen of the United States."
O'Donnell added that she also plans to get Irish citizenship so she can be a citizen of both countries.
"It's very peaceful," she said of Ireland. "I love the politics of the country. I love the people and their generous hearts and spirit. And it's been very good for my daughter. But I still want to maintain my citizenship in the United States. My children are there. I will be there visiting and go to see them. And I have the freedom to do that, as does every American citizen."