Rosie O'Donnell's longstanding feud with President Donald Trump dates again almost 20 years.
Whereas the 2 was once buddies — O'Donnell has even claimed to have attended Trump's 1993 marriage ceremony to his ex-wife Marla Maples — a really public spat on The View in 2006 spiraled right into a nasty disagreement that carries over to the current day.
The feud has often been reignited throughout Trump's decade in politics, together with the president warning O'Donnell that he might revoke her U.S. citizenship following her transfer to Eire in January 2025.
Maintain scrolling for a rundown of some main moments within the epic O'Donnell vs. Trump feud.
December 2006
The drama began after Trump held a press convention to announce that he wouldn't strip then-reigning Miss USA Tara Conner of her crown when accusations of leisure drug use and ingesting got here to mild. (Trump owned the Miss USA pageant on the time and required Conner to enter rehab to maintain her title.)
On The View, O'Donnell accused Trump's press convention of being self-serving and mockingly in contrast him to the “snake-oil salesman on Little Home On The Prairie.” O'Donnell additional claimed that Trump cheated on his ex-wives and had beforehand gone bankrupt — each of which Trump has denied.
“He's the ethical compass for 20-year-olds in America. Donald, sit and spin, my good friend,” she joked.
Trump responded by telling People that O'Donnell lied about him on The View, calling her “a girl uncontrolled.”
“I'll almost definitely sue her for making these false statements — and it'll be enjoyable. Rosie's a loser. An actual loser,” he complained. “I look ahead to taking a number of cash from my good fats little Rosie.”
Might 2007
Trump weighed in on O'Donnell's controversial departure from The View after an notorious on-air argument with cohost Elisabeth Hasselbeck concerning the Iraq Warfare. O'Donnell requested The View to be launched from her contract when Hasselbeck refused to sentence media pundits for equating O'Donnell's anti-war criticism to evaluating U.S. troops to terrorists.
Trump mocked each View cohosts, however admitted to Extra: “On this one, I feel Rosie ought to win, however Rosie just isn't a lot herself. I feel anyone that's in opposition to the warfare in Iraq is the winner of the combat, as a result of to justify the warfare in Iraq — solely an imbecile might do this.”
August 2012
Donald Trump and Rosie O'Donnell Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc
Trump seemingly buried the hatchet with O'Donnell following her coronary heart assault in 2012, writing through Twitter (now generally known as X): “Rosie, get higher quick. I'm beginning to miss you.”
No one appeared extra shocked than O'Donnell, who replied: “Properly thank u donald – i have to admit ur put up was a little bit of a shock … r u making an attempt to kill me?”
July 2014
Trump initially responded favorably to ABC's announcement that O'Donnell was returning to The View that fall after a seven-year absence. He credited ABC with making a “good transfer” by rehiring O'Donnell however he wasn't supportive for very lengthy.
“Rosie is again on the View which tells you ways determined they should be. It's the usual quick time period repair and long run catastrophe,” he later tweeted.
Rosie O'Donnell revealed that she and Sean “Diddy” Combs have been previously neighbors — whereas evaluating him to Harvey Weinstein. “Though I solely met him as soon as, he did invite me to his New Yr's Eve get together, which I consider everyone was sporting white, however we didn't know,” O'Donnell, 62, mentioned in a current TikTok video. “We […]
O'Donnell left The View in early 2015 following disputes with Whoopi Goldberg.
August 2015
The feud took heart stage as soon as once more throughout considered one of Trump's Republican presidential debates, after moderator Megyn Kelly requested if he regretted referring to ladies as “fats pigs,” “disgusting animals” and “canine” up to now.
“Solely Rosie O'Donnell,” Trump replied, eliciting gasps of shock from the controversy crowd.
O'Donnell reacted to Trump's debate insult by tweeting: “Strive explaining that 2 ur children.”
June 2016
A couple of months previous to the 2016 election, O'Donnell derisively referred to Trump as an “orange slug” throughout an look on Alec Baldwin's Match Recreation reboot. (Baldwin can also be identified for his longstanding dispute with Trump over impersonating the politician on Saturday Night time Stay.)
August 2018
O'Donnell led a protest in opposition to then-President Trump outdoors the White Home in Washington D.C., based on Variety. The previous Rosie O'Donnell Present host delivered a fiery speech calling on Trump's political opponents to withstand his administration's insurance policies.
“Let the president know, in no unsure phrases, that we're alive, awake and we're woke,” she instructed a cheering crowd.
March 2025
O'Donnell confirmed that she'd moved from the U.S. to Eire along with her 12-year-old little one, Clay, within the days earlier than Trump's second presidential inauguration.
“[I'm] within the means of getting my Irish citizenship, as I've Irish grandparents,” she defined through Instagram. “And that's what's occurring, and that's the place I've been and what I've been doing. And though I used to be by no means somebody who thought I might transfer to a different nation, that's what I made a decision could be one of the best for myself and my 12-year-old little one. And right here we're.”
July 2025
Donald Trump in July 2025. Win McNamee/Getty Photographs
Trump threatened to make use of his presidential energy to revoke O'Donnell's U.S. citizenship as payback for her steady criticism. Political students dispute {that a} president has the facility to strip a U.S. citizen of their authorized standing.
“Due to the truth that Rosie O'Donnell just isn't in one of the best pursuits of our Nice Nation, I'm giving critical consideration to taking away her Citizenship,” Trump nonetheless warned through Reality Social. “She is a Risk to Humanity, and may stay within the great Nation of Eire, if they need her. GOD BLESS AMERICA!”
O'Donnell replied through Instagram, “The president of the USA has at all times hated the truth that I see him for who he's — a legal con man sexual abusing liar out to hurt our nation to serve himself. This is the reason I moved to Eire.” (Trump has denied all allegations of sexual misconduct.)
