Rosie O’Donnell’s longstanding feud with President Donald Trump dates again practically 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 confrontation that carries over to the current day.
The feud has sometimes been reignited throughout Trump’s decade in politics, together with the president warning O’Donnell that he may revoke her U.S. citizenship following her transfer to Eire in January 2025.
Preserve 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 consuming got here to gentle. (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 pal,” she joked.
Trump responded by telling Folks that O’Donnell lied about him on The View, calling her “a lady uncontrolled.”
“I’ll probably sue her for making these false statements — and it’ll be enjoyable. Rosie’s a loser. An actual loser,” he complained. “I stay up for 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 in regards to the Iraq Struggle. 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 Further: “On this one, I feel Rosie ought to win, however Rosie is just not 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 may try 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 often called X): “Rosie, get higher quick. I’m beginning to miss you.”
No one appeared extra stunned than O’Donnell, who replied: “Nicely thank u donald – i need to admit ur publish 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 have to 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 had 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 celebration, which I imagine all people was sporting white, however we didn’t know,” O’Donnell, 62, stated in a current TikTok video. “We […]
O’Donnell left The View in early 2015 following disputes with Whoopi Goldberg.
August 2015
The feud took middle stage as soon as once more throughout one in all Trump’s Republican presidential debates, after moderator Megyn Kelly requested if he regretted referring to ladies as “fats pigs,” “disgusting animals” and “canines” prior 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: “Attempt explaining that 2 ur youngsters.”
June 2016
A number 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 Sport reboot. (Baldwin can also be recognized 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 exterior the White Home in Washington D.C., in accordance with Selection. 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 informed a cheering crowd.
March 2025
O’Donnell confirmed that she’d moved from the U.S. to Eire together with her 12-year-old little one, Clay, within the days earlier than Trump’s second presidential inauguration.
“[I’m] within the strategy 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 can be the perfect 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 ability to strip a U.S. citizen of their authorized standing.
“Due to the truth that Rosie O’Donnell is just not in the perfect pursuits of our Nice Nation, I’m giving critical consideration to taking away her Citizenship,” Trump however warned through Reality Social. “She is a Menace to Humanity, and will 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 all the time hated the truth that I see him for who he’s — a felony con man sexual abusing liar out to hurt our nation to serve himself. That is why I moved to Eire.” (Trump has denied all allegations of sexual misconduct.)
