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How have public figures called Rosie commented on the Trump family in recent years (2024–2025)?
Executive summary
Rosie O’Donnell has been a prominent, vocal critic of Donald Trump across 2024–2025, publicly challenging the legitimacy of his 2024 victory, accusing allies like Elon Musk of undue influence, and relocating to Ireland after the election; Trump escalated by publicly threatening to strip her U.S. citizenship in July 2025, a move legal scholars and outlets said is constitutionally untenable (e.g., O’Donnell’s calls for investigations and move to Ireland: [6]; Trump’s citizenship threat: [3], p2_s1). Coverage shows a long-running personal feud that resurfaced during and after the 2024 campaign and was reported widely in mainstream outlets [1] [2].
1. The context: a decades‑long feud that resurfaced in 2024–25
Rosie O’Donnell and Donald Trump have a well-documented antagonistic history dating back to the mid‑2000s; that context framed their interactions in 2024 and again during Trump’s return to the White House, with outlets noting repeated name‑calling and mutual jabs that predate the recent disputed moments (history summarized in multiple timelines: [7]; [8]; p2_s6).
2. What Rosie publicly said about the Trump family and the 2024 result
In interviews and social posts across 2024–2025, O’Donnell called Trump a “moron,” criticized his moral character and decisions, and publicly questioned how he won every swing state in 2024, saying she hoped those results and the role of a “man who owns and runs the internet” would be investigated — an apparent reference to Elon Musk and his platforms (O’Donnell’s on‑air and social remarks: [1]; her Late Late Show comments and call for investigation: [9]; p3_s6).
3. Her move to Ireland and family decisions cited as reaction
O’Donnell moved to Ireland after the 2024 election and told outlets she left in part because of the political climate following Trump’s win; reporting states she sought Irish citizenship through descent and has said she won’t return until she believes the U.S. is “safe for all citizens” — decisions explicitly linked in interviews and profiles (move and Irish citizenship application: [10]; [11]; p2_s6).
4. Trump’s public escalation: threats about citizenship and rhetoric
In July 2025 President Trump posted that he was “giving serious consideration” to taking away O’Donnell’s U.S. citizenship and called her a “threat to humanity,” a statement widely reported — and repeatedly framed by outlets as a notable escalation of their feud (Trump’s Truth Social post and coverage: [3]; news analysis: [5]; [5]2).
5. Legal and reporting pushback on the citizenship claim
Multiple outlets and legal commentators noted that the Constitution protects birthright citizens and that a president lacks authority to unilaterally strip citizenship from someone born in the U.S.; reporting cited legal experts who said there is “no basis” to do so (legal framing and expert pushback: [12]; [5]; [5]0).
6. Media reactions and differing framings across outlets
Mainstream outlets (CNN, Variety, ABC, Newsweek) emphasized the political significance and the constitutional limit to revoking citizenship while cataloguing O’Donnell’s critiques of Trump’s conduct and the election [3] [4] [2] [5]. Conservative‑leaning outlets and opinion pieces at times framed O’Donnell as a long‑time antagonist whose actions invite rebuke, highlighting personal insults and past controversies (examples of partisan framing and historical reminders: [13]; p1_s2). These competing framings show media disagreement about motive and proportionality.
7. O’Donnell’s claims about election interference and tech’s role
O’Donnell explicitly suggested that Musk’s ownership of major platforms and his financial support could have affected the 2024 result and said she hopes those dynamics are investigated; outlets quoted her tying surprising electoral outcomes to concentrated tech influence (her Late Late Show interview and subsequent reporting: [9]; [6]; p3_s8).
8. What reporting does not say or cannot confirm
Available sources do not provide evidence that any official investigation into the 2024 swing‑state outcomes has substantiated O’Donnell’s suspicions, nor do they document any legal mechanism by which the president successfully revoked O’Donnell’s citizenship — outlets emphasize the constitutional protections and expert skepticism (not found in current reporting: no legal revocation occurred; constitutional protections noted: [14]; p1_s3).
9. Why this matters: politics, celebrity and precedent
Journalists and analysts flagged the episode as significant because a president’s public threat to strip a critic’s citizenship blurs personal vendetta and state power — outlets used the O’Donnell case to discuss free speech, the symbolic danger of weaponizing executive rhetoric, and the limits of presidential authority (analysis and commentary across outlets: [4]; [15]; p2_s6).
10. Bottom line and open questions going forward
Rosie O’Donnell remained an outspoken critic through 2024–2025, questioning Trump’s win and the influence of tech donors while moving to Ireland; Trump’s July 2025 threat to revoke her citizenship was widely reported and legally challenged in commentary as implausible under the Constitution (O’Donnell’s critiques and move: [6]; [10]; Trump’s threat and legal context: [3]; p2_s1). Available reporting does not show any legal action that changed her citizenship status, and further developments would be covered by the same outlets if they unfold (not found in current reporting: any successful revocation or formal legal proceeding effecting her citizenship).