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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump Declares Rosie O'donnell Threat To Humanity -- Says He's Considering Revoking Her Citizenship
Bari Weiss must have a team of 40 people assigned to tackle this story
— Bill Grueskin (@bgrueskin.bsky.social) 2025-07-12T14:15:54.953Z
It's on reddit now.
https://old.reddit.com/r/law/comments/1ly4243/donald_trump_threatens_to_revoke_rosie_odonnells
Appears to be legit.

Kid Berwyn
(21,386 posts)Stay tuned
Eliot Rosewater
(33,201 posts)Deported or imprisoned or killed all non MAGA is he can't yet, but he will if we don't do something very drastic very soon.
I recently revisited a liberal message board where others always jumped on me when I said things like "Maga will absolutely engage in killing us or support Trump doing it without hesitation" and asked them if they remembered me saying that and their reaction. They were silent.
l did it here a lot too, just like now where I post video and podcast showing a near certainty musk and team interfered with this election, I am constantly jumped on.
sigh
Kid Berwyn
(21,386 posts)But the same players seem always to pop up.
It's like they volunteered or somethin'.
Walleye
(41,468 posts)Did the Supreme Court give him the right to revoke peoples citizenship? Why do other Republicans put up with this shit?
republianmushroom
(20,715 posts)they can take the citizenship of the whole damn trump family ?
dweller
(26,855 posts)And denaturalize rapey grampys rapey grampy
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DBoon
(23,984 posts)Without it, you can go back far enough in anyone's family tree, decide that an immigrant in this tree did not arrive legally, and revoke the citizenship of all their descendants.
BonnieJW
(2,977 posts)Let's deported him. But probably no country will take him
mucholderthandirt
(1,616 posts)Anybody could come here. And did. The native citizens here didn't give the Pilgrims permission, or anyone after that. They just came.
Hell, on both sides of my family, we started coming here before there was even an "America" to come to! In about 1600, people from my father's and mother's families immigrated (from Scotland and Germany, respectively). My father's people to NC, and my mother's first to Pennsylvania and later down to NC.
But some of my ancestors are actually those first "Americans", and have been here for something like 25,000 years. So, how far back are we going to go? Because I think we should start with Trump's spawn and go back a few generations of his family first.
Totally Tunsie
(10,997 posts)lapfog_1
(31,132 posts)arrest them, deport them to various war zones around the world or to concentration camps... and seize and auction off all their property ( thus finally reducing the debt ).
Nictuku
(4,289 posts)The best revenge would be to politically, through elections, keep them out of the majority for the next 40 years.
Mossfern
(4,107 posts)and admit that this guy is bat shit crazy and needs to be removed from office before he kills us all.
How can they put up with this mishegoss?
Shame on them.
LS0999
(225 posts)He needs to be removed from office and locked up but Rs will support another one spewing the same garbage.
The naive me just doesn't get it.
I felt the same way about Viet Nam in the 1960's.
It must be something in the water or some biological warfare.
How has the US spawned so many sadists?
GoneOffShore
(17,870 posts)whathehell
(30,205 posts)and population. Their numbers are not confined
to particular nations.
Historically speaking, governing in the interests of the rich and powerful has been the universal norm, not an 'exception' exemplified by the US.
MayReasonRule
(3,564 posts)
whathehell
(30,205 posts)Great minds think alike!
MayReasonRule
(3,564 posts)Fascism is defined by 'mishegoss'.
The GOP is a wholly fascist, ongoing criminal enterprise intent upon forevermore establishing a fascist oligarchy beholden to none.
All of those that support the same are the same.
Thus the mishegoss you're referencing defines the GOP and all of their supporters.
Happy Sunday to ya' and thank you for my newest word of the day...
'mishegoss' originating from the Hebrew word "meshuga," meaning "crazy" or "insane.
kentuck
(114,444 posts)Could someone disabuse him of his fantasies?
tavernier
(13,816 posts)and are calling a meeting in an hour to pass a new law giving Rump that authority. They thank you and ask for forgiveness for their short sightedness.
Kingofalldems
(39,734 posts)johnnyfins
(2,466 posts)Ping Tung
(3,080 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(104,170 posts)eg https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/trump-revoking-rosie-odonnell-citizenship-ireland-1236454080/
What the fuck is he on?
DSandra
(1,629 posts)of even American born people, if he goes through with the threat. Such a power could be extreme punishment to anyone he doesn't like, and such a tactic was used by the Nazis earlier on to attack Jewish people back then.
MineralMan
(149,504 posts)She was born in New York State, according to Wikipedia. As a natural, native-born American, there is no mechanism for removing her citizenship. Trump can't do it. Nobody can.
All of which demonstrates that Donald J. Trump is an ignoramus whose understanding of the Constitution is seriously limited.
So, she can simply tell him to pound some sand.
DBoon
(23,984 posts)He got away with leading a violent attempt to overthrow the US government, anything is possibel.
MineralMan
(149,504 posts)TheBlackAdder
(29,593 posts)Bettie
(18,596 posts)which seems to be delighted to do his bidding most of the time.
flvegan
(65,145 posts)ProfessorGAC
(73,663 posts)...weren't actually paying attention.
They just wanted cheaper groceries & gas which he promised on day one.
Dopes!
MayReasonRule
(3,564 posts)Think about that.
flvegan
(65,145 posts)you think that number might be a positive or not.
Because it's not.
MayReasonRule
(3,564 posts)Here's to the restoration of our freedoms through our nation's return to reason's rule.
dalton99a
(89,502 posts)

newdeal2
(3,435 posts)Even back when this feud started, I couldnt believe how Trump was acting.
orleans
(36,268 posts)MayReasonRule
(3,564 posts)AllaN01Bear
(26,545 posts)appleannie1
(5,300 posts)Nigrum Cattus
(743 posts)Texas flood failure, Epstein, military occupation of L.A., etc.
D. Spaulding
(320 posts)he's trying to get us to pay attention to something other than the way his MAGA minions are at war over Epstein, his court losses, the unpopularity of his policies ,etc.
Starbeach
(179 posts)Rosie speaks for all New Yorkers who knew Trump as a pathetic buffoon who needs constant attention. We couldn't believe the rest of the country was seduced by him.
Save us, Rosie!
kimbutgar
(25,594 posts)Wah wah my feelings are hurt and I dont like it!
Wiz Imp
(6,129 posts)How weak can he be? She doesn't even live in the US, and her only comments about Trump these days generally come when she is interviewed. She's not really making unsolicited criticisms of Trump at this point.
mkp
(18 posts)My first ORDER; all republicans and maga will be deported to Antartica immediately!
Order#2; replace the Supreme Court Justices that were deported!
Order#3; all former Dem Presidents shall assist in rebuilding America, better than before
Order#4; ALL REPUBLICAN MONIES (no matter where) SHALL BE CONFISCATED {they won't need it}
Order#5; ---- I will place a $ Zillion $ dollar Tariff on Antartica
Order#6 Murder-A-Largo shall be given special status as a place any migrant may seek safe harbor,,, and if ever another President of Evil shall arise he shall be Taken By Force to Murder-A- Largo and given over to whom he has been Evil towards.
Order#7 Rosie O'Donnel may have free access of her choice [phone,video, or in person] to Donald Trump in Antartica, and may also have the exclusive RIGHT to have done with Donald Trump as tickels her fancy.
Elections have consequences! Elect me. And watch the retaliation against MagaPublicanism for their Evil.
orangecrush
(25,765 posts)I and many others can't leave.
I believe she made the correct choice.
LetMyPeopleVote
(166,564 posts)Link to tweet
Martin Eden
(14,637 posts)Posting on social media "threat to humanity" and "revoke citizenship."
Not only would every Republican be screaming from the rooftops that Biden is an insane tyrant, the liberal media would admit the cheese slipped off Joe's cracker.
LetMyPeopleVote
(166,564 posts)Here is a good analysis of denaturalization. It would be almost impossible for trump to strip Rosie of her citizenship without a nasty lawsuit
With President Trump threatening to revoke Rosie OâDonnellâs citizenship, it seems like a good time to re-up my explainer on denaturalization and expatriation â and why what Trump is suggesting is ⦠not viable:
— Steve Vladeck (@stevevladeck.bsky.social) 2025-07-12T18:40:26.584Z
https://www.stevevladeck.com/p/146-denaturalization-and-expatriation
Historically, and for good reasons, it has been exceptionally difficult for the government to involuntarily revoke an Americans citizenship. 8 U.S.C. § 1481 identifies seven classes of activities that can subject citizens to a loss of citizenship:
(1) obtaining naturalization in a foreign state upon his own application or upon an application filed by a duly authorized agent, after having attained the age of eighteen years; or
(2) taking an oath or making an affirmation or other formal declaration of allegiance to a foreign state or a political subdivision thereof, after having attained the age of eighteen years; or
(3) entering, or serving in, the armed forces of a foreign state if (A) such armed forces are engaged in hostilities against the United States, or (B) such persons serve as a commissioned or non-commissioned officer; or
(4)(A) accepting, serving in, or performing the duties of any office, post, or employment under the government of a foreign state or a political subdivision thereof, after attaining the age of eighteen years if he has or acquires the nationality of such foreign state; or (B) accepting, serving in, or performing the duties of any office, post, or employment under the government of a foreign state or a political subdivision thereof, after attaining the age of eighteen years for which office, post, or employment an oath, affirmation, or declaration of allegiance is required; or
(5) making a formal renunciation of nationality before a diplomatic or consular officer of the United States in a foreign state, in such form as may be prescribed by the Secretary of State; or
(6) making in the United States a formal written renunciation of nationality in such form as may be prescribed by, and before such officer as may be designated by, the Attorney General, whenever the United States shall be in a state of war and the Attorney General shall approve such renunciation as not contrary to the interests of national defense; or
(7) committing any act of treason against, or attempting by force to overthrow, or bearing arms against, the United States, violating or conspiring to violate any of the provisions of section 2383 of title 18, or willfully performing any act in violation of section 2385 of title 18, or violating section 2384 of title 18 by engaging in a conspiracy to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, if and when he is convicted thereof by a court martial or by a court of competent jurisdiction.
As should be clear from this list, most of the circumstances involve behavior in which an individual has manifested a specific and voluntary desire to surrender their citizenshipand not when citizenship has been revoked as a punishment. And even for subsection (a)(7), the one part that doesnt seem to require that on its face, the statute today includes an umbrella conditionthat loss of citizenship depends upon whether the individual voluntarily perform[ed] any of the [specified] acts with the intention of relinquishing United States nationality.......
Section 1481 applies to all U.S. citizens. For naturalized citizens (i.e., those who become citizens after birth), theres one additional basis for revoking citizenshipand thats if and only if their citizenship was illegally procured or . . . procured by concealment of a material fact or by willful misrepresentation. Here, too, the statute (and, almost certainly, the Constitution) requires notice and meaningful judicial review before an Americans citizenship can be stripped. As 8 U.S.C. § 1451(b) mandates,
The party to whom was granted the naturalization alleged to have been illegally procured or procured by concealment of a material fact or by willful misrepresentation shall, in any such proceedings under subsection (a) of this section, have sixty days personal notice, unless waived by such party, in which to make answers to the petition of the United States . . . .
Of course, the government can pursue denaturalization on broader grounds than it can pursue expatriationsince the Constitution doesnt create a substantive right to naturalization in the same way it does for birthright citizenship. But the key is that here, too, the Supreme Court has regularly insisted not only on meaningful judicial review of denaturalization proceedings, but on construing the relevant statutes narrowlyincluding, most recently, in 2017. (For much more on the complexities of denaturalization, see this fantastic February 2020 Practice Advisory from the National Lawyers Guild and the Immigrant Legal Resource Center.)
In other words, although denaturalization is potentially available in more cases than expatriation, it still requires meaningful, individualized judicial reviewreview that holds the government to a significant burden in providing that an individual wrongfully obtained their citizenship, and not just that they engaged in questionable behavior thereafter. There is, simply, no easy, fast path to revoking any Americans citizenship without their consentand there hasnt been for decades. That may not stop the current administration from trying it anyway, or from removing citizens unlawfully and then resisting the legal consequences. But its important to be clear on what the actual legal authority for such maneuvers would be. Here, there isnt any.
I was so sad to see Professor Vladeck leave the University of Texas Law School.
Bayard
(26,053 posts)Jesus Pete! Is this what he's threatening now?!
Just because he doesn't like someone? We're all going to a third-world country then.
#7 describes him perfectly. It is incomprehensible to me why Congress did not convict him of insurrection.
0rganism
(25,249 posts)I don't think I like this series. The plot makes no sense, the pacing is uneven, and the acting sucks. Even the effects and make-up are lousy. It's like the producers didn't give the slightest fuck about audience retention.