Rosie O’Donnell predicts Trump won’t survive his term in CNN interview
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Rosie O’Donnell predicted she “won’t survive that long” when asked if President Donald Trump would keep his promise to leave the country by the 2028 election.
Violent Trump critic made this statement while appearing He pointed to false claims about his health when he said on CNN’s “The Lead with Jake Tapper” on Friday that the president’s “death is apparent.”
“When you announced you were leaving the United States, you said you could return because ‘it is safe for all citizens to have equal rights in America.’ Does this mean you will return when Trump leaves office, likely in January 2029 — or does this depend on who wins the election in 2028?” Tapper asked.
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Rosie O’Donnell took a photo in Ireland after her stand-up comedy show. (Fox News Digital’s Mark Doyle)
“I don’t think you’ll survive that long, Jake,” O’Donnell said. “You can get accurate opinions from all medical doctors about what happened to him because his death was visible and obvious to anyone who wasn’t willfully blind,” he said.
O’Donnell pointed to an incident earlier this week in which Trump referred to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as “Putin” at this week’s NATO summit in Ankara, Türkiye.
“So he called Zelenskyy ‘Putin,'” O’Donnell added. “He makes the kind of mistakes at Thanksgiving dinner that you can forgive, but you would never let your grandfather carve the turkey because it could be dangerous because he doesn’t know what he’s talking about.”
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US President Donald Trump speaks during his meeting with the NATO Secretary General on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara on July 8, 2026. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
Tapper then addressed O’Donnell’s comments and later referenced Trump’s comments in which he called Iran the “Islamic Republic of Japan.”
“I think you should also mention the Islamic Republic of Japan,” Tapper said.
“That’s right,” O’Donnell replied. “I mean, we can sit here and name them. There’s a lot of clear understanding of dementia and how it manifests.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House for comment on O’Donnell’s comments.
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Rosie O’Donnell attends the 79th annual Tony Awards held at Radio City Music Hall on June 7, 2026 in New York City. (TheStewartofNY/FilmMagic)
O’Donnell moved to Ireland with her teenage son in January 2025 after Trump’s re-election in 2024, citing the changing political climate and her long-running feud with the president.
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Trump later criticized the comedian in two separate Truth Social posts and threatened to revoke his citizenship.
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“Because Rosie O’Donnell is not in the best interest of our Great Country, I am seriously considering stripping her of her Citizenship,” he wrote in July 2025.
He later doubled down on his claims in September 2025, writing: “He is not a Great American and I don’t think he can be!”
In June, late-night host Jimmy Kimmel said he asked O’Donnell, among others, during his show if she would be a guest on his show during his two-month vacation, framing the selection as a “special treat” for Trump.
“I asked Rosie O’Donnell, one of my all-time favorites, to be here to keep the hits coming,” Kimmel said. O’Donnell will host for a week starting August 17. According to Entertainment Weekly.
– Fox News’ Hanna Penreck contributed to this report.
