Former co-host of ABC’s The View, Rosie O’Donnell got her desperately needed dose of public attention recently after she announced that she left the United States and moved to Ireland because Donald Trump was president. The bonkers move from the insane 9/11 truther was lauded during Friday’s episode by co-hosts Sunny Hostin and Ana Navarro as rational.
“So, our former co-host of The View, Rosie O’Donnell, has a long-standing feud with Donald Trump that dates back years before he became president. And now that he's back in power, she’s just made a drastic move,” announced Friday moderator Joy Behar ahead of this stitched together soundbite:
ROSIE O’DONNELL: I'm here in Ireland. [Transition] Although I was never someone who thought I would move to another country, that's what I decided would be the best for myself and my 12-year-old. [Transition] And I'm trying to find a home here in this beautiful country. And when, you know, it is safe for all citizens to have equal rights there in America, that's when we will consider coming back.
“Oh no, he's going to be mad at Ireland now. Here comes the potato tariff,” Behar mocked.
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