July 14, 2025

Rosie vs. The Donald: A Citizenship Showdown

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Patrick Gutfield dives into Trump's threat to revoke Rosie O'Donnell's citizenship, calling her "a threat to humanity." Plus, the President brings half his Cabinet to a soccer game, George Santos gets scammed by someone pretending to be a congressman (the irony is incredible), and we explore Trump's new baby investment accounts that financial experts are calling "the sixth or seventh best option."

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Callarogus shark media from New Jersey, the soccer capital of

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the universe. This is ballot Look, no time for snappy

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opening one liners. We have to talk about Rosie versus

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the Donald. Let's hit this. I'm Patrick Gutfield and finally

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we have something important to talk about. Donald Trump wants

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to revoke Rosy O'donnald's citizenship, calling her a threat to humanity. Now,

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I've seen Rosie's comedy specials, and while they may not

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beat everyone's cup of tea, calling her a threat to

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humanity seems a bit much. That's the kind of language

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you normally reserve for dictators or people who put pineapple

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on pizza. Trump posted on truth Social that he's giving

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serious consideration to taking away her citizenship and suggest that

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she should remain in the wonderful country of Ireland if

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they want her. This is fascinating diplomacy, threatening to exile

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an American citizen while I'm simultaneously pawning her off on

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our allies. Hey Ireland, you want this comedian. We're trying

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to clean house over here. The whole thing escalated their

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twenty year feud, which at this point has lasted longer

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than some marriages. O'Donnell moved to Ireland earlier this year

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after Trump won his second term, but apparently distance hasn't

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cooled things down. They're still trading insults across the Atlantic

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like it's some kind of transatlantic Twitter beef. O'Donnell fired

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back on Instagram, calling Trump King Joffrey with a tangerine

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spray tan and telling him I'm not yours to silence,

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I never was. She also posted an old photo of

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Trump with Jeffrey Epstein, which is the celebrity equivalent of

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bringing up someone's embarrassing yearbook photos, except way more serious.

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The Trump administration has been questioning the citizenship of various critics,

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including Elon Musk, who was born in South Africa. So

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apparently we've reached the point where being born in America

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isn't enough. You also have to pass some kind of

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loyalty test administered by a man who once suggested nuking hurricanes.

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Legal experts are scratching their heads about how we exactly

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you revoke someone's citizenship for being annoying. The Constitution doesn't

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have a mean tweets clause, and threat to humanity isn't

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actually a deportable offense. If it were, half of Twitter

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would be stateless. The whole situation raises questions about executive

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power and free speech. Are we really at the point

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where the president can threaten to exile citizens for making

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jokes about him? What's next revoking citizenship from people who

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give his hotels bad yelp reviews. O'donald told Irish radio

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that she didn't take it personally, saying Trump has emboldened

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people like him, which is probably true. There are probably

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dozens of Americans right now googling how to revoke someone's

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citizenship after their neighbor made fun of their lawn. Trump

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attended the FIFA Club World Cup final at MetLife Stadium

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and apparently decided to bring half of his administration with him.

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The presidential entourage included Special Envoy Steve Whitcoff, Donald Trump

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Junior and his girlfriend Bettina Anderson, son in laws Jared

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Kushner and Michael Bulos, plus First Lady Malania Trump. But wait,

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there's more. Attorney General Pam Bondi was there, along with

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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, Homeland Security Secretary Christy nom retired

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NFL quarterback Tom Brady, and media magnet Rupert Murdoch. At

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this point, it wasn't a soccer match, It was a

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cabinet meeting with better snacks. The security presence was massive.

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Hundreds of officers from multiple agencies greeted fans, including the

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Secret Service, Transportation Security Administration, New Jersey State Police carrying

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long guns, and K nine units with bomb sniffing dogs.

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All this for a soccer game that most Americans didn't

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even know was happening. Trump even got his moment on

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the jumbo tron, which must have been thrilling for the

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eighty one thousand people who came to watch soccer and

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ended up getting a presidential cameo instead. Nothing says international

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football like the leader of the Free World waving from

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a luxury box while Chelsea destroys Paris Saint Germain three

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to nothing. The whole thing raises questions about priorities. We've

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got a president who can clear his schedule for a

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soccer final, but somehow can't find time to attend routine

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diplomatic meetings. Though, to be fair, watching Chelsea upset PSG

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was probably more entertaining than most cabinet briefings. So George

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Santos just got scammed by someone pretending to be a congressman. Yes,

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the same George Santos who's heading to prison for identity

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theft just became a victim of identity theft himself. The

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irony is so thick you could cut it with a

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fake diploma. Here's what happened. Someone using an old phone

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number belonging to House Intelligence Committee chairman Rick Crawford reached

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out to Santos on telegram with a mysterious project involving

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Malania Trump. The fake Crawford told Santos, I recommend to

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make you the coordinator. Now, most people would think, why

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would anyone make George Santos the coordinator of anything except

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maybe a seminar on how to lie about your resume,

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but Santos was intrigued. The scammer told Santos to download

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something called the phoner app for more details. Santos, apparently

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having learned nothing from his own criminal career, immediately downloaded

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the app and started following instructions. He got a virtual

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phone number, created a pin and shared it with the impostor.

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This is the same person who's about to serve seven

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years for stealing other people's identities, and he just handed

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his information over to a stranger on the Internet. When

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Santos tried calling the number back, it was disconnected. That's

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when he realized something was wrong. His reponse he texted

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another congressman saying, Dude, I just got spoofed by Rick

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Crawford's old number. Dude, this man was in Congress. He

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communicated with his colleagues like he was ordering pizza. Santos

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told The Washington Post, I'm dealing with my own issues

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with the law, and now I have to be a

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victim of this garbage. This whole thing raises serious questions

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about cybersecurity and Congress. According to the House Cybersecurity Department,

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there's been a wave of these smishing and wishing attacks

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targeting government officials. That's SMS fishing and voice fishing for

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those keeping track of scam terminology. Apparently, criminals are using

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AI to impersonate high ranking officials, which means we've reached

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the point where artificial intelligence is more convincing than George

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Santos ever was. The incident is part of a growing

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trend of AI powered impersonation scams. Someone even used AI

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to fake Secretary of State Marco Rubio's voice at this rate,

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Ais will be doing late night style monologues and will

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need a new government department just to figure out which

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officials are real and which ones are deep fakes.