Rosie O'Donnell Predicts Trump Won't Survive to End of Term

In an interview that aired on July 10, actress and comedian Rosie O'Donnell stated she does not believe President Donald Trump will survive until the end of his current term. O'Donnell made the remarks during an appearance on a CNN program hosted by Jake Tapper, where she was promoting her off-Broadway show.

When Tapper asked if she planned to return to the United States from Ireland after Trump's potential departure from office in January 2029, O'Donnell responded by questioning whether the president would live that long. She asserted that his cognitive decline is visible and apparent, citing as examples his recent verbal missteps, including referring to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as "Putin" and mentioning an "Islamic Republic of Japan" during a NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey earlier in the week.

O'Donnell, a longtime critic of Trump, framed these errors as signs of dangerous mental deterioration, comparing the situation to a family not allowing an elderly relative to perform a task for safety reasons. She expressed frustration that what she described as an urgent situation is not being treated as a national emergency, claiming fascism has already arrived in the...