'Like a cornered rat': Hollywood icon targeted by Trump blasts president's 'dementia'

In July, Donald Trumpthreatened to revoke the citizenship of actress/comedian Rosie O'Donnell, who has been a scathing critic of the U.S. president. But O'Donnell was not an immigrant to the United States; born in Commack, New York on March 21, 1962, O'Donnell is a lifelong U.S. citizen.

Many political analysts say Trump's threat was designed to intimidate O'Donnell, who is now a legal resident of the Republic of Ireland. But the actress/comedian still isn't shy about criticizing Trump and attacked him as "deranged" during an early September appearance on former CNN host Jim Acosta's vodcast.

O'Donnell argued that the controversy over the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is getting under Trump's skin.

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Speaking from the Republic of Ireland, O'Donnell referenced a Wednesday, September 3 press conference featuring Epstein survivors and told Acosta, "I gotta say, it's the Epstein files. It's the testifying of the survivors that he tried to cover up with the planes, with a flyover. It's unbelievable how obvious he is about everything that he does. Could you say 'I'm guilty' without saying 'I'm guilty' more than having a flyover during their press conference — as if he can somehow hold the tide?"

O'Donnell continued, "The time is up, and he knows it — and he's like a cornered rat. And he doesn't know where to go or what to do."

O'Donnell noted that "one of" Trump's "bag of tricks" is "let's make fun of Rosie O'Donnell and threaten her."

"He is deranged, and I believe he's suffering from dementia and some very serious medical complications — which looks like congestive heart failure to me," O'Donnell told Acosta. "Because my brother had that, and his ankles swelled. And he got bruises on his hands."

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Referring to the Epstein case, O'Donnell added, "I think that there is a line in the sand with, you know, people raping children. And this is a sex trafficking international cover-up, and he's in the middle of it…. The women are speaking…. I believe his time is up. I believe America will not stand for this."

When Acosta noted that Trump called the September 3 press conference a "Democratic hoax," O'Donnell responded, "How dare he, Jim. How dare he."

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Watch Jim Acosta's full interview with Rosie O'Donnell below or at this link.