You almost have to admire the commitment. Just when you think Hollywood’s Resistance crowd has run out of unhinged ways to protest Donald Trump, here comes Rosie O’Donnell, the queen of daytime drama and liberal meltdowns, throwing in one final plot twist: she fled the country. Not metaphorically — we’re talking passports, planes, and a one-way ticket out of the U.S.

When Trump won re-election in 2024, most left-wing elites issued empty threats about leaving the country. Rosie, on the other hand, followed through. She scooped up her 12-year-old non-binary child, whispered goodbye to American life, and resettled in Ireland. Her latest revelation? She wasn’t escaping bombs or famine. She was running from a conservative policy document. And yes, she’s proud of it.

Let that sink in: Rosie O’Donnell saw a Trump victory combined with a Heritage Foundation-backed roadmap… and decided it was time to cross an ocean.

A one-woman exodus over a policy plan

In a recent CNN interview, O’Donnell laid it all out. After quietly planning the move in hushed tones with her therapist, she bailed on America in mid-January 2025 — days before the second Trump inauguration. Why the rush? Because she read Project 2025, a blueprint from the Heritage Foundation that aims to streamline the federal bureaucracy, restore constitutional checks and balances, and return power to the people. Sounds pretty reasonable, right?

Not to Rosie.

From ‘The Post Millennial’:

“I knew that after reading Project 2025 that if Trump got in, it was time for me and my non-binary child to leave the country.”

Rosie equated the plan — essentially a call to uphold our founding principles — with an authoritarian overthrow. Others see it as fixing the bloated administrative swamp. But hey, if Rosie wants to leave the greatest constitutional republic in world history because she’s scared of executive restraint and parental rights, perhaps that tells us more about her priorities than about the plan itself.

Liberal logic: triggered, packed, and gone

The irony here is rich. O’Donnell now lives in Ireland — a country with no First Amendment, floundering under massive migration pressures, and rapidly shifting away from individual liberty and toward centralized conformity. And yet she says she’s “never looked back.”

Of course, this isn’t Rosie’s first over-the-top reaction to politics. But this one takes the cake. She didn’t even stage a press conference or dramatic shout-fest on The View; she just quietly vanished like the main character in a drama no one finished watching. Yet she’s still making headlines — not because of bravery, but because her rationale for fleeing is so, well, breathtakingly detached from reality.

We’re talking about a grown adult — a public figure with considerable wealth and influence — uprooting her entire life due to a PDF on federal reform. And she did it all to shelter her child from a president who, frankly, isn’t even thinking about Rosie O’Donnell.

A refugee from reason

Her newfound expat life doesn’t stop her from weighing in, of course. Rosie recently turned her sights on Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr. over his remarks on severely autistic children, calling his statements “dehumanizing” and demanding he resign. Here’s the twist: one of her children is autistic, and Rosie saw Kennedy’s blunt — albeit accurate — words as another attack. Crisis detected, feelings weaponized, moral superiority activated.

This pattern of emotional storytelling wrapped in public victimhood is nothing new for the Hollywood Left. But Rosie’s exile takes it to a new level. Instead of celebrating freedom or engaging in debate, the default response is: shut down, check out, and if all else fails — move to another continent.

And let’s be honest: this isn’t about Project 2025. It’s about the death of liberal delusion that progressivism is the only allowable worldview. Trump won. Twice. Policies like Project 2025 are on the table. And millions of Americans welcome it. Her reaction is proof of one thing: the cultural gap has become a canyon, and Rosie’s chosen her side — far, far away.

She may be gone, but her departure says more about what the Left fears than what the Right stands for. And that, whether she realizes it or not, is precisely why Trump keeps winning.

Key Takeaways:

• Rosie O’Donnell fled the country simply due to fear of conservative policy reform.
• Project 2025 supports constitutional order, not the authoritarianism Rosie fantasizes about.
• Her exit reflects how emotionally unstable elite liberals have become post-Trump victory.
• Conservatives still value reason, resilience, and the brilliance of America’s foundational ideals.

Sources: The Post Millennial