‘IRRELEVANT LOSERS’: Donald Trump rips Rosie O’Donnell over ‘View’ comments

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Donald Trump is firing back at Rosie O’Donnell following comments the comedian made about her former talk show, The View.

O’Donnell warned that daytime series would be cancelled over political pressure in a TikTok post where she mentioned Joy Behar, but the White House shrugged off her speculation — but came up with a new nickname for the 82-year-old redhead.

“Rosie O’Donnell and ‘Joyless’ Behar are irrelevant losers with too much time on their hands, whining about a failing talk show while everyday Americans are working hard,” White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers said in a statement to Entertainment Weekly.

Rogers then referenced O’Donnell’s recent move to Ireland to flee a Trump second term.

“Our country is better off with Rosie living abroad — and we can all hope ‘Joyless’ Behar will join her next!”

The statement also noted to EW that “mainstream media” is “finally admitting that writing off 80 million Americans is not a winning business model.”

The White House’s remarks come after O’Donnell detailed her thoughts on the possibility of The View being cancelled amid unconfirmed reports that its network ABC could end the long-running show’s run over “liberal bias.”

“The show with five women speaking their own opinions,” O’Donnell began. “That’s the threat now.”

She continued: “Because it’s not enough to run the country into the ground. You have to control what people SEE, what they HEAR, what they think.”

O’Donnell said of The View: “Well, that’s a little much woman, a little too much truth, a little too much Joy Behar saying, ‘I don’t think the insurrection was a tourist visit, Karen.’ Apparently, the truth is dangerous now.”

She went on to reference how she used to think the First Amendment meant something.

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“I used to think you couldn’t just erase a voice because it made you comfortable. But that’s where we are,” noting the Trump administration doesn’t “want balance… they want obedience. And they will shut down anything that reminds people of what freedom sounds like.”

O’Donnell added: “What they’re really trying to do is shut us up. All of us.”

She finished, writing, “So no — we do not get quieter. We do not make ourselves smaller, so they can feel more comfortable. We speak louder. We take up space. We stand together and say what is true, even when it shakes the walls. Because the most dangerous sound in the world is a woman who knows what she’s talking about — and refuses to stop.”

The View has previously drawn criticism from the White House after Behar suggested that Trump was jealous of former president Barack Obama’s looks and marriage to Michelle Obama.

That was the first time Rogers suggested that The View could be “pulled off the air,” and first called Behar an “irrelevant loser” for her comments.

The View is currently on its summer hiatus. It returns next month for its 29th season.