Trump relishes fights with stars, be it Springsteen, Swift or Rosie O’Donnell
“Rosie is a very unattractive person, both inside and out,” Donald Trump said in an interview on “Entertainment Tonight.”
“She's basically a disaster,” Trump, then a New York City real estate developer and TV personality, said of comedian Rosie O'Donnell. Days earlier, O'Donnell, a co-host on “The View,” had knocked Trump as a “snake oil salesman” on the daytime TV talk show.
The year was 2006, and it marked the beginning of what would become one of Trump's longest — and perhaps ugliest — public war of words with a celebrity.
Now, nearly two decades and dozens of buzzy Hollywood beefs later, President Trump shows no sign of abandoning his apparent penchant for star-studded clashes.
In the past week, he made headlines as part of an escalating feud with Bruce Springsteen.
The president posted a video Wednesday on social media showing him striking the “Born in the U.S.A.” singer with an animated golf ball.
The putter-related poke came after Springsteen railed against Trump while kicking off his concert tour in England, saying the U.S. is “currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration.”
“Never liked him, never liked his music,” the president wrote on Truth Social following the rocker’s remarks, calling Springsteen a “pushy, obnoxious JERK.” He later appeared to take the row a........© The Hill
