--- title: Donald Trump Shares Rosie O'Donnell Tweet About James Comey description: The President responded to an old tweet sent by O'Donnell that called for the firing of FBI Director James Comey canonical: https://time.com/4776464/donald-trump-rosie-odonnell-james-comey-tweet/ author: Abigail Abrams article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-11T20:55:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T10:57:12.070Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Trump Found a Months-Old Rosie O'Donnell Tweet About James Comey og:description: The president responded to an old tweet sent by O'Donnell calling for Comey's firing og:url: https://time.com/4776464/donald-trump-rosie-odonnell-james-comey-tweet/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte53396f3d009d6b3/6988cd0a86f68e43ce6e4a8f/donald-trump-rosie-odonnell-tweet.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: donald-trump-rosie-odonnell-tweet og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Trump Found a Months-Old Rosie O'Donnell Tweet About James Comey twitter:description: The president responded to an old tweet sent by O'Donnell calling for Comey's firing twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte53396f3d009d6b3/6988cd0a86f68e43ce6e4a8f/donald-trump-rosie-odonnell-tweet.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump Found a Months-Old Rosie O'Donnell Tweet About Firing James Comey by [Abigail Abrams](https://time.com/author/abigail-abrams/) ## Abigail Abrams May 11, 2017 8:55 PM UTC  Rosie O'Donnell concert, New York, May 26, 2016. Rosie O'Donnell concert, New York, May 26, 2016.Gregory Pace/BEI/Shutterstock/Re—AP by [Abigail Abrams](https://time.com/author/abigail-abrams/) ## Abigail Abrams May 11, 2017 8:55 PM UTC Even in the crazy year that is 2017, there are some events that seemed like they would never happen. One of those things is President Donald Trump agreeing with comedian Rosie O’Donnell — but on Thursday, it happened (kind of). Trump has fought with O’Donnell [for years](http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/07/politics/donald-trump-rosie-odonnell-feud/), often insulting her on social media and in interviews. He has called her everything from a “loser” to “fat” and even made a joke about his insults during the first [Republican presidential primary debate](http://time.com/3988748/rosie-odonnell-donald-trump/?iid=sr-link3) in 2015. But on Thursday, the president seemed to call a temporary truce with his longtime enemy. Instead of making fun of O’Donnell or insulting her, he found an old tweet of hers that he could make a joke about and now genuinely liked. In December 2016, O’Donnell [called for then-FBI Director James Comey to be fired](https://twitter.com/Rosie/status/811352134256037889) over his handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails. Trump [fired Comey this week](http://time.com/4773210/donald-trump-fires-fbi-director-james-comey/) in a move that has sparked significant controversy and confusion in Washington. As the storm around Trump’s [firing of Comey](http://time.com/4773210/donald-trump-fires-fbi-director-james-comey/) continues to rage, the president responded on Thursday by quoting O’Donnell’s tweet and joking, “We finally agree on something Rosie.” > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/862758098892619780) It was not immediately clear whether Trump himself or a staff member posted the tweet in question. But O’Donnell’s months-old tweet had been [posted to a subreddit](https://twitter.com/Walldo/status/862761102769246208) for fans of Trump about 20 minutes before the President’s account tweeted it out. > [](https://twitter.com/Walldo/status/862761102769246208) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4776464/donald-trump-rosie-odonnell-james-comey-tweet/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4776464/donald-trump-rosie-odonnell-james-comey-tweet/"},"headline":"President Trump Found a Months-Old Rosie O'Donnell Tweet About Firing James Comey","datePublished":"2017-05-11T20:55:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T10:57:12.070Z","description":"The president responded to an old tweet sent by O'Donnell","url":"https://time.com/4776464/donald-trump-rosie-odonnell-james-comey-tweet/","keywords":["Donald Trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte53396f3d009d6b3/6988cd0a86f68e43ce6e4a8f/donald-trump-rosie-odonnell-tweet.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Abigail Abrams","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/abigail-abrams/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte53396f3d009d6b3/6988cd0a86f68e43ce6e4a8f/donald-trump-rosie-odonnell-tweet.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"donald-trump-rosie-odonnell-tweet","caption":"donald-trump-rosie-odonnell-tweet","creditText":"Gregory Pace/BEI/Shutterstock/Re—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4776464/donald-trump-rosie-odonnell-james-comey-tweet/","name":"President Trump Found a Months-Old Rosie O'Donnell Tweet About Firing James Comey"}}]}] ```