--- 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: 2026-10-08T09:02:09.732Z 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=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2100 og:image:height: 1181 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=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump Found a Months-Old Rosie O'Donnell Tweet About Firing James Comey > Sponsored content. 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It explains the politics, personalities and power dynamics behind the headlines, twice a week. #### Where can I get analysis of Washington politics by email? D.C. Brief is TIME's free Washington politics newsletter, available at time.com/newsletters. It is written by a TIME senior correspondent who covers the capital full time. #### Who writes TIME's D.C. Brief? Philip Elliott, a senior correspondent at TIME, writes D.C. Brief. #### Is D.C. Brief free? Yes. D.C. Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3/newsletters?i=5dc385d0-abb3-426b-948c-6b84179ad719&cr=time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3-v1) ## Video: In His Words: President Trump On James Comey [Watch (HLS stream): In His Words: President Trump On James Comey](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/BPe3t011.m3u8) (1:39)  _Published 2017-05-10. President Donald Trump on Tuesday fired FBI Director James Comey — a controversial move that followed months of Trump's shifting opinions about him._ by [Abigail Abrams](https://time.com/author/abigail-abrams/) ## Abigail Abrams May 11, 2017 8:55 PM UTC 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) ## Transcript Why did you fire Director Comey? Cuz he wasn't doing a good job, very simple. He was not doing a good job. When you hear what was said by the FBI Director today, he talked about extremely careless. She was extremely Careless that's a tremendous word. Today is the best evidence ever that we've seen that our system is absolutely, totally rigged. The State Department and the FBI Colluded, got together, to make Hillary Clinton look less guilty. I have great respect for the FBI, for righting this wrong. The American people fully understand her corruption, and we hope all, all justice will finally be served. I respect the fact that Director Comey Was able to come back after what he did. And it took guts for director Comey to make the move that he made in light of the kind of opposition he had. And there's [ INAUDIBLE ]. [ LAUGH ] He's become more famous than me. [ LAUGH ] [ APPLAUSE ] Was it a mistake not to ask Jim Comey to step down from the FBI at the onset of your presidency. Is it too late now to ask him to step down. No, it's not too late but I have confidence and we'll see what happens. When Jim Comey came out He saved Hillary Clinton. People don't realize that. He saved her life. Why did you fire James Comey? Cuz he wasn't doing a good job. 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