9/11 truther Rosie O’Donnell joined former CNN host Jim Acosta on his Friday Substack podcast to spread another conspiracy theory, this time suggesting there was something fishy about the first assassination attempt on President Trump. In a further sign of his own descent into madness, Acosta just sat there smiling and laughing before claiming the real “weird” thing is Trump’s hand, not O’Donnell’s quack theories.
In the midst of a wider rant, O’Donnell suggested something was amiss, “And his assassination attempt, a man died during that assassination attempt. A man died. And it wasn't him. And his ear miraculously healed. Ladies and gentlemen, will anyone in the news ever say that without couching it? His ear miraculously regenerated. People, what else do you need?”
Sometimes, arguing with conspiracy theorists is fruitless because you have to disprove the existence of invisible cats, but in this case there’s a simple explanation for why Corey Comperatore was killed and Trump was not: the shooter missed.
As for Acosta, who on a previous episode welcomed O’Donnell to spread conspiracy theories about the 2024 election, he focused on what he thought was the real problem: Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy:
Well, I just want to show his hand. I mean, you know, the other thing too is we should show the hand if we still have the picture. I mean, this is the weirdest shit, he puts this weird makeup on his hand. And if I were in the White House press corps these days, I would be asking questions all the time about his health. Peter Doocy used to ask questions about Joe Biden, whether he was going to die, every day of the week. He asked him, ‘Are you going to die today?’ It was like almost every day he would do that on Fox. Nobody asks, hardly anybody—
O’Donnell then interrupted and claimed, “Nobody asks because they don’t want him to call them a name, they don’t want him to say that they’re fake news. Why? Why won’t they ask him? This man needs people to stand up to him, every person who faces him has to challenge him. You acquiesce to this kind of a villain, and the country is over.”
The motto Acosta chose for his Substack is “Don't give in to the lies. Hold on to the truth!” Yet, with his multiple interviews with O’Donnell, he has given in to the lies and let go of the truth.
Here is a transcript for the September 5 show:
The Jim Acosta Show
9/5/2025
ROSIE O’DONNELL: And his assassination attempt, a man died during that assassination attempt. A man died.
JIM ACOSTA: Yeah.
ROSIE O’DONNELL: And it wasn't him. And his ear miraculously healed. Ladies and gentlemen, will anyone in the news ever say that without couching it? His ear miraculously regenerated. People, what else do you need?
ACOSTA: Well, I just want to show his hand. I mean, you know, the other thing too is we should show the hand if we still have the picture. I mean, this is the weirdest shit, he puts this weird makeup on his hand. And if I were in the White House press corps these days, I would be asking questions all the time about his health. Peter Doocy used to ask questions about Joe Biden, whether he was going to die, every day of the week. He asked him, “Are you going to die today?” It was like almost every day he would do that on Fox. Nobody asks, hardly anybody—
O’DONNELL: Nobody asks because they don’t want him to call them a name, they don’t want him to say that they’re fake news. Why? Why won’t they ask him? This man needs people to stand up to him, every person who faces him has to challenge him. You acquiesce to this kind of a villain, and the country is over.
