TRUMP IS INSANE: NOW HE'S POSTING SNUFF FILMS - 10.15.26

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Oct 15, 2026

Keith Olbermann condemns Trump’s disturbing animal-mauling videos and examines his imagined Ukraine ceasefire, dysfunctional press operation, and treatment of loyal allies. He surveys inflation, immigration, Bill Maher’s White House dinner, and colorful campaign stories. He also recounts a bizarre 1980s game-show proposal involving impersonators, sweltering rehearsals, and an exploitative contract.

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INSIGHT

Trump’s Animal Videos Become A Political Warning

Keith Olbermann argues Trump’s animal-attack videos reveal a fixation on public displays of death and domination.
Trump posted lion killings, then an AI clip of himself tackling and hugging a tiger.

INSIGHT

Trump Claims Reality Follows His Declarations

Trump treated his unsupported claim of a Russia-Ukraine ceasefire as reality because he had declared it.
Keith Olbermann connects that behavior to authoritarian insistence that personal statements override facts.

ANECDOTE

Trump’s Reported 37 Out Of 40 Psychopathy Score

Keith Olbermann recalls applying a psychopathy screening questionnaire to Trump in a 2016 article.
He says Trump scored 37 out of 40, above thresholds discussed for psychopathy treatment.

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COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN - SEASON 5 EPISODE 13

A-Block (SPECIAL COMMENT): The President is insane.

I know you know this – we all know this.

But – days after a disturbed man climbed into a tiger enclosure in England and was mauled to death, Trump posted a video of another man in a lion enclosure. He captioned it “Don’t ever mess with nature.” Almost immediately afterwards he posted ANOTHER video of a series of similar incidents, at least half a dozen lions killing people. One tiger. No caption this time. Just grisly, horrifying, death. Five hours later, as if to mock the disturbed man who died in the tiger enclosure – he posted an AII video of himself tackling a tiger, then playing with it – as if to prove HE wouldn’t meet the same end as the disturbed man in England did.

I first wrote and commented on Trump's genuine mental instability a decade ago in "Could Trump Pass A Sanity Test?" for Vanity Fair. He's not getting better. He's posting snuff films. The President is insane. And every once in awhile it is absolutely necessary to underscore this truth – to ourselves, for the record, for the future – if there is one.

And it shows up in his daily decisions, like appointing a Press Secretary who won't take questions and can't read aloud (although why are kind of looking at this backwards. She's humiliating him - why is this a BAD THING?). Throttling internet and warning systems for Ukraine because he told them they'd agreed to an "energy cease fire" - only they hadn't.

There's also a series of smaller stories including how we should almost feel bad for Kim Guilfoyle, but not for Megyn Kelly. And how we definitely should try to figure out where in the cabinet a Democratic County Council candidate in Indiana best fits in, because she is out of Effs and I'd take her as Senate Leader instead of Schumer.

B-1 (35:00) THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL: I've never told this story before, it's 40 years ago, but way back then a respected producer in Hollywood believed I was the perfect host for a show he was developing called... YOUR FACE OR MINE. I'm afraid you're going to have to listen to find out why the heck he thought this was a winning title.

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