TRUMP DEMENTIA CRISIS: DAY EIGHT - 1.23.24

Jan 23, 2024

In this podcast, Keith Olbermann discusses the Trump Dementia Crisis, focusing on Trump's mental stability and his conflation of Nikki Haley and Nancy Pelosi. The episode also touches on Ron DeSantis suspending his campaign, Trump's performance in Iowa, and the aftermath of the Capitol riots. Other topics include therapy benefits, Trump's manipulation of the media, and Elle King's controversial performance. The narrator also shares funny winter sports memories and introduces the Bridge Access program for free access to updated COVID-19 vaccines.

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Introduction

00:00 • 3min

Speculation on Trump and DeSantis, Debunking False Headlines

03:11 • 2min

Referencing a Budweiser Ad and Political Strategy

04:51 • 2min

The Aftermath of the Capitol Riots and Trump's Accountability

06:25 • 12min

Therapy Benefits and Sponsor Introduction

18:47 • 4min

Trump's Manipulation and Criticism Towards Media

23:16 • 8min

Controversial Performance and Podcast Ads

31:14 • 5min

The UPI Parka and Winter Sports Memories

36:22 • 14min

COVID-19 Vaccines, BetterHelp Ad, and New Podcast Announcement

50:09 • 2min

SEASON 2, EPISODE 110: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN

A-Block (1:44) SPECIAL COMMENT: THIS IS TUESDAY JANUARY 23rd, THE EIGHTH DAY OF TRUMP'S DEMENTIA CRISIS: While Trump and his defenders quadruple-down on the Orwellian lie that he MEANT to conflate Nikki Haley and Nancy Pelosi and January 6th, Trump adds a new reason for serious concern about his mental stability. In an interview in New Hampshire for the primary, Trump is asked about Haley's insistence he is not competent and in one answer invokes Dr. Ronny Jackson, can't remember his name, recalls it, moves to a different topic, and then brings up Ronny Jackson again - as if for the first time.

There's a reason Ron DeSantis did NOT end his campaign, but, like Ramaswamy, only suspended it. Like Haley, they both know that something above-and-beyond all previous problems has hit Trump and they will stay quietly and obediently in the background until it - or something else - comes and gets him.

There is little to report from New Hampshire, though the networks and newspapers will report it anyway. They will also tell you that Trump did better in Iowa than he will in the Granite State even though the reverse is true - because math may be hard but bucking the conventional wisdom is harder. Trump got 51% of the voters (and 7% of all Republicans) in Iowa. He may get 57% in N.H. That would be MORE.

B-Block (20:23) POSTSCRIPTS TO THE NEWS: It's time for The New York Times to stop publishing the same column Maureen Dowd has rewritten every week since 1997; how NOT to suppress the news in Colorado (28:25) THE WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD: The DeSantis War Room loses the battle of South CAROLINIA. When not to sue because the ladies trashed you on Facebook. And when they invite you to sing at Dolly Parton's birthday and you start swearing and The Grand Old Opry has to apologize for - your career is over.

C-Block (33:05) THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL: A friend gave me some winter clothing bearing her company's logo and I flashed back to this time in 1980 when United Press International gave me my official Lake Placid Winter Olympics parka and...the lining wasn't fur or down or foam but CONSTRUCTION PAPER.

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