TRUMP DEMENTIA: 14TH TIME HE'S CLAIMED GAS PRICES "JUST HIT $1.98" - 12.8.25

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Dec 8, 2025

The host delves into Trump's bizarre fixation on gas prices, pointing out his repeated claims of $1.98 gas as a sign of serious cognitive decline. There's a critical look at media hypocrisy, particularly regarding prominent figures like Dan Bongino and Jake Tapper. The podcast also speculates on future political spoiler candidates and outlines ongoing concerns about Trump's competency and its implications for foreign policy. Additionally, amusing anecdotes reveal the strange dynamics within Trump's personal life.

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Pattern Suggests Neurological Decline

Keith Olbermann argues Trump's repeated claims that gas "just hit $1.98/$1.99" are not normal lies but signs of neurological decline.
He presents a pattern of obsessive repetition and genuine surprise as evidence of cognitive collapse.

ANECDOTE

Catalog Of Repeated Gas Claims

Olbermann catalogs 14 separate statements by Trump over 28 weeks claiming gas "just hit $1.98/$1.99" across specific dates.
He uses this list to illustrate the obsessive repetition and apparent surprise each time.

INSIGHT

Source Of The $1.98 Claim

Olbermann traces the origin of Trump's misstatement to industry data about unblended gasoline priced at $1.98 a gallon.
He explains blending adds roughly a dollar, making retail prices near $2.98, not $1.98.

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SEASON 4 EPISODE 38: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN

A-Block (2:30) SPECIAL COMMENT: It’s not simple gaslighting about the price of gas: It’s neurological disintegration; obsessive repetition of the same lie. He has now - for the 14th time in 28 weeks - announced with shock and excited surprise that gas has "just hit" $1.98 a gallon (or "$1.99" or "under $2.00"). It's not just a lie; it's something he heard, could not understand in the first place, and is repeating at regular intervals as if he just heard it moments earlier.

It is a classic sign of neurological crisis. And it is proof that invoking the 25th Amendment is imperative. And won’t happen. Any more than Trump realizing he already TOLD that lie.

ALSO: Jack Smith still has a way to make the second half of his report convicting Trump public, while it turns out he tried to get rid of Aileen Cannon a year ago. It is also becoming increasingly apparent that ESPN's Stephen A. Smith may be the Jill Stein of 2028 - a stalking horse pretending to be a Democrat while being pushed by fascists. We know this much: he's mailing it in. He thinks the name of the governor of Florida is named "Ron Santis."

AND TRUMP AND MELANIA talking about "Pile Driving" at night in the White House? That must be the first time in eighteen years.

B-Block (35:00) THE WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD: The Shamwow guy is back and, what else, running for Congress as a MAGA because he can't keep this up all day. Bari Weiss obviously never saw the Mary Tyler Moore Show: she's fired her old CBS News Anchors before she's fired her NEW CBS News Anchors. And Jake Tapper really does it: after he put his thumb on the scale for Trump in the Biden debate and wrote a book and sold it on CNN about Biden's acuity, he's defending Trump's mental instability.

C-Block (42:00) THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL: Hal Steinbrenner, owner of the New York Yankees whose franchise has increased in value by three billion in just the last four years, is trying to convince people that maybe the Yankees aren't profitable. This is clownage as old as sports itself: the saga of the year the owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers insisted "we lost two million last year!"

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