What more can be said about Donald Trump? Well, plenty it seems.
Step forward Lawrence O’Donnell, anchor of the US news show The Last Word. He used one of his episodes this week to argue that, far from demonstrating common or garden psychological damage, the US president is, he believes, showing “public flashes of insanity”.
Lawrence O’Donnell, making the case that Trump is beyond just being psychologically damaged and is now showing signs of being insane. If you are in congress and not calling for Trump’s removal via the 25th Amendment — then you are not doing your job. pic.twitter.com/rF997V0AY6
— Bill Madden (@maddenifico) October 2, 2025
It’s one of the punchiest takes on Donald Trump so far in his second term (which isn’t even nine months old yet. There’s still three-ish long years to go).
O’Donnell said:
“How many flashes of insanity from a president should we tolerate? That sounds like something that deserves a zero tolerance policy, and we have never seen public flashes of insanity from any president other than Donald Trump. We now see them every day.”
He added:
“The president gives every indication that you could possibly ask for that he has lost his mind, and every single elected Republican official in Washington excuses it. Most of them run away from it. They don’t even want to talk about it.”
It comes in the same week that Pennsylvania state representative Madeleine Dean confronted Republican House Speaker, Mike Johnson, about Trump’s mental stability. That came on the back of Trump’s extraordinary, rambling speech in front of the country’s top military leaders in Quantico.
Trump: I think we should start thinking about battleships… It is something we’re considering, the concept of battleship. Six inch side solid steel. Not aluminum that melts if it looks at a missile coming at it. Starts melting. Bullets are a lot less expensive than missiles. pic.twitter.com/IUEkHpgPgx
— Acyn (@Acyn) September 30, 2025
O’Donnell’s “insanity” argument has gone viral on Twitter/X, as you’d well expect. Here’s a taster of some of the responses, led by Fawlty Towers comedy legend John Cleese.
1.
I agree https://t.co/u8cL13FlAd
— John Cleese (@JohnCleese) October 3, 2025
2.
If only there had been signs ⚠️
Sound ⬆️ pic.twitter.com/zGNEg2Hhyw
— Krista Stephens (@ATweetThing) October 4, 2025
3.
On the case for invoking the 25th Amendment: “[Donald Trump] spends the day creating public versions of his hallucinations … The President gives every indication that you could possibly ask for that he has lost his mind.” https://t.co/hoRv40c1N7
— Dan (@swingdownbeat) October 3, 2025
4.
He’s making a great point about the potential for a Vance power grab too.
— Gotochelle (@gotochelle) October 3, 2025
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If you didn’t speak up when Biden was clearly compromised, I don’t wanna hear anything from you
— DJVertigo (@DJVertigo88) October 3, 2025
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I have been saying it for a long time, Trump is clinically insane, has rapidly advancing dementia, has a low IQ, is uneducated, & has a despotic disposition. And has power, and supine grovelling cowards of a GOP. The mad King, will not last. https://t.co/Edq6JjPvAV
— Denis Daly (@DenisDaly) October 2, 2025
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Mad king Charles VI of France (1368–1422) was manipulated by his corrupt uncles, whose power struggles contributed to a chaotic period of the Hundred Years’ War. I fear that Trump is being equally manipulated now like a sock puppet by Stephen Miller and Brendan Carr. https://t.co/fC9BHXSnKs
— Cahir O’Doherty (@randomirish) October 2, 2025
8.
I’m concerned about this too.
But when I raised concerns about Biden after discovery of classified documents at @PennBiden, both the White House and @Penn went into attack mode.@deanbphillips was the only Democrat to challenge Biden.
That’s why we’re in this situation now. https://t.co/90EFuNQ1Um— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) October 3, 2025
9.
“If you are in congress and not calling for Trump’s removal via the 25th Amendment — then you are not doing your job” https://t.co/xtdGvfjjpF
— Ted Sikkink (@tedsikkink) October 2, 2025
10.
The only problem with Trump being removed from office is that J.D. Vance would be President. Does America really want J.D. Vance as President?? pic.twitter.com/p9QwCicVMc
— Rick Anderson (@WNYsport) October 3, 2025
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Well stated. https://t.co/fr0J3Gvpsr
— Dr. S. Steven Whitaker (@DrSWhitaker) October 3, 2025
12.
The government is shut down, people will soon be losing healthcare coverage, wars are all around us, but still the president had the time and the nerve to post this racist and childish meme, and then JD said it was just a joke. This entire administration is a joke.
— ChildfreeCatLady⬛ ⚾️ (@FiredUpHVNY) October 2, 2025
