The mainstream media hasn’t been taking the Trump presidency well at all. They clearly don’t know how to handle themselves.
And this MSNBC host calls it quits thanks to what Donald Trump did to him.
In a candid moment on Wednesday night, MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell announced he’s stepping away from his show, The Last Word, for a much-needed break.
The reason? Sheer exhaustion from covering President Donald Trump, just 52 days into the latter’s second term. O’Donnell shared his plans during a lively exchange with fellow host Rachel Maddow, revealing the toll that keeping up with Trump’s presidency has already taken on him.
“I know you’ve pledged to cover and be here for the first hundred days of the Trump presidency. I hope you noticed that I did not make that same pledge,” O’Donnell quipped to Maddow.
While Maddow, typically a once-a-week presence on the network, has vowed to host her show daily through Trump’s first 100 days, O’Donnell admitted he’s already feeling the strain well before the halfway mark.
“This is day 52. I thought it was day 92. It turns out it’s day 52, Rachel, and I’m exhausted at day 52, and so I’m going to take next week off,” he explained.
“And I’m telling you that now because I know you don’t like it when I just drift away. I’m just taking next week off, then I can come back and go with you all the way to the hundred days.”
Maddow, supportive yet playfully dismayed, responded, “We all tell each other, you have to take care of yourself. You got to pace yourself. You got to be in this for the long haul. So I can’t hold it against you, but I’m very sad.”
In a lighthearted jab, she even asked, “Can I go with you?” O’Donnell, sticking to her commitment, shot back, “No, no, no. You said 100 days, you said 100 days. You can’t. One hundred days.”
The conversation took a sharper turn when O’Donnell shifted his focus to Trump himself. “And so America is at this hour completing the 52nd day of having a President of the United States whose brain does not work,” he declared.
“Donald Trump’s brain is broken, badly damaged, as he exhibits every day. And once again, today, Donald Trump said something that would have gotten any other president rushed to the hospital for a neurological examination and an evaluation for dementia, for starters.” His remarks referenced Trump’s recent comments about Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., which O’Donnell suggested crossed a line of coherence.
O’Donnell’s fatigue stands in contrast to his enthusiasm for Trump’s predecessor. Just weeks ago, in late January, he sat down with former President Joe Biden for an interview that doubled as a glowing tribute.
“You combined domestic policy and foreign policy in a way that I’ve never heard another president do,” O’Donnell told Biden, praising what he called the “largest list of domestic achievements” he could recall.
O’Donnell’s break is just the latest sign of a mainstream media struggling to keep its footing amid Trump’s return to power. Across networks like MSNBC, CNN, and beyond, anchors and commentators appear increasingly frazzled, grappling with a presidency that defies their expectations at every turn.
The relentless pace of Trump’s actions has left pundits scrambling to react, often veering between outrage and exasperation.
Take CNN, where panel discussions have morphed into near-daily shouting matches, with analysts straining to outdo each other in condemning Trump’s latest move.
The meltdown isn’t just about fatigue—it’s about a loss of control. The media can’t handle the fact that Trump has high popularity ratings right now.
They’re waiting for him to fail at every corner, but so far he is focused on continuing to deliver wins for the American people.
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