'Something is off' with Trump after new report that he’s 'exhausted': former associate

Reacting to an early morning report from Politico Playbook that Donald Trump is nixing interviews because he is "exhausted," one of the former president's longtime associates dating back to his days as a Manhattan real estate developer told an MSNBC panel that something is up.

Appearing on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," branding expert Donnie Deutsch called the news alarming for the Trump campaign.

According to Politico, the former president's people alerted the hosts of The Shade Room podcast that, Trump is “exhausted and refusing [some] interviews but that could change.” In lieu of Trump, the hosts were reportedly offered Trump supporter Waka Flocka Flame as an alternative.

As MSNBC host Jonathan Lemire told the panel, "Let's get you in on this, the Playbook just now talks about how Trump has been canceling interviews. They've got reporting that he was in sit-down conversation with a podcast called 'The Shade.' The people at the podcast say that the reason why Trump's campaign said he'd have to cancel it was, indeed, exhaustion, which the Trump campaign now disputes. But they have multiple sources saying that's why they were told they can't do it."

That led Deutsch to interject, "I think people really should focus on his state of strength, state of weakness, state of well-being, of non-well-being."

"Something is off," he added before elaborating, "He is addicted to crowds, to media, and he is pulling back. They're seeing something internally, and they're feeling something. I think the spotlight should be on that."

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