Trump bailed on interview as a result of he’s ‘exhausted’ from marketing campaign path, says report | EUROtoday

Donald Trump’s staff is pushing again in opposition to a declare that he’s canceling scheduled interviews as a result of he’s “exhausted.”

Trump was reportedly scheduled to seem on The Shade Report for a sit-down interview, however that assembly by no means materialized. Politico’s Playbook experiences {that a} senior Trump adviser allegedly instructed a producer that the previous president is “exhausted and refusing interviews.”

The adviser reportedly steered the location — which is fashionable with younger, Black readers — interview rapper Waka Flocka Flame as an alternative, as he has stated he’s voting for Trump, based on The Daily Beast.

After the Politico report got here out, Trump’s staff pushed again, denying that the 78-year-old was worn out from the marketing campaign path, calling it “unequivocally false.”

Trump has been busy with occasions. After his weird city corridor the place he spent half an hour swaying to music on stage, he went on to take part in a contentious interview with Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait through which he was educated that his plan to extend tariffs would find yourself costing Americans hundreds of {dollars} yearly.

But as busy as he is been, he has additionally been canceling on deliberate appearances. Not solely did he again out of The Shade Report, however he additionally canceled an upcoming look on CNBC’s Squawk Box and beforehand ducked out of a 60 Minutes interview earlier this month. Vice President Kamala Harris took his spot as an alternative.

Trump’s staff has been doing its greatest to painting the previous president as vibrant and concerned within the weeks main as much as the election. His nationwide press secretary Karoline Leavitt issued a press release saying that he’s “running laps around Kamala Harris on the campaign trail.”

“And he has done media interviews every day this week. He has more energy and a harder work ethic than anyone in politics,” she stated.

She additional stated Trump has “never backed down from any interview,” although it is exhausting to argue that when he has, in reality, performed so.

Not solely has he canceled interviews, however Trump has additionally refused to take part in a second debate with Harris, regardless that she has publicly challenged him to a second debate quite a few occasions. Immediately after their first debate, Trump made an unprecedented transfer by wandering into the spin room after the occasion to seize extra, unmoderated air time for himself.

Harris has lately been busy with interviews herself, however solely after months of criticism from each Republicans and members of the press that she had been refusing to sit down down for interviews.

While Trump has given extra interviews than Harris, they are typically on podcasts or right-wing-friendly media. Harris, in contrast, lately appeared on Fox News, the place she had a broadly watched, contentious interview with host Bret Baier.