MSNBC‘s Lawrence O’Donnell said he is already tired from covering the Trump administration and will be taking a weeklong break to recover properly. The host of The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell made the announcement during an appearance at the end of The Rachel Maddow Show on Wednesday night.

That is the reality for MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell, who announced that he is stepping away after 50 days of covering the president and his administration after claiming he is “exhausted.”

Before departing for time off, the host said Americans have "a president of the United States whose brain does not work."