John Oliver Donald Trump Is Objectively Funny

NEW YORK – John Oliver has but 1 diversion from the perpetual nightmare of the electric current news cycle.

As dad to a three-year-old and 8-month-old, "I never really turn off, but I do watch a lot of 'Paw Patrol' and the pseudo-spinoff 'Mighty Pups,' in which for reasons that don't seem narratively consistent, they occasionally have superpowers because of an asteroid," Oliver says, sighing. "I honestly wouldn't scout either unless you physically accept to, only if you're a parent with small children, you're in that category."

The sardonic British host of HBO's "Last Week Tonight" has been off the air since mid-November, but has dutifully spent nigh of that time away prepping for the belatedly-night serial' sixth season, premiering Sunday (eleven EST/PST). As usual, he'south evasive when asked what topics the one-half-60 minutes bear witness might explore in depth this year, but allows that episodes centered on merchandise, cryptocurrencies and Brett Kavanaugh's Senate hearing are among previous pieces he's most proud of.

The Kavanaugh segment was hard: "We were planning on doing something else that week, only it became pretty articulate in that location was only i thing people actually wanted to unpack, so we had to write that in a day and a half," Oliver says. "(The writers) did an amazing job, and information technology really helped to have (Philadelphia Flyers mascot) Gritty present for it to aid pull people out of their deep, deep despair."

So which contempo news stories does Oliver, 41, wish he could have mined for laughs on his evidence? We ran through the last iii months in headlines and asked him to counterbalance in.

The government shutdown. Late last Dec, President Donald Trump ordered a partial shutdown of the federal regime after failing to reach a deal with lawmakers over funding for his proposed border wall. The shutdown lasted a historic 35 days, merely Oliver says he has no plans to revisit it on "Last Week" – unless he covers the second one that's looming this calendar week. "There'southward non been a authorities shutdown that hasn't been pretty (expletive) dumb, and this i definitely adhered to that tradition," Oliver says. "Government shutdowns are stupid when they happen for three days, they're stupider when they happen for a week, and they're downright insane when they happen for a month."

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The freshman congresswoman from New York became a social-media star and target of right-wing attacks days before she was sworn into role last month, when her college-era dance video resurfaced and was mocked online. "That was ridiculous," Oliver says. "Nosotros're relatively early into the year, simply that may exist the dumbest news cycle that happens across the whole year. I remember the Yanny-Laurel (audio prune) fence had more content in it than (the outrage over) her dancing video."

Trump's White House fast-nutrient feast. The president became a Twitter punchline last month when the White House shared pictures of him surrounded by towers of Wendy's, Burger King and McDonald's meals, which he served to the Clemson Tigers football squad to celebrate their national title. Oliver was non amused by the stunt: "The perfect encapsulation of him as president for me is family unit separation," he says. "The fact that he said "hamberders" (in a tweet) is objectively funny. But it'due south but not even in the list of the top 100 things he does each day that are cause for concern."

2020 presidential candidates. In the past few weeks, Democratic senators including Cory Booker, Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris have announced plans to run side by side yr. Oliver, frankly, isn't interested in discussing any of them only yet. "We're so far from the ballot," he says. "It feels like the attending that anyone is getting is because they're running for office against the electric current president. There's something appealing virtually that conceptually. If a tortoise announced information technology was running for president, there would be a constitutional problem, but I still think people would be like, 'Oh, great, that's an option likewise. There could be a tortoise instead of (Trump).' The bar is pretty low right now."

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