S11 E29: Trump’s Reelection: 11/10/24: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

[@kaladze93]

I've been waiting for this video since wednesday in need for some hope, and I'm not even American. Thank you John.

[@MasstavaGames]

saaaaame

[@TrapSection]

How are you affected, genuinely curious?

[@disasterboi3039]

Saem

[@mkmgy1438]

@@TrapSectiongeopolitics? American policies literally affects the world!

[@doggytheanarchist7876]

If you want something a bit more comprehensive, check out Adam Conovers interview with Jamelle Buie. It was very helpful for me, to see it in a bigger context.

[@setoravenclaw]

Gotta love how he went into "can you believe they actually voted for ME?" when he won the first time and the only reason he wanted reelection was to avoid going to jail and even yet he still went "oh my god, can you believe they voted for me AGAIN?" The US sure is a clown country

[@HowToChangeName]

@@setoravenclaw same energy with BuzzFeed gets callrd out for "discriminative" layoff of minority when they are actively hiring them in the first place.

[@cameronsitton501]

He clearly doesn't want the job, America!!! STOP GIVING IT TO HIM!!!

[@CarlosJuarez-eb5gx]

Clown indeed

[@ChrisAlbertH47]

Amerikan edukashon

[@heavyartillery-qm5hu]

@@ChrisAlbertH47 Stop tricking yourself into thinking that left wingers are smart. They are losers.

[@amell.5461]

I'm French. I was also doing better financially during Trump's presidency, even if he had no impact on my economy. It was BEFORE COVID. How can people be that ignorant??

[@trowawayacc]

The usa was a victim of the same manipulation UK had during br3xit. This is why education is the best defense budget.

[@davel7994]

Because unlike COVID, there is no vaccine for STUPID

[@mellie4174]

It's willfull. This way they have a pretext to cover their racism and mysogeny

[@AammaK]

@@trowawayacc i couldn't agree more

[@tenchiokyo7864]

@@trowawayacc perfectly said tbh

[@JuGGaStyle]

As a non american person i find it funny that coutry of over 300m people can't muster up better candidates

[@DJvileman]

As a non american person i can understand that primaries with 100% emphasis on financial backing are a bit suspicious

[@MichaelGGarry]

A fully qualified lawyer who had served as a DA and was elected her States attorney general, before being elected to represent her state at national level and then being selected as VP isn't qualified? Wtf?

[@Gillsing]

Being "qualified" isn't and _wasn't_ enough. The fact that she lost bigly to Trump means she was a worse candidate. Hard to imagine, but reality is telling you that you don't even have to imagine it.

[@corneliusquincydavenportic1913]

"Land of the Free" meanwhile it barely beats North Korea by having two political parties instead of one

[@damiang888]

@@MichaelGGarry Those are nice qualifications for a politician... but not for the position she was running for.

[@ismaelismael8543]

As a non american, US elections seem insane: No caps on spending No limits to when campaigns start or end The Electoral College in general No mandatory vote You can be purged from being registered Your right to vote could be just eliminated (even if aren't currently in jail) You get to signal your vote Voting isn't a holiday No second round It's just a kind of begging for an electoral mess.

[@Pandor18]

and they then tell me Im from a backwards country

[@SethTaylor]

​@Pandor18 Yep. JD Vance called Europe "backwoods countries". :/

[@ismaelismael8543]

@@SethTaylor to give you an idea, i'm from latin america and we don't have these issues.

[@jokedejojo]

If you are publicly criticising the USA, why don't you have the cojones to say which country YOU are from?

[@none971]

@@jokedejojoYou sound hurt.

[@diananunez7]

You are amazing, John Oliver! Thank you! ❤

[@EdwardLindon]

There's a nice Daily Show interview with Tressie McMillan Cottom where she hypothesises that "wanting easy answers to complex questions" is basically why Trump is so popular.

[@piotrswat169]

I'm actually happy this show and all you here do not change a word from your propaganda.It's really impressive to get beaten like that and draw all the wrong conclusions.11:37 he got back to the real evil of our times a white man.LOL impressive really.

[@MiotaLee]

same with Christianity really

[@jarrodbestmitchell]

Tressie said it perfectly. Her explanation is exactly what happened.

[@victoriamaakulmamerijarvi9036]

@@MiotaLee Honestly as a theologist I’d say the opposite is true: Christianity offers extremely complex answers to easy questions. Humans made a mistake that sort of basically cursed all future humans too and they have to actively sacrifice to pay for their sins? Ok so how about God is both one and three and one part of that God, that is technically still that one God and fully God and it’s not three separate Gods because God has said there is just one God, gets reincarnated as a human BUT still is fully God also, and then acts as an ultimate sacrifice, which is a thing he can do because as human he can sort of just take on humanity’s sins and pay for them BUT he is also completely without sin because he is not just fully human but also, yes, God, and then he dies, but God technically doesn’t die because there is still God, and like God the Father and God the Spirit don’t die, but it’s still just one God, not three Gods, but the son of God who is, yes again, both human and God dies. Yeah gotta say, that’s not a very simple answer to ”How is humanity saved from damnation?”

[@sg-vp2qg]

That's pretty profound, thanks for sharing it.

[@ChinoWantan]

10:10 far left? Come on USA you dont have left politicians, you have right and far right...

[@sebastiencarrieres8825]

Bernie is left and ... Bernie is left!

[@detectivemarkseven]

🧢

[@g_clayton]

@@sebastiencarrieres8825 he's moderate compared to the real left around the world

[@TheDane_BurnAllCopies]

Exactly, but Americans eat up the propaganda and believe it blindly 🤣.. especially millenials and Gen Z who have not experienced the Red Army Faction, the Soviet Union or been anywhere else in the world than the USA

[@lucaspena6827]

@@sebastiencarrieres8825 AOC!

[@sa4555]

Taking bets on Democrats will insist and learning on all the wrong lessons from this loss and won't change a thing and then wonder why they lost, again.

[@intiorozco5063]

They could have had Abraham Lincoln himself resurrect and run and they would still have lost. People all over the world are voting incumbents out.

[@cats400]

Put me down for $3,000

[@王艺璇-w3k]

My bets on there will not be an election in four years. No free and fair ones anyway. Welcome to USSA

[@Elkator955]

You can't make a bet when there is only one possible outcome, man.

[@Zift_Ylrhavic_Resfear]

The problem is that if they change, who willl fund them?

[@danielpakiam2629]

Also they re elected Ted Cruz! I do not like that man Ted Cruz. I do not like his far right views

[@schlechtgut8349]

He is worse than Trump. Trump is at least has character. But these leechers called him racist in 2016 and now licking his boots

[@dthomas9230]

Keep in mind the TX Supreme Court ruled a 68 IQ was not a mental disability in TX for Texans, as it was normal!

[@ayyyyph2797]

@@danielpakiam2629 I do not like his creepy smarm I do not like him eating Parm

[@wellendowedplatypus9024]

I do not like his views of Jews. He makes me want to drown in booze.

[@wangsengsin2527]

@@ayyyyph2797 I do not like him when he’s smoochin, I do not like him with Mnuchin

[@Zack_Mee_Nhatz]

“The forest was shrinking but the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood, he was one of them.”

[@heavyartillery-qm5hu]

yawn

[@MonoXimian]

what a wonderful way to sum up the dumbass nature of America

[@pagingdrlamp]

​@heavyartillery-qm5hu I doubt you'll do much sleeping with trump back as president

[@Jordan-ob7nz]

a new electiᴏn video, a new cringe-redditᴏr reposting the axe quᴏte to get upvᴏtes

[@modarkthemauler]

Except, the axe lost the election.

[@PedroFelix456]

This reminds me of my favorite personally crafted quote: "Don't you dare panic and go apesh*t. You keep calm and go apesh*t"

[@ZolidMedia]

Sad thing is that the vote of one country for their leader has so many implications for the rest of the world…

[@lulloa47]

Maybe it’s a wake up call to the rest of the world to distance themselves from Corporate States of America and opt for more regional partners… if it was that easy!

[@nerminsnowhuseinbasic9340]

And in this case positive implications

[@em0_tion]

@@nerminsnowhuseinbasic9340 Weird way to say "a positive ripple effect". 😂

[@nerminsnowhuseinbasic9340]

@@em0_tion I believe his election is positive for the world, but I am also scared that changes he will do won't be accepted easily and that they will keep trying.

[@intheierestellar9600]

@@nerminsnowhuseinbasic9340 What positive implications? Ukraine is now done for thanks to 50% of Americans.

[@shigeminotoge4514]

"Fuck you quite a lot" is probably the most British thing I've heard all year. thank you, Mr. funny facts bird man.

[@stephgracia8902]

Thats "Mister poorman's version of ZAZU ever" to you sir!

[@Safe-and-effective]

No. That's classless. Brits know better than that m8

[@vivianegouvea4475]

The fact that americans think that Kamala Harris is far left is baffling

[@LabGecko]

Their only educational reference is usually past US presidents, and more likely recent ones.

[@MichaelSillion]

Yes she is more right then our right in Sweden

[@pe137isf]

Kamala is far left down

[@王艺璇-w3k]

They have right centrist and fascism. They chose fascism.

[@TheFalx]

She might not be far-left compared with people like Castro or Maduro but she's defenitely very very left oriented.

[@GorgeousRandyFlamethrower-]

I've heard many people say that their main concern was the rising prices of gas, groceries, and other consumer goods. And they saw Trump as the one whose policies would be the ones to bring prices down again. Two of his campaign promises were mass deportations and tariffs. Now, I'm not an economist, but getting rid of cheap domestic labor across the board AND enacting tariffs on imports doesn't seem like a recipe for lowering prices. Tariffs might've worked in the early 50s when around 2/3 of the entire world's manufacturing industry was American, but now you can't take five paces without passing several things that are Made in China, Taiwan, Vietnam etc, unless you are completely naked in the middle of Alaskan wilderness

[@DagobertX2]

Ironic that gas prices gone down, because Biden pushed down oil prices, producing more than ever, while trump raised it with the help of Saudis, because of the pandemic it was too cheap to make all the profit.

[@jeronimo196]

"Getting rid of cheap domestic labor" does sound appealing to people, who sell cheap labor - i.e. workers. Crazy, I know.

[@Henrik_Holst]

@@jeronimo196 none of those migrants are competing with US workers. Brexiters made the same claim that you did and now all those that employed non UK citizens have closed down due to being unable to find workers.

[@Pallomember]

You don't need to be. All of the economists postulate that inflation will indeed skyrocket and the economy will stagnate. Well, all of the credible ones anyway. The talking heads in some conservative think tank monkey farms might say otherwise

[@erzsebetkovacs2527]

Right on. It is tragically ironic that Americans who were understandably unhappy with inflation have just voted in a president who recently name checked, and whose voters expressly idolize, another autocratic populist president (Orban) whose country (Hungary) has had a significantly higher inflation ever since Covid. Also while Orban keeps pushing a similarly toxic propaganda against immigrants, he and his government have also taken measures to bring in thousands of migrant workers, because not enough people (Hungarian citizens or otherwise) are working in the Hungarian factories that supply car parts to the German car making industry, on which economic relationship the Hungarian economy depends and hangs on for dear life. You Americans, have no idea.

[@PlanetXerox]

the next 4 years are gonna be a full-on "Leopards Ate My Face" moment

[@mauricioangulos.2830]

"Only on day one!" 🐯

[@torkelsvenson6411]

It's already started when manufacturing workers are realising they're not getting any bonuses this year because the companies are bunking on the money to be prepared for the tariffs.

[@justinhamilton8647]

I can’t believe this phrase is actually a less than 10 year old tweet instead of a century old book reference that’s already in the dictionary

[@aereiq]

@@torkelsvenson6411 Trump presidency starts next year. Rule is still on Biden's people, so Trump can't do anything about that this year except giving promises.

[@DarkworldRecords_LTD]

This

[@GalierNightYorb]

I’m from the US and had to use a VPN bc this video isn’t not allowed in my country love that for us

[@Marconius6]

It always baffles me that politicians can apparently just... not show up for work, for months, and apparently that's just something they can do while receiving a salary from taxpayers.

[@vikipoyta]

Wait, does their salary keep running during a govt shutdown?

[@Staenhus]

@@vikipoyta The answer is yes.

[@ermansinan]

And you probably vote in US

[@pe137isf]

That's called Democracy AKA tax money from the slaves... "Demo = Slave" "Cracy = Currency"

[@NaviSly]

Dunno for your country but they may have other things to do than being in the chamber. Work in commissions, etc. Voting in the chamber is the most visible part of their work, but not their ONLY work. When you lose the majority, you may have nothing to lose to not vote on some elements. Ofc this is strategy.

[@samlee5549]

I turned 18 only a few months ago, in a country outside of America, but the ending message really resonated with me. When you're an adult, in times of crisis, you are the Helpers. That's what purpose is. Thank you for that.

[@ermaek2145]

Now I watched this whole video. Thank you John Oliver and your team for this. It made me laugh outloud and I really needed that and not only because of these election results..🤗

[@nakaart1]

One of the most anticipated episodes is here

[@muehahahaha]

A main story on Ukrainian war is my most anticipated episode

[@piotrswat169]

I'm here to see if there be any change in the party line.Happy to report there is none.We safe here they did not learn a thing.

[@NJ-wb1cz]

​@@muehahahaha there's no possibility of him doing a proper story on it yet, so I hope he doesn't. Going for the currently mandatory narrative would harm his credibility for years to come

[@NJ-wb1cz]

​@@piotrswat169 what change did you expect?

[@piotrswat169]

@@NJ-wb1cz A slight tilt against the pdf stuff and white man evil.I guess I’m still a Yahtzee.

[@jaungiga]

The Hello Kitty word search has "sufriend" in the second line which is just one "o" short of "sufriendo" aka Spanish for suffering. Lol

[@merilpts]

The word I saw in there was "leave" which is spot on

[@larbranca]

Definitely, blaming the voters is a winning strategy...

[@mariaiacobescu9047]

As an Eastern European...FUCK.

[@buggs2024]

im sincerely sorry

[@exiiiceee]

Better learn Russian

[@LyteSpawn]

As a fellow Romanian, we are so fucking cooked.

[@martavdz4972]

From Czechia, heartfelt support. Trump's just given a textbook to the creepy parties in my country who want to sell it to China. Not to mention... what the f**k will he do to Ukraine?!? We're now stuck between two totally unpredictable players.

[@martavdz4972]

​@@buggs2024I know you didn't cause this, but thank you. In the world of big politics, real and kind people are always heartwarming.

[@roybatty8366]

Come on, Trump didn't say "Drink bleach" he said "Inject disinfectant" which is probably a slightly quicker way to Valhalla.

[@pandaeyez]

That's worse. You do get how that's actually worse, right?

[@terri6854]

Exactly. People get that wrong all the time. It's important to be accurate when quoting a maniac.

[@drvacaveia]

And Kamala still lost

[@Minjoph]

As a Swede, I feel obligated to tell you that this will not, in fact, land you in Valhall. It'll put you in Hel, as you would not die on the field of battle.

[@LarsFranke-k7i]

... now guess what vaccines are made of...

[@mariamaso6995]

We are the helpers, indeed. Gracias tío Juan!

[@kevinmcqueenie7420]

There is a clear historical precedent here. In times of economic hardship people tend towards the right, not just in the US but all over. Most people who voted for that guy just probably didn't realize the rules have changed. I get being angry at the status quo, but choosing the alternative they did feels like turkeys voting for Christmas, or trees in a forest voting for the lumberjack.

[@theotherohlourdespadua1131]

Let all suffer for their choice. Is it not the point of being human?

[@kevinmcqueenie7420]

@@theotherohlourdespadua1131 Good answer! Won't make the outcome any more fun.

[@suzannetitkemeyernlq]

Most of the Americans that voted for him do not understand at all how tariffs work. Prices will skyrocket if Trump enacts the tariffs he's promoting.

[@doggytheanarchist7876]

There's no excuses anymore. Nobody can say, they didn't know he was gonna eat their faces. Ppl who voted for him are either too racist or too queer phobic or misogynist to vote in their own best interests, I don't even believe in plain stupid anymore. This shit is evil and greedy and hateful. And the non billionaires who voted for the fascists must be dangerously naive, if they think they'll be the only ones not to suffer from this.

[@Thekidisalright]

Don’t say “all over” I live in an actual first world country with people who aren’t regarded like Americans who speak only one language yet still can’t tell “your” from “you’re”

[@ZARAFAFNIR]

Thanks you absolutly express my feelings and I live in Sweden....

[@erikalm6007]

Right, so 4 more seasons of Stupid Watergate then?

[@cameronsitton501]

It almost seems cruel _to him_ to reelect him. Clearly, he doesn't want the position. He likes campaigning and he loves being the center of attention, but he clearly didn't want to be the president again for any reason other than staying out of jail.

[@theotherohlourdespadua1131]

Faust thinks it's a terrible deal to make deals with the literal demon but he went with it anyway...

[@pok3rfacReturns]

The President doesn't even really have to do anything. The career professionals do. Hence why he spent so much time golfing the last time

[@cameronsitton501]

@@pok3rfacReturns I mean the President definitely, objectively does do a lot. He does have to do a lot. He doesn't know how to do most of it, but the job is imcredibly difficult and complicated

[@nulnoh219]

Yea but the way Trump does it is basically rubber stamp everything put before him. His party is delighted.

[@pok3rfacReturns]

@@cameronsitton501 it's difficult because you have the final say. That's it. It's like the CEO of any company. A lot of the time the people under you are doing the actual work. You just interpret.

[@JorgeGeog]

Thank you John once again we need you more than ever

[@LabGecko]

It's really nice in France right now. Bunches of French people have been sympathizing with us like we just lost a relative. Great food. Language is a barrier, but the health care is amazing.

[@potaatti1]

I am not sorry for the Americans. This was a fair election, Dem supporters didn't show up, and the result was crystal clear. This is who you, as a nation, are at the moment. But I am deeply concerned for the rest of us, Ukrainians especially.

[@klas-666]

Well, there's almost 100 mil of sane people in US (including minors), we can be sorry for them (and I am)

[@sk31370n]

deeply concerned is what got us here in the first place

[@mcgc93]

​@@klas-666I mean yeah... But the og comment is from fuckin Ukraine, a place with full blown war that will probably lose support from the US

[@tinat.4508]

"Elon Musk used his money to create an extremely efficient voter targeting program which pushed out talking points which would mobilize Trump voters and demotivate Harris voters. His purchase of Twitter was all about the personal data Twitter had, and how he could use AI to understand how and which talking points motivate people."

[@Wustenfuchs109]

Exactly! The biggest problem of these elections is not that Republicans won - it is that the Democrats don't seem to understand why they lost. They went hard on targeting a minority of voters who they consider progressive - and as a result, Republicans won EVERYTHING. House, Senate, Presidency. And if the past is any clue, Democrats will go even harder on their virtue signaling and messaging to an ever more radical group of progressives. Economy is #1 priority, then security. Dems were preoccupied by questions about migrants and LGBTQ+, so the vast majority of Americans who don't have a horse in the race on those questions (they do have OPINIONS, but decisions won't affect them directly) simply didn't find themselves in Dems messages. On the other hand, Republicans went HEAVY with messages about the biggest issues USA has... their solutions were idiotic, crazy and more than a few times flat out fascist. But Americans at least heard SOMETHING about the topics that affect them directly. Even though they are idiocies, lies etc. They felt like one side had a hand on the pulse of the nation, while the other was focusing on the less important things. Celebrity endorsements actually didn't help, quite the contrary. People that have troubles with rent, finding/keeping a job, crime... were bombarded from the Democratic side from millionaire stars talking about how Dems are progressive and how their policies on LGBTQ, DEI and immigration are so cool. So an average person watching that went "Huh? What the hell? Have these people ever left their ivory towers?! I don't care about those things!!!". That is why many Dem voters either stayed home or actually voted for the Republicans. And just look at the next election, both mid-term and the next presidential ones. Dems will use the SAME approach, just even harder next time - and if they happen to win, it will be only because people would be absolutely sick and tired of Trump and his goons, rather than ACTUALLY SUPPORTING Democrats. In short, Democrats need to get the head out of their a$$es and set a clear priority list. 3 main issues. Go! All the rest? Don't even f-ing mention them! Waters down the message, people already know where you stand compared to the other team, so just avoid them. But, this is a KZbin comment, who the hell cares...

[@henriikkak2091]

The current theory I'm noodling with is that celebrity is akin to royalty in the USA. Voters don't know anything about geopolitics but they know everything about celebrities, and Trump is quite simply a bigger celebrity than Harris. It's winners and losers at the expense of substance.

[@piccalillipit9211]

You made money your God and billionaires your high priests as a nation

[@loft777]

​@@piccalillipit9211 and force the rest of the world to do

[@fedvvvv]

In summary, Americans are ignorant. Yeah, I came to the same conclusion. In that case, Trump represents the majority PERFECTLY.

[@LabGecko]

Throw some well placed propaganda in there and yeah, that's about right.

[@vetisyka]

I just want to thank the people in the comments, you guys give me hope that they're still so many smart and empathetic people in the world. Really, the viewers of this show are the best and I love how international we are. I wish you all a great day (in hell but still let's try)

[@mauricioangulos.2830]

Four things we definitely learned after the last US presidential election: 1. Voters don't care if a presidential candidate is an actual criminal, a philanderer, a rapist, a fraudster, a national security risk and/or an insurrectionist. 2. Voters don't care about any other country but their own, alliances and ancestry be damn, right with US standing in the world. 3. Voters will vote against their own interest (white women, black men, latinos) if doing so benefits them economically in the short term. 4. Voters have a selective memory, they only remember their grievances and fantasize about how great everything was before, even when it wasn't. This point includes world history, like what happened to the Germans after they voted for Hitler in 1933.

[@thunderbananas2289]

1. Yes who the fuck cares would you go to a racist doctor who is able to cure you or a nice but dumb as a sack of rocks doctor who will cause you to suffer. There are only two options you must choose your poison. 2. Duh why would you give a shit about another country in your own election 😂 3. First yes, putting food on the table and roof over their heads is very important to some people. If you don’t understand that I’m happy for you that you are privileged enough that it isn’t an issue for you. 4. Comparing trump to hitler shows you have no iq and have never studied history but are just regurgitating media lies

[@ericktellez7632]

5. The democrats threw the race by running as Republicans and most liberals are in delusional mode blaming everyone but the Democratic Party. 6. There is no left in America 7. Americans are too ignorant to learn from other countries who smashed the two party duality, literally the most popular woman president in the world with 80% approval is to the south of them and it came from a third party.

[@andraspalatinus145]

So this comes down to one main rule: people either stupid or selfish.

[@ep7975]

🤣🤣🤣 Yup, that snobby know-it-all attitude is why the Left got CRUSHED! And you will continue to get CRUSHED. Please keep it up sir.

[@王艺璇-w3k]

Your media plays a big role in this. I had to search for Harris' speeches and interviews because your news media weren't giving her airtime. Trump is everywhere, discussed, being made fun of, talked about. EU news clipped her and reported on her more than US did, which is a big problem.

[@marykateoshaughnessy4517]

I could 100% understand why John and other comedians and entertainers would just not want to bother do this again for 4 more years. I wouldn't blame John if he gave up. But I'm so so so so relieved to see he hasn't and hopefully won't. I am so grateful for you John and your whole team, pushing through and delivering for us!

[@llamaliammm]

idts the American media gets load of content money from trumps foolery cos he makes a mess literally every day

[@damiang888]

4 more years? I'd rather they don't do this again, seeing them scared of criticizing Harris while nonchalantly throwing every possible punch to the Republicans was a special level of cringe.

[@artbargra]

@@damiang888 Critizice **what** from Harris? She didn't have that much dirt. When the circus is in town, you discuss the clown.

[@damiang888]

@@artbargrareally, you can't think nothing to criticize about Harris? The candidate nobody voted for in a primary, but nothing to criticize? And her record... you can't even google something? you don't even recall Tulsi destroying her on stage on 2020? Nothing? really?

[@artbargra]

@@damiang888 And you can't either, seeing how you're appealing to very lame sarcasm and nothing else. Go ahead and post your criticism with sources. I'll wait, though not standing. You MAGA morons react to evidence and fact like vampires to a holy cross.

[@shawdou3327]

The worst is, that all the bad trump will do will likely hit ppl only after he leave office. And they will be angry on the next one.

[@mhyl02]

I thought America hit a low point when they elected Bush for a second term…. Good luck with your next dumpster fire.

[@mikek9297]

Prediction : we're in for nother market crash, another massive bailout of top earners and corpos, and quite possibly another pandemic. If covid was indeed "realeased from lab", what better time to do it again than when Bobby Brainworms is in charge of healthcare ?

[@canadianshield5143]

They just lived the last 4 years through a raging dumpster fire...America will be fine!

[@ermansinan]

Ease up Zelenskyy

[@boffo63]

I thought it was the Supreme Court deciding the 2000 Election myself. But we've been screwed by corporations since the start. That's how we ended up with the Electoral College in the first place.

[@VauxhaIIOpel]

Patel saying “we’re putting you [the conspirators and the media] all on notice” as the potential head of the CIA makes it seem very… Stasi-like.

[@martavdz4972]

I was tortured by Communists in my country as a six-year-old and hearing this made my C-PTSD worse. It's not a red flag, it's a red sheet the size of a stadium.

[@aribantala]

People who cries a lot about Democracy working as it intended, and says "they're there to fix it from the external force". Yea... Where do I ever seen that before? Almost as if these bozos doesn't even need to hide they're Autocrat wannabes

[@boffo63]

I find anyone who thinks they can control the CIA to be unaware of what the CIA is. They're too entrenched around the world to care who is in charge. They do what they want and firing anyone in there just turns them into 'contractors'

[@pe137isf]

Trump wouldn't let Alex Jones be put in a concentration camp

[@Mene0]

My condolences, USA

[@zizinnnn]

this election was like watching an olympic athlete saw off their own leg and being convinced it’s a good thing.

[@cameronsitton501]

@@zizinnnn someone else compared watching the election results as "waiting for your biopsy to get back except half your family is hoping it's cancer" And it looks like the majority of voters wanted cancer because "gAs pRiCeS! eGgS aRe eXpEnSiVe!"

[@heavyartillery-qm5hu]

That leg was infected and it was spreading

[@cameronsitton501]

@heavyartillery-qm5hu "infected" yeah we all know what you consider to be the "disease" pal 🇲🇽

[@heavyartillery-qm5hu]

@@cameronsitton501 hiring people because they check boxes instead of being talented? Sure is a disease

[@LordDragox412]

@@heavyartillery-qm5hu Saw a comment of someone saying you had a Hitler Speech Compilation video in your "music" playlist and sure enough, it's there lol. I did "NotSee" that coming.

[@kateriV]

I'm currently in a hospital bed, recovering from a major surgery, but this video has me laughing as much as possible. It’s truly uplifting during this tough time!

[@riny6595]

Get well soon ❤

[@elicioember9231]

Fast recovery!

[@philipeick-vocalmusic]

Thank you so much for this! Especially the way you put hope into perspective and into call for action

[@panzercount]

to all americans i don't know what is worse your naivety or gullibility if you think Trump is the answer to your problems then you will be sorely disappointed. Worst of all, I think you are lost. you are not the country that fights poverty, you fight the poor

[@niello5944]

Most of the people who voted for Trump don't even know Trump plans. You can tell this by how vague they're all being whenever they talk about what Trump'll do. They just saw Trump hate on immigrants and think immigrants are the source of their problem and voted that way. Trump also said he'd improve the economy without mentioning how except for tariff which will instead increase the prices of things. It's hate and ignorance all the way down.

[@tinat.4508]

"Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires" - John Steinbeck

[@unchartedraider7547]

As a french. It was exhausting seeing third party voters and non-voters complain about the win of Trump. I was so tired of them. I spent months explaining to people Trump whole speech and track all his words. So the same amount of people voting for him kills me as much as the fuck ass winning. USA is a nation that is worldy a waste of fucking time.

[@johan13135]

@@niello5944 Except immigrants voted for him, he won the majority of Latino vote too, and he called Puerto Rico a shit hole and the whole Mexico thing. What does that say about the Democrats campaign?

[@USMCCGAGNG]

All Americans? You saw the results right?

[@torkelsvenson6411]

I'm not even upset the way I was in 2016, I'm just exhausted. I just want him to go away. I'm sick of Trump being the central figure of Western politics as he's been for nearly a decade and now he's going to be that for at least 4 more years.

[@vojtisekhovor]

@@torkelsvenson6411 4 more years. And since left seems like they did not learn anything, probably followed by 8 years of JD Vance.

[@torkelsvenson6411]

@vojtisekhovor Nah, Trump is one thing because he's entertaining and knows how to work a crowd, Vance has the charisma of wet cardboard.

[@vojtisekhovor]

@ Tulsi then

[@torkelsvenson6411]

@@vojtisekhovor She's a Hindu and childless in her 40s, the Christian nationalists will never elect her in a primary.

[@torkelsvenson6411]

@@vojtisekhovor She's a Hindu and childless in her 40s. Just one of those would be seen as disqualifying in a Republican primary, so having both would doom her campaign.

[@RICKONORATO]

A reminder that both major recessions of the past 20 years occurred on the Republican's watch...

[@Room142]

Haven't watched yet, but I've been waiting for John's take more than anyone else since the election. Strap in here we gooooo

[@darrenengels9584]

Take your own advise to heart: when a country shows you who they are, believe them. America will never recover from this, NEVER.

[@heavyartillery-qm5hu]

At least we recovered from Biden-Harris

[@Dark_Tau]

@@heavyartillery-qm5hu "Adolf Hitler Speech Compilation w/ English Subtitles | Uncensor History" - Did you NotSee you accidentally put this video in your public "music" playlist instead of your private one? Oops.

[@Dark_Tau]

@@heavyartillery-qm5hu "Adolf Hitler Speech Compilation w/ English Subtitles | Uncensor History" - Did you NotSee you accidentally put this video in your public "music" playlist instead of your private one? Oops. Guess the cat is out of the bag.

[@heavyartillery-qm5hu]

@@Dark_Tau As If you haven't ever put a video in a playlist by accident. This is a funny koinkidink tho lol

[@Dark_Tau]

@@heavyartillery-qm5hu I'm afraid I can't relate. Funnily enough, I don't put dictator speeches in my favorites.

[@Serenity_Dude_X]

Well, I'm glad John was so open about this. And I still think there is somewhat hope.

[@alexmiyamoto4832]

I'm sorry, I don't buy that half the country was that stupid that they didn't understand inflation was a global phenomenon. They wanted an excuse to vote for him - and their reasons for wanting to do that are chilling.

[@terri6854]

Yeah. It's a combination of being ignorant and morally corrupt.

[@sadliaq1590]

I mean yeah i agree w you but also it’d surprise you how out of touch and ignorant most Americans are, and thats across the board including the educated

[@sadliaq1590]

Out of touch* from the perspective of a foreigner

[@martavdz4972]

Fox News didn't run news on inflation in the world.

[@Henrik_Holst]

I have talked to several of them, they sincerely does not understand inflation nor tariffs

[@DarknessBlossoms]

another week, another banger. thank you john.. while this might be the worst case scenario, let's not lose hope..

[@oxigen85]

Ooooh that "Goodbye" at the end 😭

[@earthknight60]

Honestly, I lay a lot of the blame at Merrick Garland's doorstep. if he hadn't dragged his feet for so long trying to appear 'non partisan' then it's likely Trump would have been convicted on several of his more serious crimes,, at at the very least a lot of details of what he did would have been in the public sphere. This would have made it vastly more difficult for the RNC to post him as the nominee, and more of the public would been informed about his criminal activities and seen consequences Garland didn't hand the position to Trump by himself, but he sure as hell facilitated it, and his stalling wound up being the complete opposite of 'non partisan'.

[@RadioFreeWest]

Now he needs to invoke 14.3

[@Warfoki]

People wouldn't have cared. Trump, before his 2016, said in a debate: "The whole system is rigged." "How do you know that?" "Because I use it to my advantage all the time." He was BLATANT about his disregard of rules. Him pointing out the obvious in this regard is what originally got him famous. Hell, the more he bragged about flaunting the law, the more people voted for him, because "meh, every politician is corrupt, Trump at least says it as it is instead of trying to tell us some bs about how clean he is". Hell, it appeals to a LOT of Americans, because they see the free-spirited entrepreneur in him: "hell with the rules, get yours, get it today, beat others in the race to getting it". For Trump, his case wasn't a detriment, it was free advertisement.

[@imrane161]

So you blame merrick for not saying:"frick what all you people think!! I'm gonna decide what's best for u!!!" Blame yourselves. What did u actually do to help? U voted your 1 vote, talked crap about trump. That doesn't change minds. Merrick made the right call. It's like when people get away from a situation becuz they could let their bias get in the way. They had 4 years. Btw it didn't even matter. Kamala and trump are on the same team anyway. Sometimes they play defense sometimes they play offense. They pretend to fight alot but by the end they are all just interested in lining their own pockets, even if injustice has been caused

[@earthknight60]

@@imrane161 His job is to enforce the law, not opinions. Trump broke the law in blatant ways, in ways that when other people have done the same were put in jail pretty much instantly. Instead he sat on his hands for years.

[@stefanradebach2889]

Looks like U.S is gonna have an epidemic of leopards.

[@blindmown]

So many faces for them to eat

[@MoniaOz]

Thank you for this Sir John Oliver!

[@freddiealonsonido]

First time I felt like all was not lost. Thanks John Oliver. Also was incredibly relieving to see him mildly lose it and yell fuck you.

[@artoriapendragon3234]

Is.. Trump saying.. he wants Dwayne Johnson to play every Migrant in the movies?

[@Vincent-legrand]

Would totally watch that movie. A movie where The Rock plays ALL the migrant roles, from the young man looking for a job, to the pregnant woman fleeing her land, the dialogues would be brilliant.

[@leonardowangcl]

35:59 that 'goodbye' is a really nice touch

[@bboy1022]

This is what many Americans wanted. I'm American. I've been living overseas for close to a decade. It's interesting to see the problems that we/Americans see as issues compared to how everyone lives in different countries. America is truly unique.

[@mihaimoldo]

You meant grossly uneducated.

[@puljano]

​@@mihaimoldojess..euro liberals knows better that is good for America than american people😂😂😂

[@niclas9990]

Respectfully, do you really think so? Unique is strange way to put it when the UK only finally booted out their ghouls by voting for a Labor party that jettisoned all minority rights rhetoric, France only held off their immigrant-hating far-right by scraping together a coalition that Macron then ignored, and Germany is yearly seeing their nativist AfD sweeping through the Länder one by one. Last time I checked Italy, Finland, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia and the Czech Republic already had far-right governments. In South America, Argentina's Millei surely needs no mention. In Asia, South Korea's Yoon came to power by riding anti-feminist and anti-establishment anger at the administration that successfully saved them from Covid. I could go on. These are global forces and while Americans are disappointing for having given way, I'm not sure I would describe their self-described issues as unique.

[@alaric_]

@@puljano We know that you will be complaining in about a year and then come crying to us about it. It's too late then, you reap what you sow. Meanwhile the Europe *continues* to be the beacon of freedom in the world, while USA slips backwards. Enjoy your new authoritarianism!

[@az2man]

​@@puljanoIt's more that we know what is best for us and you guys electing Trump means we will have sooner than later to deal with the same kind of bullshit you did. Personally, I wouldn't care if the US chose to elect a god emperor and gave up democracy if it had no effect on us but, sadly, we are so interconnected that it will affect us at some point and I happen to love democracy

[@well-thy]

Just when i thought to check the channel for the new episode and here it is..

[@TheKlokan44]

thanks...needed this

[@felixfernando2751]

Why do anything... Let it all go to shit. Leave Trump a horrible economy, let him do his worse, let these voters see what they voted for.

[@lynnmatsui]

Things will definitely get worse. But Trump will just hold a rally, tell his followers that things are great, and they'll cheer for it anyway.

[@dgshoe]

Because, you coward, there are people who definitely didn't vote for this, don't derserve it, and who ought to be the solution to the problems Trump creates or worsens during his term.

[@aribantala]

This jackwipe suggested to inject disinfectant on people's body and sows disbelief on HIS OWN HEALTH ADVISORS. Nothing will get through them, literally nothing

[@Monika-mh2je]

They would never admit he's unqualified.

[@王艺璇-w3k]

They lived through it just four years ago. Didn't work, didn't learn. They need deprogramming like cultists do.

[@muehahahaha]

This season of South Park is going to be lit 😂

[@Bullminator]

Yeah....garrison is gona hate that.

[@Triplemother]

I’ve been waiting for this

[@wisleylau3149]

Guess we’re all strapped in for four more years of Trump jokes, what could possibly go wrong?

[@dalkurd1]

Progressives are the real leftists. Democrats rather have Trump than Bernie as presidents. Both parties work for the oligarchy. Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪

[@dalkurd1]

Democrats rather lose to republicans than let a progressive win because D & R are one party

[@gabrielhoelzle8476]

The one good thing we can obviously expect is quality memes

[@ayyyyph2797]

Tariffs tanking the economy, people getting deported on unthinkable scales, looks like we're gonna be knee deep in crap flow

[@llongone2]

Everything. Everything could go wrong. tRump had guard rails during his first term. Now he doesn't. It's going to get really ugly if he goes ahead with ending ACA, mass deportations and massive tariffs.

[@Neurocite]

'Idiocracy' seems more prophetic every day.

[@MSR_666]

😅

[@intiorozco5063]

This is worse because no one was really evil in Idiocracy.

[@wellendowedplatypus9024]

@@intiorozco5063 In Idiocracy, stupidity was evil. In the real world, evil is stupid.

[@ali.ayoubi]

You are truly brilliant John, Thanks for your fun and remarkable content ❤👏👏👍

[@Hirnlego999]

You can't educate the general public. They don't know what tariffs are either

[@Hirnlego999]

Trump also inherited the Obama economy, which had been going up since 2009

[@Warfoki]

YOu can. America just chose not to, with their "no child left behind" mindset, that, ironically, ended up leaving ALL children behind.

[@TheMangoMussolini]

And even when you tell them, they STILL don't know

[@ZeDlinG67]

it is depressing to see Musk talking about wasing taxpayer money, while he's blowing up

[@heli0ns]

Guy used to stealing money from systems is excited to steal more money from systems.

[@fedvvvv]

He's just talking to his useful idiots. Watch all of these Trump supporters regret their vote in the coming years. Hell, it happened last time which is why Biden won.

[@王艺璇-w3k]

Funny how poor people voted for him to take from their pocket. Americans are so dumb.

[@george-s-91]

The man also now has way too much influence; him sitting in on talks with world leaders is terrifying.

[@patriciakrejcik7374]

Wow! 26:51 on....Thank you, John Oliver, for expressing everything I've been feeling since the election results: I cried; I laughed; I got as mad as you did. Thank you from the bottom of my heart! (From a Brazilian who lived in the US for more than 10 years; from somebody whomade amazing friends from different walks of life there and who were my chosen family; somebody who lived through cRump's 1st presidency and came back to Brazil to live through the last 2 years of Bolsonaro's presidency; somebody who loves the US so much; somebody who is scared shitless for my American friends). Thank you and your team for such an AMAZING and FANTASTIC show every week! 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@ermaek2145]

It is surpremely frustrating to see how BAD democrats are at messaging about the beneficial things they do for Americans!! How on earth can you not learn to evolve in that respect??! If GOP had accomplished The Pact Act, The Infrastructure Bill, The Chips and Science Act and saved the pensions of 1,3 million Teamsters, you would NEVER had had a waking rest from hearing about those accomplishments in every media outlet across the land!

[@damiang888]

Aren't those Biden accomplishments? Maybe the issue is that Kamala never got around to decide if she was running as Biden's succesor or if she was throwing him in under the bus for every bad thing.

[@John_Smith_86]

Those are not necessarily seen as good things. Pensions -> handouts. Chips Act -> stealth way of inserting federal childcare and other liberal agenda. They are good if you are liberal, but it is not necessarily popular with independents

[@王艺璇-w3k]

That is actually the problem. Your media wasn't clipping Harris or reporting on her. They snubbed her of airtime while Trump is all over the place repeating old crap. I am in the EU and our media showed her rallies and speeches more than US did. It is obvious that she was muffed.

[@damiens4601]

Try having a left candidate for once

[@MrArchilus]

Kamala was pretty good at the start. But then the whole campaign decided that they want to be Neocons

[@RogueGrin]

RFK wasn't allowed in the group, only best left candidate so far

[@MichaelGGarry]

@@RogueGrinare you mentally ill? Or just dumb as a rock?

[@em0_tion]

What do you think the last 20 years were? Obama, Biden - conservatives?

[@whilryke]

​@@em0_tionNeoliberal Centrists control the Dem Party since Clinton. Last time they had centre-left was with New Dealers.

[@BeGioBijoux]

Fuuuuq that Katy Perry karaoke got me cracking fr

[@xskippysticky5092]

I allways thought in 2016 trump managed to con usa, Now im like "you voted for him so suffer the consecuenses"😅

[@chri-k]

the thing is

[@chri-k]

we will also suffer the consequences to some extent

[@puljano]

​@@chri-khow??

[@Gillsing]

What happens in Vegas might stay in Vegas, but what happens in USA spreads like an STD.

[@Dazzlefisher]

@@puljanoBecause the USA fucks over the whole world, and now with Trump in charge it will be worse for everyone except Israel and maybe Taiwan

[@ermaek2145]

I watched nearly all Harris rallies and interviews. I didn't hear her talking about transpeople in sports ONCE! What is it with Americans and the truth?? How do they not know how to fact check information?? WTF?!

[@MichaelGGarry]

And then the press blamed HARRIS. There's one of your biggest problems - your journalists are nothing but propagandist liars

[@dgshoe]

It's not that they don't know how to fact-check, it's that they don't want to.

[@unchartedraider7547]

Yeah my problem is these people do not want to do research. They want the solution to come to them. This is why they invented AI and why AI fucking sucks since it's an American who did that.

[@ryguy642]

And. I think that was the issue. That she said nothing. So people thought they were going to get more of the same as with Biden

[@John_Smith_86]

She doesn't talk about it in the current election, because it is vote losing. But she does talk about the transgender in the past. More importantly, the Democrat party as a whole is being punished, not necessarily her alone

[@Befallengrace]

This is the best anti Trump rant, let me tell you. Very beautiful. I saw millions and millions of Oliver's tears but this ones are the best.

[@pedrostormrage]

17:01 "He lies so constantly people have a sense that you can pick and choose which things he actually believes, and create a version of him that suits you, and that can be the case even when his intentions are very clear" Here I thought lying should be disqualifying for a politician, but apparently it's just a way of leveraging confirmation bias (instead of perceiving the contradictions, people will just believe what's convenient for them, and ignore everything else).

[@shanadir]

"your money is being wasted" (by being spent on helping you) Anyone else hear that second part? It seemed really loud to me.

[@EvelynDeCobain]

good luck handling public services as if they were yet another one of your bankrupt companies Donnyboy

[@MsBrunoVarela]

the Michael Cohen live part was amazing

[@anonforyou]

John Oliver is making jokes but I can feel how dead he is inside, and how he is holding back his tears. I still like him for at least trying to continue to be funny, I mean, if you compared him to the other clowns like Jimmy Kimmel and the others, at least Oliver tries to be funny

[@pe137isf]

Can't blame him, John Oliver is clearly a hardcore Liberal

[@donmeisner4438]

I am not american and live in Europe, but i was very invested in the election. I feel very election depressed, i have unsubscribed from most political channels now. I need a breakcfir now before re-engaging in politics

[@LevNikolayevichMyshkin]

Yes you should also delete your twitter account if you have one. In this moment you need to retreat into the depth of the echo chamber or you will receive a reality check.

[@shethingsd]

Thanks, John and team

[@TheJapanChannelDcom]

The world couldn't believe America chose him once... they are flabbergasted they chose him again....

[@KaleRylan]

The world doesn't have much of a hill to stand on politically as countries across the globe are shifting right and people keep voting for insane political arguments that hurt mostly themselves. Basically, the modern liberal capitalist experiment is beginning to break down and becuase people are too disenfranchised to do anything about it, they're all voting for self-centered strongmen in the hopes they'll do something about it. It's insane, but the line of reasoning tracks.

[@valeriebarboranovakova6489]

Thank you John. Really love you :D

[@cedriccallier3319]

Dear John, thanks for being there and for helping us get through this. Take care ❤

[@I.amthatrealJuan]

I pleaded in my comment last week to not give John Oliver another four years of Trump material and to stop the streak of demagogues taking power. But here we are, in this cursed timeline.

[@trixunix5411]

Thanks John! And all late night hosts too. You made the Trump's victories possible! Keep on the good work, there's still a few voters that need to flip Red. 👏👏👏

[@theobserver1219]

STOP CRYING JOHN!!! YOU'LL GET A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN! 😢😢😢

[@ocmcpherson7761]

Always very insightful

[@EngEduMS]

21:13 If you think that is stretching the word respectfully to breaking point, I suggest having a conversation with anyone from Rio de Janeiro.

[@daviddefunes]

John if you want to understand Trump you need to study Berlusconi. He did everything Trump did, 20 years before. And I include claiming to bring peace to the world, being judged guilty of corruption...and so on.

[@elicioember9231]

He already has studied Berlusconi.

[@ismaelismael8543]

The thing is the cult of Berlusconi ended after his impeachment, conviction and ban from running for office for over a decade. The US had a chance to follow that route and messed it up. Furthermore, Berlusconi didn't have the completely unchecked power as Premier of Italy as Trump has as President of the most powerful empire in the history of humanity.

[@王艺璇-w3k]

Continuing the comparison, Meloni has been great. Hope America survives Trump and proves that they deserve their own Meloni

[@ivargo-cv2cz]

Great years for commedy are on the way... 😂😂😂

[@deepdivin]

I've been watching and rewatching that video where you dared him to run for President. Good job. Did you send him that cheque by any chance? Kamala could use it now. She wants it for "recounts".

[@piakron1477]

Move from the far left? 🤣🤣🤣 in our country, the american democrate party would be considered middle-right if not full on right...

[@ElGuerreroMaya]

Not on social issues, that's where the American left is a trail blazer for full blown insanity

[@TheMangoMussolini]

You slept during political science 101 didn't you. You're about as far off the mark as Elmo Muskrat is.

[@inakale]

like always, the best response 🔥

[@kneeshiddho]

Self-righteous and condescending nature of Legacy media including you was one of the key reasons for this shipwreck 😂

[@volo870]

We, Ukrainians, are fucked. US folks, thanks to your betrayal.😓

[@Bullminator]

Us barely gave you any support in 1.st place. Most of stuff came from europe. They just spinned the narattive they helped the most, wich is bullshit. Poland gave you most so far.

[@VitaeLibra]

​@@BullminatorThey did give a lot and their gear is a lot better. Denmark gave the most compared to their gdp but we're a small country Oh, and uh... we'll try our best but... fight with teeth and nails or whatever they say. Don't give in friend. Good luck and I'm sorry...

[@mikek9297]

@@VitaeLibra Hopefully EU will step up. Maybe Trump will get tha cutting off Ukraine is an open invitation to China to grab Taiwan and all of US microchip production. But he will probably lift some sanctions placed on russia and that will suck big time.

[@br_obert]

Im so sad you have to pay the bill for a country full of rednecks that think 3 Dollars for a gallon of fuel is expensive.

[@eduardosemler2539]

​@Bullminator Do you really think that becauseTrump won he Will not support Putin now?

[@Eldrss]

May John Oliver stay alive and kicking, he's a balm.