Trump & the Coronavirus: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

John Oliver takes a look at how the Trump administration has handled the coronavirus outbreak in the US, from lack of preparation, to mangled coordination, to harmful communication.
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[@mike64792]

The people who need to watch this won’t watch this, and if they did, they’d say it was fake news anyway.

[@remyllebeau77]

I did watch it, are you brave enough to go through it point by point?

[@achitnis379]

That is the biggest problem...no matter what his supporters will always support him...

[@remyllebeau77]

@@achitnis379 That is because you live in a different world where facts don't matter.

[@manthetower5894]

@@remyllebeau77 the same can be said about you correct?

[@kanieswanson9677]

@@remyllebeau77 What do you think is the next step in handling the pandemic? Regardless of who is elected, what do you think they should do to help citizens and ensure health/safety?

[@jedi.knight5859]

hadn’t seen that clip of the nurse talking about PTSD, and the president interrupts to pass out pens. honestly ridiculous.

[@Irene-ii7zm]

I was hoping it was going to be something like "And now use these pens to write down what's going on with the PTSD" or something... still not great, but much better than "Oh, you have PTSD? Take a pen"

[@orionsshoe2424]

Absurd. Offensive. Vapid, vacuous, and insipid!

[@rnkrnk335]

It’s horrific

[@shaha9]

I think someone wants a pen.

[@williamsli3745]

I really hope John Wick is there, take a good use of that pen too.

[@shae5887]

“I can’t help these people” you can really hear the pain in his voice

[@ry.310]

@@SoItGoes5 ?

[@void1754]

@@SoItGoes5 You not having empathy doesn't mean everyone is like you.

[@CosmicAnteater]

@@SoItGoes5 Where’s the proof?

[@shiroganetsuki9634]

You can hear it even louder in the silence before these words... :/

[@Mini_Squatch]

@@SoItGoes5 did you miss the clip where that same guy states he voted for Trump in the election?

[@lynnebucher6537]

I think I've watched this video three times and John Oliver's anger is truly palpable and understandable.

[@kamilareeder1493]

Its honestly pretty gangsta that Jon chose to move here ON PURPOSE lol

[@vivigesso3756]

Weird. The dems stole the election and did even worse. We need president Trump back.

[@bearthalamas9241]

Nah, he just ran out of midol..

[@mrchiefbs]

My dad is damn near drinking himself to death these days. He started crying in front of me last night and told me stories of the deaths he’s seen this week alone at his hospital. And this...monster....these monsters. Are passing around pens and smiling. I don’t even get how you can joke about this stuff anymore. I’m tired and broken and scared. I haven’t felt this bad my whole life.

[@Undivided_X]

Mate i'm so sorry I know it's hollow platitudes but I really wish you all the strength in the world to emotionally support him at this time.

[@FinneousPJ1]

Plot twist dad is not medical professional, just an alcoholic

[@jhonnyjhomey]

Thank him for all of his work , I mean overwork , during this nightmare

[@tunasalad9693]

My entire family is highly at risk for dying if they get it exept me and my dad. So me and my dad are sent out, like it's the fucking apocalypse and we're the least injured, to get food and shit. This is so dystopian and scary. I couldn't see my family for two weeks because one of my dad's coworkers who he had seen in person recently had tested positive, and his job only gave him an email like: "oh by the way... might wanna get tested bro :/" so we all had to quarantine. I don't know where I was going with this, maybe this was me just ranting, maybe this was me trying to say I understand you. But all I know is that life's shit and super dystopian rn.

[@AmaraEmme]

Praying for your family

[@WierdAndRandomGirl]

I lost my best friend to this virus. We had just graduated college, he was looking for work as a technical writer, he wrote brilliant fiction and cooked the best noodles in the world and loved doughnuts and now he's dead, and he died alone and afraid, and the grief has made me almost numb, and yet somehow that gddamn pen clip still had me shaking with rage. Vote tomorrow. Please. For the love of your friends and family and those you never thought you would lose until you did.

[@datgrrl5698]

SO SO SO very sorry for your loss. This is going to cause so much PTSD and civil unrest and lack of empathy, just wish I could give you a hugg xo

[@uncreative5766]

I'm voting for my 97 year old grandma who's not a citizen, but has been living in America for a long time now. She's in a care home and visits have been cut and limited due to Covid, and she and so many other senior citizens in these care homes are now feeling abandoned by their families. I went to see her a few months ago and we were only allowed to see and talk to each other through a window. She was fucking crying when the staff wheeled her out to the window, because she saw us, and we were the first family she had seen in months. Now the home she's in is limiting any family from coming in because they had a Covid outbreak and wants to limit the spread. My grandma and other seniors deserve better. Vote for Biden. Trump's denial of this pandemic has been nothing short of a disaster.

[@aniketmodi6346]

I'm so sorry for your loss.

[@bogusmcbogus2637]

Stay strong, brother.

[@l1meyman]

Im sorry for your loss. Trump 2020.

[@stijnvth]

"some shitty fucking pens" ... John delivers that line so beautifully ...

[@apeman9238]

Pesident Biden orderd pens out of a secret storage, sinds trump brought his own.

[@annebruecks7381]

I don’t think he was even Giving them the pens, I think they were all going to sign something and he got the pens back.

[@Jonics18]

That clip with Trump and his fucking pens infuriated me. And it still does to this damn fucking day.

[@cherrylq9325]

My sister died 3-2-20 from Covid that she contacted in February while Trump was saying "nothing to see here!" It took her husband until January 2021 to get the tests done to determine that she did in fact die from Covid. She never had a chance to protect herself.

[@pearldiver7]

Very, very sorry for your loss. Many Americans haven't seen to true face of how this pandemic has tragically effected families, so hearing the reality is important, if for nothing else, at least to judge Trump's response in history.

[@cherrylq9325]

@@pearldiver7 thank you John. You are so right about the very tragic human toll. 💔 So many families suffering irreplaceable loss.

[@billbill6094]

"Plane crashes, 500 people die, all they talk about is covid." Except about twice as many died of covid in a single day and it's happening everyday. And it's not a damn hypothetical.

[@TardyTardigrade]

Yeah. The thing is his supporters are certified bat-$hit crazy. They do not care if you, me, or even they themselves die. They have committed to this course of cult worship. They can't be reasoned with, worked with, or redeemed. Their last words before going on a ventilator would be "Its a hoax. Q knows." They are lost to humanity.

[@shaec3405]

No such thing happened either!

[@marinamoskaleva3208]

proudboy whose? Covid19 doesn't care about race

[@kiwisplash22]

@@sorrykid8538 stop trolling and sending the same shit 100X. on every other comment. thanks and gnite.

[@Jeloren]

@@sorrykid8538 Your link leads to a site that flat out calls Black people chimps, which is horribly racist and disgusting. Reported for hate speech.

[@vxxiii4160]

The pens part absolutely dumbfounded me. This man has zero empathy for other people.

[@M0oranshi]

It made me sick and ironically it wasn't because of Covid.

[@kaylareed8037]

As an Emergency RN who still is seeing death and feeling the effects of COVID (Our behavioral health crisis is also crippling) I am so saddened.

[@TheButtDr]

he straight up does not care

[@billdunkelberger971]

Hence- narcissist

[@kurisu7885]

He's never ever had to develop any like most other people do.

[@CatThatLostHisHat]

"A quarter million Americans are going to die." Oh. Oh, John, honey. It gets so much worse.

[@shellyjustice7227]

And it's going to become a lot worse... John filmed this nearly a year ago, but I know you already knew that...

[@smolvaxxednezuko]

It’s already become the worst pandemic to hit the US. It literally beat the Spanish flu.

[@markbriten6999]

@@smolvaxxednezuko a Erica flu. It came from the US but you, us(GB) and others were in a war so not acknowledge

[@riffgroove]

The death toll in the U.S. has now just surpassed 900,000 people.

[@the-renegade]

@@riffgroove It's maddening... 😡

[@longboardcamify]

I buried my mom last week. She was a nurse and didn't deserve to spend the last two months of her life in a hospital isolated from family and friends. People this disease is terrible and anyone who says otherwise can say it to my 12 year old sister whos mom died two days after her birthday!

[@theallseeingeye9388]

So sorry for your loss. Stay strong.

[@penguinuprighter6231]

That's really terrible. Hope you and your sister can overcome.

[@sylvan44]

I’m so sorry. may her memory be a blessing❤️ i hope you and your family are doing okay considering

[@Daniel_Alves1993]

If Trump is tired of hearing about Covid after one year, imagine how exhausted the world is of hearing about Trump every day for the last 5 years.

[@trnharris]

💯💯💯💯

[@studyzen8836]

His presidency has been the longest 20 years of my life.

[@headlight31]

I'm from the philippines and man, when the news say "Trump..." I'm like, what did he do now? It's not funny anymore.

[@Daniel_Alves1993]

@@jamescollier3 I hope you're wrong, but I wouldn't be surprised.

[@Daniel_Alves1993]

@@studyzen8836 I was 23 when he was elected. I'm getting close to 900 now. It's not easy.

[@michael_mcgowan]

The sad thing about Obama's speech about pandemic preparedness is that it would probably only convince Trump supporters that he had something to do with all of this...

[@lidiasoares4939]

This is true. I heard the same kind speech in a podcast in 2016, when discussed what could cause to a apocalypse scenario, and a pandemic by a flu it's was the most certainly.

[@OlEgSaS32]

its all they needed to go after bill gates , that he somehow "knew" about it, when in reality, most people who studied history know that new diseases always crop up and will always keep coming until one is so deadly it kills us all before we could try and fight it

[@tushartakku]

Even if he hypothetically did know about it, he himself had a pandemic response team and a pandemic response plan to deal with it, which he left for Trump to put to use, but Trump ditched that anyway, so the responsibility is still Trump's!

[@joeyclemenza7339]

I’m sure they’re already hard at work, using the video to try to drudge up another conspiracy theory....

[@ChrisSmith-qx6wt]

Think about them guys they'll spin it the way they wanna spend it so they look right

[@devonlockwood1477]

I remember feeling physically ill that night when he was elected. But I never imagined he could do this much harm.

[@DanaTheInsane]

My partner and I contemplated suicide that dark night. In the end we decided Trump was not going to kill us that easily.

[@carolinamurtha3102]

Seriously, I still remember waking up in the middle of the night to use the restroom and checked my phone while I was up. My heart sank, it was such a strong feeling of despair. As a Latino/any minority, the last bunch of years have been rough.

[@elaineburnett5230]

@@DanaTheInsane Thank you.....

[@hybridfuckingcomplex]

@@DanaTheInsane i'm so sorry you both had to consider that, but i'm happy you didn't and i wish you well

[@richardt1792]

Trump killed 600,000 Americans and counting. He was warned about pandemics and it was his dream, to allow a pandemic to wipe out people that he felt were weak, inferior, minorities. He felt he could protect himself. Damn you Regeneron for saving him from COVID.

[@kyledube927]

Omg, the pens killed me... not in a “i laughed my ass off!” kind of way... more in a “I can’t believe people like this exist and run countries. I might just kill myself.” kind of way. Anyone else?

[@kziila0244]

Me.

[@stephenwright8824]

Me 4/1/2021.

[@elaineburnett5230]

Except,,,I don't want to kill myself, why make Republicans happy?

[@KBWeeds]

I don’t want to kill myself. I want Trump held accountable for lying to everyone which caused over 500k deaths, inciting the Jan 6 insurrection, financial fraud, and whatever else his grifter ass is guilty of!

[@zachlenox807]

Wanted someone to say "Take those pens and shove them up your ass."

[@lifeafterfootball9814]

If you aren't as angry as John Oliver, you haven't been paying attention.

[@topcomment3816]

If you are angry right now, I can’t wait to see how angry you are going to be after tomorrow night. 😂 #Trump2020

[@mattk6101]

@@topcomment3816 woohoo yeah! #SIMPsForTrump!

[@sugarqbs]

@@topcomment3816 damn man, he didn't even say what country he was from but you come out the gate swinging...

[@jayannakelley9051]

@@topcomment3816 - Actually NO ONE cares what you ‘think’!!

[@KitsGravity]

@@mattk6101 that cracked me up xD Nice one #SIMPsforTrump

[@Independent365]

I REALLY hope this is the last LWT with Trump as President...

[@kyleguajardo]

Sadly even if he gets voted out, he will throw a fit, and the president elect is not inducted until January. Do you know how much damage he could do in one month? I don't want to know, but we're gonna find out

[@OlEgSaS32]

even if he loses he still has to run the country to next january, so as nice as that sounds, not gonna happen

[@topcomment3816]

Nope. #Trump2020

[@digitalbookworm5678]

🤞 He's there til noon on Jan. 20th (unless he skips the country before then) 😎

[@TheResilient5689]

You me, and the rest of the world that isn't in Trump's orbit.

[@richardking7682]

This should air constantly in 2024

[@SexiestPenguin]

DT: "By the way on November 4th, you won't hear about it anymore" Me on January 19th, 2021: "November 4th of which year!?"

[@brandyjohnson738]

Same

[@ethanweeter2732]

It might be over by Nov 4 of this year, if we are lucky.

[@whatsagoodusername823]

@@ethanweeter2732 Don't get your hopes up, apparently enough people have been fucking around and not getting vaccinated for so long that a new strain has popped up. Get ready for all the effort it took to get vaccines developed and distributed to go completely down the drain as we now have to do it again for the new strain.

[@phanatic215]

August 6th...now we have the Ron's remix

[@redactedname247]

@@ethanweeter2732 nope.

[@jessicaramynke3]

I need things like this to confirm I'm not the only one here losing my shit.

[@alexandertownsend3291]

I would be more worried about you if you weren't.

[@ExistentialistBread]

Trust me you’re not alone. We’re all losing our shit

[@stevesmith9447]

I'm not sure we even have any shit left anymore. We've been losing it continuously for.... a while.

[@ImBatman-dk8eh]

It's not just you

[@user-yx8bh6wg4x]

Amazing 🆕 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKWnmYije72la6M

[@KitwaIker]

I’ve never set foot in America and I’m TERRIFIED for tomorrow

[@AutisticWombot]

Well it kinda does have VERY far reaching consequences🤦

[@rikitheheropon3781]

You’re terrified!? Imagine what it’s like over here ~_~

[@grmpEqweer]

It's on Tuesday. Ballots should be counted for several days afterward. Trump may fight a loss until January, and he might win We might stretch this terror out...😨🙄

[@thatdude7778]

So are we 😷😱

[@magicvibrations5180]

Don't worry, we most likely won't know the result for a couple more weeks. We are heading into a dark time with recounts, and candidates arguing over the result in the supreme court. I'm scared too.

[@hallowen]

Thing is, when you're a sociopath and a malignant narcissist, the "express empathy" part really is the hardest one.

[@philippealexis]

He handed out... pens. To his 'Trump' mind, what was being reported to him is that nurses were running out of pens to fill in death certificates??? Good Lord... It's like, Give them more pens, problem solved.

[@Tomrainsallnight]

He just doesn't get it. He's mentally ill

[@dragonflymike77]

Idk if I have ever seen him this pissed. He's legit scared and heart broken.

[@gregfahlgren7501]

Only other times are when he talks about police brutality. Or whenever anyone insults women in the military. To be fair, that one's personal for him.

[@loafofmilk7680]

When that man said “I can’t help all these people” it broke my heart. He was doing his best to save lives and this administration didn’t care.

[@writerach]

The tears in his voice really got to me.

[@WonderWhile]

Going from feeling empowered cause you know you can help to hitting walls and walls and walls. I feel bad for him

[@godwinwong2809]

There was a lot of Trump regret clearly too. Cause he felt the need to say he voted for him, while it was clearly eating him up that Trump did nothing.

[@420mralucard]

It's so sad because rather than trying to be a scuzzy businessman who only wants funds to protect his business he's desperately trying to get funding to protect others in advance.

[@Nicknamefivenumbers]

He looked like he was about to cry

[@FlyingHangman]

I've been binging johns videos for the last couple of weeks, and this one genuinely hurt to watch. Not just because, 2 years on, we know how bad the situation got, but because of the pure emotion in johns voice. His other videos he may get passionate about, but so many times you could hear it in his voice and see it in his eyes that he was flitting between the barrier of outright rage and hearbreaking grief.

[@RobSchofield]

I'm only viewing this in Jan, '21. I've always appreciated just how Mr. O. can get to the point by slowly changing the balance between humour (heavy at the start) to reality (heavy at the end) just before the real knife comes out - and his delivery of the death blow is as worthy as any Shakespearean denouement. John, this is Emmy/BAFTA quality material, and I would be extremely sad if it doesn't get recognition: script, staging, and presentation are - as ever - top quality.

[@A_T216]

I hate how important John's messaging is, and how all the people who really need to hear it just... won't.

[@JR-playlists]

I'd love to hear, in hind sight, who Mike Bowen voted for in 2020. Because clearly, the GOP is complicit in the 250,000 deaths some caused by no masks available and no masks worn as a political statement.

[@seanbohan9491]

Worse than that: 8.49 million subscribers, 5 million views, and not one of these people needs to be convinced, and if any try to convince even one other person who does need convincing, the result will be utter failure. Pen, anyone?

[@happyplace8452]

Try not to hate friend. It is bad for your heart.

[@zachdeluise8342]

Yep... there's roughly 73 million people who still need to find their way back to reality. It's horrifying.

[@kathyg226]

@MAGNUS CARLSEN is he

[@vladniculaie1996]

i'm not even american, but i encourage you to go out and vote that "president" out of office

[@Juventinos]

why, for everyone but americans he's been a great american president. first in 100 years to not start a war, Obama had 6 wars.

[@robin9740]

@@Juventinos he's dismantling NATO and will most definitely start ww3

[@Juventinos]

@@robin9740 how? he's negotiated a peace deal between the Arab nations and Israel, he stopped iran's nuclear program, stopped north korea's nuclear program, defeated ISIS, his relationship with Russia is ok to great.. who is he going to fight? Venezuela?

[@sinavosough757]

@@Juventinos FYI Iran and North Korea are both pumping up their nuclear efforts.

[@davidrosenberg9615]

@@Juventinos He didn't do half those things. He didn't stop Iran's nuclear program at all. Hell, if Iran hadn't been caught blowing up a passenger airliner by accident, we might have gone to war. I don't believe he's made any actual material progress with North Korea, though I'm not critical of that because hell if I know what works. He's only "improved relations with Russia" at the cost of pissing off many of our decades old allies.

[@JoshisJoshisJosh]

This was 2 months? Why does it feel like 4 years ago

[@corbeau-_-]

@Laura Brown NEVER

[@corbeau-_-]

you know why ;)

[@JoshisJoshisJosh]

@@corbeau-_- oh i like you lol

[@markthomaskiec2453]

Time ages all differently.

[@mpnothnx9933]

"I can't help these people" through deep hurt. doing your best dude.

[@mikevillalobos7766]

You notice his body language when he doesn't like what hears he folds his arms like a kid and he wants everything to be apart of his reality. This man is insane and such power shouldn't be given to him.

[@elviejo2431]

Thank you for making it hard to focus on anything other than his tie 😂😂😂😂😂

[@siiriv6750]

He truly is a toddler

[@BradColemanisHere]

Yes, those types of things are what so many of us picked up on in the 2016 campaign and just knew would have an impact with him as president. Somehow people are not good at recognizing these types of behaviors in other people. I don't know why but it's so obvious. He is, and always has been, childlike. A child running the country.

[@sammygirl6910]

@@BradColemanisHere Unfortunately, the wrong people saw it and have been using him to achieve horrible things his pea sized, swiss cheese like brain could never have conceived of. He's a racist, misogynist, xenophobic POS, but he's stupid. He'd never have been able to achieve any of this without the Bannons, Millers, and Barrs in his orbit. Even if Biden wins, we're definitely not out of the woods.

[@gbarcalow]

@@BradColemanisHere For some people it's just baked into them. Their minds just don't work like those on the left. They are pre-disposed to fearing other groups that are not like them, and they are less capable of feeling empathy, and they have a psychological need to feel superior. Trump gives them those things. They are addicts and he is the drug. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind-in-the-machine/201712/analysis-trump-supporters-has-identified-5-key-traits?page=1

[@videos8159]

I have never seen John Oliver so angry. He was actually shaking after the freaking pen clip. I feel him. I feel him so much.

[@cheesecakecia]

I thought he would burst from all the blood going to his head.. poor thing :(

[@aserta]

He is the kind of guy who takes all this stuff personally. I do too sometimes, but then i remember that it's too late, and we're here to understand our choices, not make them...

[@HeilRay]

Get a feeling his blood vessels are gonna pop come Orange Wednesday.

[@davebusby5904]

I was wondering how much money John donated to the Trump campaign back in 2016. 🤔

[@simoneidson21]

@@davebusby5904 None, why the fuck do you think he donated anything?

[@jamiekatrinaharris265]

how does John talk about this so passionately without crying

[@SevenMinx7176]

What nearly made me cry was hearing how close to a breakdown he was when talking about his sick colleagues

[@robothunter1035]

Nobody talked about a plane going down with 500 people because a plane didn't go down with 500 people. But a thousand died from COVID 19 on Friday.

[@carabiner7999]

Spot on.

[@maxxbarzz]

How big is that plane that can carry 500 ppl in one load.

[@slugworth3111]

The Airbus A380 can do over 500 depending on how the seating is configured.

[@maxxbarzz]

@@slugworth3111 just looked up the history of Airbus and they haven't had a crash in over a decade.

[@behnamsay7168]

EXACTLY

[@Scout5150]

The people who need most to watch this are the least likely to do it.

[@maythesciencebewithyou]

I you are implying that it is Trump supporters who need to watch this, then I totally disagree with you. Those people are far too gone. This is fake news to them. And even if they believed this they wouldn't care because owning the libs takes priority and having an anti-PC guy who encourages their racism, xebophobia and bigotry is a dream come true for them. The people who need to watch this the most are those who are unpolitical, those who ignore politics and not not intend to vote. Not the so called "undecided voters", most of those guys I bet are pro Trump but just to afraid to admit it.

[@Polyglot_English]

**VOTE THIRD PARTY** kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZzSdn6Hgdx8rck

[@jonrmang]

You are sooo right! I couldn't agree with you more!!

[@Shuizid]

@@Polyglot_English Well at least you got the russian name to make sure everybody sees you are a paid troll.

[@jonsmith5058]

@@maythesciencebewithyou Yeah I agree with you, its next to impossible to get someone so dogmatic to change their perspective, as humans we are hard wired to protect ourselves against things that hurt us, that includes ideas that hurt us, ideas that mean we may have spent a long long time falsely invested in something. I see the same over here with the Brexit debate where its just so partisan there is no way to reconcile anymore and it seems the same in the US, both sides just consistently throw up the strawmen they think the other side believe in and refuse to listen to any argument that might actually be convincing to either side or when they do outright dismiss it as lies.

[@TVBjak]

You can REALLY feel how pissed John is by the end of this piece.

[@Clustergeist]

“On November 4th it’ll be gone btw” what the literary fuck.. it’s Jan 2, 2021, you were soooooooo right Donald.. please just go.

[@pasiaangelo6442]

March 2, it's still here, vaccine on the way though. So that's one thing to look forward to.

[@Clustergeist]

@@pasiaangelo6442 Just a little short of a year when he said it'd be over and we're just finally getting okay-ish. Pretty sad.

[@pasiaangelo6442]

@@Clustergeist call me pessimistic, but it would still take a bit longer, no thanks to the twats who think it's just the flu

[@Campeon99]

@@pasiaangelo6442 April 20, still here. The vaccine is out and people are getting their covid vaccine shot.

[@Campeon99]

@@pasiaangelo6442 yeah, i think it’ll take at least till 2022 or possibly til 2025 for covid to be at least under control. The people who be like “it’s just a flu” really make all worse. I hate them

[@crin28]

A large part of our problem is that the Americans who really need to hear this are busy watching conspiracy videos.

[@wd3185]

@k K Nope, it's mainly people spreading bullshit like QAnon, Pizzagate, anti-vaxxing, and the idea that Trump is somehow even remotely a decent human being or person.

[@sevrenhoover6858]

@k K “The blacks that I know”, like jesus fucking christ dude, people who think like you are why I’m glad we’re about to get a sane administration in the White House. I was Republican before, but now I’m 21 years old and living on my own, working full time, oh, and I’m not having to listen to Fox News 24/7 bc I grew up in a very conservative house. As soon as I saw the things Trump does and says, and quite frankly, when I started watching this show here, democrats are making a hell of a lot more sense than the nonsense I was spoonfed my whole life. I really would’ve loved to see Yang, he’s my favorite politician right now, but I proudly voted Biden yesterday at the polls. God it feels good to cast the vote of the winning side, the right side.

[@MeatCatCheesyBlaster]

I wish it showed dislikes

[@joeturtleneck2300]

or reading headlines but not articles

[@rexlu1969]

@k K Did you watch the video or not? Did you catch the part about Trump lying about how serious the disease is? He knew it was serious then lied about it, saying its not a big deal. That's a HUGE lie.

[@prakashyadav9422]

This is infuriating to me, and I'm not even an American

[@pseudonym9215]

How do you feel about Modi's handling of the pandemic?

[@carabiner7999]

I hear you. His playing president has had long term, global and real consequences for the entire world/planet. Hope you and yours are healthy and happy.

[@aish125]

Over 1700 people died here.(Japan)I think this is not normal.Then I look America,I feel like dijyoioghtojogsio(totally panicked).

[@eagle3676]

@@poojakevat556 really though? I know India has a lot of people but it's still 2nd in cases and 3rd in deaths

[@thainganpham9705]

I criticize and ridicule the Vietnamese government a lot but at least it did well during COVID

[@SophieHatterLeFay]

My parents, over the past year, are those people who endlessly defend trump and his handling of the pandemic, they get so angry at me for pointing out anything he's done that they don't like being brought up, and insist it's all somehow Obama (4 years ago), the democrats, and the media exaggerating it. It's honestly been such a shock to find out my parents are these kind of people, they were obama supporters years ago, but now they fight with me, with their friends, even strangers online about their conspiracies. Some days it's honestly hard to remember who they were and harder still to remember how to love them. covid may not have directly taken anyone I know from me, but sure has killed a lot of love.

[@Toomuchbullshitt]

Trump, like Ronald Regan, turned many normal Americans into far right conspiracy theorists. All he uses is anecdotal evidence and straw man arguments combined with his business brand prestige to win them over.

[@THEchiQ]

This is the only time I’ve thought John was on the verge of tears. That close was pretty heart wrenching.

[@gsp4prez]

@@nonnenja2281 or he has a fucking heart. I know that’s hard to tell if you’re on the right, as cruelty is the feature, not the bug of these sociopaths

[@JucaMelancia]

"Trump is doing his best" Trump's best is not enough.

[@JohnDoe-yl7jv]

Don't forget the trump puke supporters secret weapon "fake news"

[@darkprince56]

What would you have done differently then? For example, Europe is going through its second wave of cases and lockdowns right now and he ain't president there. European governments have been pretty consistent with mask mandates and lockdowns and yet their numbers are still going up. Maybe, just maybe, Trump isn't the common denominator here… Instead realize that we are dealing with a new virus, an infective agent that is so small (even smaller than bacteria) that is difficult to control. Also, ‪only a fool would take the # reported by the🇨🇳Communist Party at face value. It defies logic for only ~4.6k dead in epicenter: 🇨🇳's 9th largest city w/a 11+mil population, and a level 4 bio-safety lab. Leaked vids show corpses on street, long queues at crematoriums, whistleblowers were silenced: dead/disappeared. But sure _we_ have 40% of global cases, we have more cases and deaths than the epicenter, a country of _1.4 billion_ lol ok, if you believe that, then I have a bridge to sell.

[@ickebins6948]

@@darkprince56 And europe has alot less deaths then the great nation ...

[@mttsgrandfather2812]

@@darkprince56 are you delusional or did you not watch the video? What could he have done better? How about tell his stupid supporters that worship him to wear a mask. He said it’s a recommendation and he’s not doing it and they followed along. That really shouldn’t have to be spelled out for you.

[@jordanmynes2638]

Nothing

[@michaelsnow3536]

It really is quite sobering to see John Oliver legitimately furious. That was a powerful message to end on.

[@DeathSpellXVI]

He’s just propaganda

[@rach3555]

@@DeathSpellXVI because he's talking about the mishandling of a pandemic? I agree he is left leaning, he never said he wasn't. In fact he is very open about it, but you don't have to look hard to see that he's right about how this pandemic has been handled

[@Fate263]

@@DeathSpellXVI Propaganda because he is liberal-leaning and you choose to take anything he says as complete crap, right?

[@Simriel]

It's happened several times this year. There have been several times where he is clearly finding it hard to stay polite and civil.

[@that_one_l0ne_ghost]

Nephilimfield you’re the type of person to call anything you dislike propaganda, huh

[@mollykoenig7009]

We lost a co-worker to this disease just a few months ago. A very beloved one. And because of widespread doubt about its severity? He didn't get vaccinated. His wife doesnt have a husband now. His kids don't have a father. It's been a year and people are still dying, and watching this? Man, I'm still so angry.

[@JediMasterVader]

My wife got me on this show. I absolutely love it! The man and his team do their research. Wow!!!

[@alenasenie6928]

Is incredible how Mike Bowen breaks when saying "I can't help all this people" while trying to keep the composure that the moment demands.

[@claireegoetz697]

truly broke my heart, but gave me a slight sense of hope seeing someone with ideas and empathy for the american people

[@nicalo]

I'm not even from America but that made me cry. Wishing you all the best of luck.

[@matthewpowers8325]

As someone who is employed in Healthcare, I can tell you many people that work in hospitals feel that way. People talk about the rising cases and the risks but they don't know what it's like to be a Doctor that has to choose which patients get the dwindling ICU beds that are available to treat serious COVID cases. That experience will scar you...

[@WubbyPunch]

@@claireegoetz697 goes to show that some if not most trump supporters are just misguided or brainwashed people, who aren't necessarily bad. But that's so frustrating, hearing he admits to voting for Trump (because when you look like him, was that even questionable) and runs into a wall by trying and reaching out to him and helping out a cause he's well informed in. But no, it doesn't matter to trump.

[@chrissiek8706]

I am truly sorry for the people Mr Bowen can't help, but not particularly for Mr Bowen himself. He's one of those Leopard ate my face people, as in, he voted for Trump, expecting to get some contracts to his company. I am glad he had his Come to Jesus moment, but that took the pandemic and a sociopath in power, and a sence of total helplessness. Welcome to the world of thousands disenfranchised Americans, Mike Bowen! Do not forget how you fell in a few years, when you'll bounce back...

[@matthewjarek3026]

John in 2016: “There’s a part of me that even likes this guy. It’s a part of me I HATE, but it is a part of me.” John in 2020: “THIS HAS BEEN A FUCKING NIGHTMARE!!!”

[@follow_the-truth]

"He's doing the best he can." What a joke and how stupid a human must be to say this. They follow him to death...

[@LizLuvsCupcakes]

Even people who don't follow him say that. Because it's too unbearable to believe that this was just allowed to happen.

[@sallysmith920]

That's what you say to a toddler when they've missed the potty but tried.

[@redjed100]

@@LizLuvsCupcakes But there’s tons of evidence that that’s exactly what happened.

[@LizLuvsCupcakes]

Redjed's Vlogs if you mean that there's evidence he did his best, then darling please watch the video again. If you mean that there's evidence that people are desperate not to believe he was so unfeeling towards human life he let a pandemic run wild and kill us, then I agree.

[@ethanweeter2732]

He was doing the best he could, but his best was borderline disastrous. Not as bad as how Cuomo bungled nursing home citizens though.

[@chainveil]

There comes a point where, as a doctor, not only is it traumatising to deal with this but it's also blatantly insulting.

[@robertrijkers4923]

when US doctors ask for people's creditcard before helping them , they should ask for their voting ballot as well...

[@forkingsandkeys]

Robert Rijkers I have never once been asked for my credit card BEFORE seeing a medical professional. Don’t spout stupid lies.

[@TheGingerInvasion]

17:15 literally made me nauseous. I am so disgusted with this asshole's lack of empathy.

[@Ildskalli]

Adding insult to t̶r̶a̶u̶m̶a̶ injury...

[@chainveil]

@@robertrijkers4923 I don't think anyone does this, even in the US. Certainly not in Europe. It's a question of knowing if you have insurance, not a source of income.

[@nherman12]

I saw this when it first came out but I forgot how powerful that ending was. Seeing it really brought me back to that initial period of worry, terror and confusion. Not that the pandemic is no longer serious but now we're more adjusted to living with it in our midst. In those first few months it was absolutely terrifying

[@Acidfrog475]

It brought back a lot of deeply rooted trauma I didn’t know actually stayed with me, and that coupled with the contents in the segment itself brought me to tears multiple times. I had honestly forgotten how horrifyingly bad it was in America during “The Corona Spring”.

[@richardsleep2045]

Wow thanks John for speaking so powerfully for so many of us. Love you guys.

[@EroticInferno]

“My co-workers have PTSD.” “Well, maybe just give them this pen. It’s from the president. Have you tried telling them it’s a pen from the president?”

[@Mark-oi9rf]

There was an edit in the footage if you didn’t catch that. ...but you also get your news from a comedian

[@MinersLoveGames]

@@Mark-oi9rf Shut up.

[@Mark-oi9rf]

@ItsStillRealToMe DamnIt as long as you keep getting your news from a comedian you’ll always be a joke

[@sheisaMachine]

@@Mark-oi9rf as long as you get your facts from an idiot you’ll always be an idiot.

[@ewu77]

@@sheisaMachine lol

[@tylerkeller8869]

I just spent a weeken with my sister, brother-in-law and his family. They're all religious, all anti-vaxxer, anti masker. I was pulling my hair out. Logic & facts go nowhere. Jesus & Trump go anywhere. I love them. But it was difficult to not have a shouting match at times.

[@paddycaker]

This is basically a history lesson in 4K Hello class of 2034!!

[@sanji4ever]

"if he's not wearing it, i'm not gonna wear it" and they call people who wear masks, sheep? This segment actually made me cry. sadness for our country, sadness that people can't see their won stupidity even when it's all clearly laid out for them, sadness that people are so selfish and can't even bother to think of others, sadness all around.

[@Jonathan0rtiz]

If he is not wearing I am not wearing is pretty much how he will get those ladies pregnant.

[@JerKur18]

It's insane and disheartening how stupid and selfish people can be.

[@raaasssppp]

@Tony C The correct answer, is to drive responsibly you moron. And by the same token, trumpists should be responsible when interacting with others during this pandemic. but naaa that would be violating their freedom wouldnt it. how could you be so blind.

[@SonBrimmer]

Yeah, it’s absurd, and my knee jerk reaction is to laugh at the absurdity, but when you really think about this whole thing, it is really sad. Pathetically sad. It could’ve been avoided too, but trump would have had to look beyond himself though, and I don’t think he’s capable of that. Grim.

[@sykoslim8851]

Sooo #Trump2020

[@hansgunther6522]

You know John is serious when he is using the correct map of a country.

[@TehLucario]

Oh god you’re right

[@Polyglot_English]

***VOTE THIRD PARTY*** kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZzSdn6Hgdx8rck

[@hama3254]

Did he use the correct map from Germany? I'm pretty sure bavaria is not a part of it anymore. Did the not got there new King Söder the First ?

[@aureliodeprimus8018]

@@hama3254 Not sure if you are joking or not, but right now it is still only Duke Söder the first.^^ The crowning ceremony was postponed due to the virus.^^

[@hama3254]

@@aureliodeprimus8018 really :O? I thought that has already happened : www.tz.de/bilder/2016/01/23/6060730/312174186-soeder-ludwig-ii-aachen-dpa-GTlRoIFoGec.jpg

[@johnpowell3392]

John! Where are you? We need your voice!

[@dominicsantoro610]

"On November 4th you won't hear about it anymore." Me watching this on November 4th 2021: 😑

[@yourexwiife]

Mike Bowen's "I can't help them" is heart breaking. God bless him for trying so hard this entire time.

[@joywolf83]

😰

[@cremetangerine82]

@@joywolf83 I wish I could give him a hug, but it would have to be while wearing a HazMat suit.

[@WorgenDeath]

The clip of Mike Bowen testifying is kinda heartbreaking, not gonna lie.

[@yakuza01]

The fact that he voted for him probably weighs on him heavily as well. Not being a smart ass here, I am serious.

[@JohnDoe-yl7jv]

Trumptard supporter : it's fake! Fake news ! Deepfake

[@sharr630]

@@yakuza01 Good. It should.

[@chibi013]

I mean, the dude could have just gone ahead and manufactured the masks anyway. He knew he'd make the money back. That and voting for trump in the first place SHOULD be weighing on him. That being said, at least he seems to give a shit. That's more than most trump voters 😕

[@GlobalUnitedPageant]

@@JohnDoe-yl7jv I mean I mainly agree with what you are saying here, but can we not go with Trumptard? It’s a take on the R word and just seems very demeaning to those with developmental challenges.

[@frankmcgovern5445]

It’s hard to know whether to be just profoundly disgusted, baffled, terrified, heartbroken, absolutely enraged, or depressed by this pandemic nightmare and the human shitstain in the Oval Office while it killed so many. So far I guess I’ve opted for all of them.

[@cocacola4blood365]

I can't wait to see this show cover the Capitol Hill Calamity.

[@angelinasmith6307]

Thats what ive been saying for days like i wonder what John would be saying about this

[@lewiskazinsky7334]

@@angelinasmith6307 if his last few shows have been anything to go by, he’ll just be screaming into a paper bag. Some things are just too senseless and depraved for insightful analysis

[@leosmith7511]

Virtual hugs for John and the LWT staff. Honestly, John Oliver is more American than half of our government. It's clear he loves this country and considers it his home and us his people. The passion in the last couple minutes here is palpable.

[@Naradin]

I think John and most non - nationalist people, dont think in terms of "my people"... We are all people and there is just one here and now. But i guess its harder to think that way, if you grew up in a nationalist state like the USA. But please take no offense, it just came to my mind while reading your comment.

[@degen83]

I agree, the Democrat half of the government hates the US and would rather see us fall into chaos and violent riots and race war than see us have a peaceful election and a peaceful existence. Trump must win or else these violent rioters will never stop and the Democrats will keep selling us out to China. Trump wants America and every American to succeed, so I agree with you Trump needs to win and the anti American Democrats must be voted out.

[@deliaklager766]

@@degen83 I think you didn't really get the message. And I wonder if you watched the video at all.

[@TheRussellStover]

@@degen83 LOL. The Republicans are just going crazy. Thinking it's ok not to wear a mask like they are some special snowflakes. Ignoring Science. Ignoring facts. Ignoring common sense. Ignoring the fact that Trump is doing his best to run America into the ground and divide the American people. You know what the worst thing is? Supporting that. You might as well be a traitor to your own country to help divide the American people with misinformation.

[@degen83]

@@TheRussellStover You clearly are unfamiliar with the CDC and their stance on masks. Come back when you have an informed opinion and not just propaganda.

[@ashleya3731]

My cousin, my neighbors, my boss, everyone who isn't willing to watch this are the ones who NEED to watch this.

[@user-cr7td8do2e]

You are your words, correct greetings from Egypt.

[@casinodelonge]

The problem is people with their heads jammed up their own asses can't hear good advice.

[@anthonyvaught1030]

It is comedy.

[@andrewwerner4156]

@Wet Porridge if he's re-elected this will drag on till 2022.

[@andrewwerner4156]

@Wet Porridge I wonder what the death toll will look like by then.

[@oh_my_goshsomeone_commente2498]

Every time I watch this particular video, my emotion level soars for all Americans taking this seriously AND my hate for #Trump intensifies. You do a great job John Oliver. #LocktrumpUp

[@stanphillips7277]

July of 2023 . John was so visably angry over Trump's mismanagement or lack of any management outside of managing to tear down every safety measure at every turn that I could feel the rage . I almost couldn't finish but, John (and his team; those well enough) really has a way of getting you to stick with him until the end. I'm sure he's expressing what we all feel (felt). It's unconscionable. Sad and enraging.

[@kelsiparker7990]

honestly impressed that John hasn't just reached the point where the entire episode involves screaming incoherently in frustration for an hour.

[@kentcavender6690]

You underestimate the British.

[@jackyjiang3943]

Trump got the full 2020 experience; he got Covid, he lost his job, and in 2.5 months, he'll be evicted.

[@Kingkillersstripe632]

John is English and very calm and also a professional who knows shouting won't get his message through

[@kelsiparker7990]

@@Kingkillersstripe632 oh, I don't mean shouting to get the message across, I just mean incoherent screaming at the state of the world. Because that's been the direction my internal response to this year has gone in; John has my respect for being able to present his message calmly but firmly the whole time.

[@Kingkillersstripe632]

@@kelsiparker7990 oh that's good to know

[@artsyboo]

Not gonna lie, I almost cried when the nurse was talking about PTSD and trump was just like "k." and passed pens. Honestly that's heartbreaking. John also looked so sad. This is crazy, vote this guy out

[@thebuzz4659]

USA 2020: 90 million voters have already voted, the campaign continues all.news2sport.com/2020/11/02/usa-2020-90-million-voters-have-already-voted-the-campaign-continues/

[@renee3356]

Empathy isn't what the tRump cult is known for. I'd even argue it's a push against compassion for others for the "me me me" cult.

[@MattMuirhead]

You're not alone. He's the most vile leader the US has ever known.

[@sorrykid8538]

*BREAKING NEWS: THEIR LIVES DO NOT IN FACT MATTER* SOURCE: imgur.com/a/TK2GTHL

[@aaronbruce5568]

@@sorrykid8538 When the entire point of that page is "fuck chimps," you have no moral leg to stand on. No matter what race anyone is, they are a human being and deserve to be treated as such. Go home (because you're probably not social distancing) and rethink your choices. Also if you look at the actual context of the graph it makes no sense. Per 1 million of the offenders race? You realize that kind of proportion coming from the side of the offender completely turns the data on its head?

[@danieltaylor9459]

Did anybody else notice how badly that girl wanted to step into the frame...? Lol

[@bobyjedai3619]

Or John's tie reflecting off the table in a weird way. ;)

[@akshayshrivastava97]

In a more sane universe, trump supporters would be legally obliged to watch this video.

[@oldmanfromoc7684]

DJT supporters would rather eat their own poop, than to listen to an intelligent black man make sense

[@CowboyBebopCrew]

This video is spot on. I’m a physician and the beginnings of COVID in the hospital with lack of PPE was possibly the most anxious time of my life. Not having enough protection, not having enough testing materials, not knowing who had it, becoming paranoid that I could be an asymptomatic carrier having been in and out of so many COVID positive rooms and I could potentially spread it to my family when going home was definitely weighing on me. The response by the Trump administration was abysmal, which brings me to my question... why do so many people feel like the president of the United States couldn’t have done more? Why do they give him a pass with 240+k dead? Why is this election as close as it is?

[@andrewng4343]

The people who need to watch this won’t watch this, and if they did, they’d say it was fake news anyway.

[@madgreen8945]

I am disheartened too... thank you for your essential service, Doc

[@bugbugbug3469]

thank you for what you do!!! i'm so sorry you had to go through that

[@cancersilver9546]

Ignorance, denial, lack of empathy, exceptionalism, etc. the list goes on

[@mathewstafford7943]

@Andria Marie "I hate people with a common purpose, because pretty soon they have little hats." :)

[@crazynachos4230]

"you're not gonna hear about it after November 4th" well that was a damn lie

[@Null257]

You wouldn't have heard of him doing anything about it has he won.

[@annadevilliers3705]

@@Null257 kop

[@autocratytirar]

damn it, trump! i really wanted it to just disappear after biden got elected

[@ethanweeter2732]

@Jess Serrato More people dying, but we are finally turning the corner.

[@Viking_Luchador]

@@ethanweeter2732 we WERE turning the corner. But because so many red-staters are refusing to get vaccinated, the virus is still spreading and more mutations are showing up

[@lorilagerstrom4123]

Yes, John Oliver!!! YOU ARE SO CORRECT!!!!

[@Rmanzsslibrary]

Mr Oliver I by mistake called you a tree but your like the best tree that can even tree

[@SG5002.]

I love how disgusted John sounds whenever Jared comes up

[@user-nf9xc7ww7m]

I find it so hypocritical when trump mentions hunter and how he allegedly colluded with his dad, while Ivanka and Jared nepotically openly hold offices within the white house. How do trump supporters not see this???? Chinese President Xi jinping isn't even brazen enough to put family members in office.

[@tooslowforthis4453]

I find it hypocritical that the entire media doesnt mention Hunter. I mean if you're gonna be critical of one side it's only fair to criticize both.

[@cheem7807]

@@tooslowforthis4453 The media doesn't mention hunter because he isn't a political figure in government office. The only claims against him are some propaganda stuff from trump that have been proven false

[@sandpiperr]

Well who wouldn't be?

[@sandpiperr]

@@tooslowforthis4453 Does Hunter Biden work in the White House? Was Hunter Biden in charge of PPE and procurement and did he totally fuck it up? When either of those things are true, I'll care about Hunter Biden. Until then, no, I don't give a shit what Biden's 40 year old son, who isn't running for President, is doing.

[@thilomanten8701]

Like the souvenir shirts will someday say: "I went through Trump's presidency and all I got was this lousy pen!"

[@shaec3405]

Hahaha. Sad but funny

[@sorrykid8538]

*BREAKING NEWS: THEIR LIVES DO NOT IN FACT MATTER* SOURCE: imgur.com/a/TK2GTHL

[@PrinceChaWulf]

Damn, that was a good one 🤣

[@aserta]

...that costs a few thousands per citizen.

[@TJshine1]

@@sorrykid8538 what a pscyho... Please do not protect america because we actually dont need you to protect us.

[@BobJohnson-tf5bq]

John oliver is great. Funny as hell while hitting the nail on the head.

[@AlwaysANemesis]

"By the way, on November 4, you won't hear about it anymore." Boy, that comment sure did...age...

[@MartaWomack]

I can only speak for myself, but I feel so stressed out about this election like never before. I felt this same thing when Trump ran the 1st time and wept for America when he won. Even then, I had no idea how horrific it could get. I've felt dread, have butterflies in my stomach, and whole lot of trouble sleeping. This is not the America I know. THIS is what happens when a narcissistic sociopath with utterly no redeeming qualities of the mind or spirit becomes President.

[@jonathanbecker8935]

It's disgusting that the MAGA hat wearing Trump supporters can't bring themselves to question this President in any way. They watch Fox News and get brainwashed into believing that Trump isn't really the brutal corporatist mercenary who supports big CORPORATIONS and billionares over human beings in all of his policy agendas. Trump's greed for wealth and power is his only true focus. He continually undermines the rights of consumers, workers, unions, and patients for the benefit of big business. He's made it easier for corporations today pay workers less, rip off consumers, block unions, and deny coverage for patients. Trump and Fox News have duped people into voting against their own best economic interests. In fact, Trump supporters even risk their own health and safety going to rallies, where no masks are worn and no one socially distances. Trump supporters are tragic because they are victims of fraud. They believe that Fox News is ETHICAL, fact checked journalism. The actually believe that Trump is not a con man and a complete fraud. They seem to think he cares about working class Americans, even though he clearly doesn't. A new study has found that because of Trump rallies, over 700 people have died from covid-19, and over 30,000 have been infected. It's insane that Trump feels no responsibility for the over 230,000 Americans who have died from Covid. Thank God Trump is going to be voted out of office over the next several days. America needs to heal. Finally, we will get the chance.

[@Kraus-]

I've been up since 3am today and didn't know why. I think it's just a ridiculous amount of anxiety. I was never this concerned for my safety even during deployment to war. It's been an entire year of avoiding a pandemic already. And now there's a handful of Trumper terrorist plots caught just this week. I'm so tired.

[@taint_misbehavin]

If you'd like to feel even more depressed, consider this: Trump is a reflection of about half of America.

[@JRskatrPvP]

So sad... The movie Idiocracy has become true in real life.

[@pcamacaro]

That IS something to think about!!! Terrifying !!!

[@HELIOSSTUDIO]

More than half. 😬

[@jensen1901]

@@HELIOSSTUDIO less than half. Biden won.

[@KarlAndArma4ever]

@@jensen1901 He's winning so far, sure, but we're still counting mail-in ballots, so we won't know who actually won the popular vote for at least several more days. Not to mention electoral college basically getting the final say anyway, like what ultimately happened with Drumpf last election.

[@user-eo7le3qr2s]

This needs to be played for all the trumpets to watch.

[@SaintHarless]

You keep me sane John. Thank you.

[@MsQ9677]

THIS is why John Oliver continues to win the Emmy over all of the other night time hosts in the Outstanding Talk Series.

[@oceanview4795]

like weinteing? as if emmys are important.....you know is just a self gratification among them to create an "image" for their "entertainment industry"....right....you are not saying you follow what these fools tell you right?

[@godwinwong2809]

@@oceanview4795 ?

[@lotusinn3]

@@oceanview4795 Emmys are the exact same as the highest awards given in dozens of other fields. Pulitzer’s, Nobel Prizes, Medals of Freedom etc. Recognition of stellar work done by someone. “Self-gratification.” Come off it.

[@oceanview4795]

@@lotusinn3 So the nobel peace price: what did Obama do? besides not closing Guantanamo, dropping more bombs then any other president, got ISIS created and expanded under his watch, deported more then any other....

[@lotusinn3]

@@oceanview4795 He got his NPP from his diplomatic work with rival AND historically allied countries. One of the President’s roles in something called ‘Diplomat-in-Chief.’ Obama was a hell of a good one. Also, a US President didn’t “create” a radical, Islamist extremist group created in 1999 and established roots in the early 2000s, under the presidency of the man who instigated the Iraq War and Middle East conflicts we still find ourselves in. They merely gained influence in 2014 after overwhelming Kurdish and non-extremist forces and civilian populations in the region and resulted in UN countries developed counter-terrorism plans and strategies. You don’t have to look for a boogeyman under your bed when he’s in your closet. Also, he dropped more bombs than any President in the Middle East prior to Trump. While Bush mobilized troops in the face of technological advantage, Obama sought to remove troops in favor of technological advantage, ramping up the utilization of unmanned drones on militant strongholds and areas of extremist control.

[@doza8812]

The pen thing legitimately made me tear up. What an awful human being. I don't even have words. He seriously doesn't care about people at all. I really hope this country can be turned around. I still have my son schooling from home. I'm still able to work from home, thank goodness. You can't trust anyone but yourself, and having to rely on the rest of the country to see through this malarkey is absolutely terrifying. Hope everyone here has voted or plans to do so tomorrow.

[@EvilFookaire]

Storytime from the Netherlands... One of my nieces' fiancee works security, this week he was working in a closed room with this guy who hadn't called in sick while catching COVID. The guy basically joked about how he got it while on duty with my niece's fiancee. Result is that the whole company is now having to be tested, as well as the client company that they were providing service to. The guy spreading it would've been a typical Trumpcultist had he been in the US. The guy's whole reply... "Well I'm not dead so clearly it's a hoax". Meanwhile my niece is now forced to stay with someone else (still in a light form of quarantine) while their kids who had already been in contact with their father that day are forced to stay at home with their father... their school which was only recently able to re-open after being declared covid-free got shut down again, and the two local stores where my niece and her fiancee do their groceries shut down even when they already had strict measures in place to previously be allowed to stay open. My elderly mother (who is nieces' grandmother) no longer able to get any visitors because oh, covid in the family... so we can't do her groceries anymore, can't help her keep her home clean, can't do shit if she slips and falls in the bathroom... because one fuckless fuckwith believes that it's just a hoax. Never before in my life have I wanted to visit gay men with covid so they could give it to me, just so I could pay that moron spreader a little romantic visit. Fuck these imbecils, if covid ever becomes a thing of the past I hope a bunch of big dudes with aids run a few trains on them... then tell them that aids is "just a hoax" too.

[@glenngriffon8032]

I'm an agnostic, I don't know if God is real. I don't know if Jesus lived. I don't know if there's a heaven or a heck or a devil. But I'm 100% convinced Trump is the antichrist.

[@ArgusWicker]

@@glenngriffon8032 As a Christian, I’m gonna read the book of Revelation to see how many parallels are between Commander-in-Cheeto and the description of the Antichrist...

[@DrGandW]

My dad was a doctor, we lost him to the virus in April. I know it’s not good to wallow in what-ifs but holy shit it kills me that a more responsible president could have at least helped him not die before I graduated college in June.

[@doza8812]

@@EvilFookaire like even if you think it's all a hoax, why not err on the side of caution? I'm sorry this individual made your whole family's lives so much harder on you all. Stay healthy and safe.

[@AccidentalNinja]

I hope your staff are recovering well.

[@gentix8564]

I feel that John was close to actually crying at the end. Damn, this has never happened before.

[@ruirodtube]

“Nurses are suffering of PTSD” “Here’s a pen” 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@Balkken]

"Thanks I'm cured now!"

[@simonclarke7309]

I work in a crem, thank you for your hard work etc etc and nothing, just clapping, no vaccine for us even though if we got covid there are no other technicians to replace us.

[@strawberryfields9762]

Goddanmit.

[@rosacummings1967]

"There's nothing more we could have done." "Here's a list of things we could have done." "LIKE I SAID, there's nothing more we could have done."

[@briannevs2772]

Dont do your best....do MY best!

[@mellowrebel4618]

@@briannevs2772 "BE BEST SHOOT BE BESTEST"

[@Adreno23421]

@John michael So says the Lord: "And then I shall send the angel of death, Azrael, to kill all thousands who are old and low in vitamin D". That's what God does when the master of lies (TRUMP) is venerated as a president.

[@lawrencewittenberg3591]

Pp Plll

[@buleulek5153]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qF6qoaN4pbqYj8k

[@gorzillaau7761]

As far as I'm concerned his, at best, reckless disregard for any advice medical/pandemic experts gave him makes him directly responsible for hundreds of thousands of US deaths.

[@swidel12]

Okay, it's been almost four years. We're pretty much back to normal. Where's the episode on Scented Candle Fraud?

[@ScottAndNumbers]

I think the saddest part of continuing to watch these (of which I mostly certainly won't stop doing) is being able to audibly hear how done with everything John is. Honest props to him and all his staff for still being able to even do this each week.

[@sagebuchholz7672]

As someone who works in infectious disease research and has been inundated with COVID related data and research efforts, it breaks my heart to see the level of disregard for human suffering at the highest levels of government. I have to talk to front-line workers every day and review the numbers on a daily basis. It has been devastating to see wave after wave of this virus hit with no coordinated response.

[@RupertBruce]

Hopefully there is an ethical layer or two between you and the [person handing out pens] that will ensure that all people who experience this trauma are cared for.

[@madwisdom4929]

Secretary Pompeo@SecPompeo / Feb 4 - USA Sent PPE to CHINA > US government account >> Proud of our rapid facilitation of the delivery of donated life-saving personal protection equipment and medical and humanitarian relief supplies to the people affected by the #coronavirus in #China. Grateful to the generous U.S. organizations donating to the relief efforts. AMERICAN NURSES WORE GARBAGE BAGS FOR PROTECTION. \__/ “On February 7, the WHO warned about the limited stock of PPE. That same day, the Trump administration announced it was sending 18 tons of masks, gowns and respirators to China.” - American nurses wore garbage bags for protection.

[@Northof25A]

Ummmm sorry yeah they should have just let this thing wipe out the non fit, sorry money roles

[@larryadams458]

John, we need your take on this attempted coup.

[@peskypigeonx]

Don’t worry. SEASON 8!!!!!

[@collinkeyser6827]

@@peskypigeonx When Is Season 8?

[@peskypigeonx]

@@collinkeyser6827 Valentines Day

[@gfpbaneable]

Binge Watching leading up to season 8 tonight.

[@300IQPrower]

There were two things I heard: The pain in that man’s voice, as he must’ve felt like he was living in a nightmare, this encroaching disaster that only he seems to care about yet can’t do anything And the _venomous_ anger in John by the end. Anger if not outright hatred that is so very fucking justified.

[@ZombiBunni_]

I started crying about 20 minutes into this.... my uncle needed heart surgery desperately, his condition has been getting gradually worse and there are signs of an impending failure if he can’t get some sort of intensive help.. but they had to pre-test for Covid, and this Friday we learned that he has it. He’s been doing his best to stay safe, but god it’s just really scary. I’m so sad and angry that this got so so out of hand, this shouldn’t have happened.

[@johannageisel5390]

I'm so sorry! I have no words of solace to offer, I just hope he belongs to the lucky ones and gets through this.

[@kendrapatterson8941]

Hope your uncle gets through this safely.

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

Wishing you all the best. My grandmother is recovering and she's 87 with diabetes. There's hope! The recovery is not even remotely easy and breathing is hard, but difficult and realistic hope is better than no hope!

[@TherealCandySparrow]

My grandmother fell recently and broke her neck, while she was in the hospital she tested positive for COVID.

[@floridafamilyfun1597]

I am so terribly sorry.

[@mediocreengineer8012]

I am from a "3rd world" country and we handled this pandemic 1000 times better.

[@hyperdiegesis]

AfroSamurai #2 lmao same here

[@Zazabrina]

Where are you from? El Salvador comes to my mind.

[@junkies1111]

Beacuse covid19 is a money maker here in the USA. Politics and money rules the USA and humans are just numbers.

[@leannhocuspocus4810]

Politicians here are paid by healthcare and big pharma. The worse the pandemic gets, the more patients need to visit the hospitals. The more patients in the hospitals, the more money hospitals, healthcare, and big pharma makes. Then politicians subsidize treatment with tax payer money. Healthcare, big pharma, and hospitals, can then give even more money to politicians. And if you or your friends and family can buy stocks for Hydroxychloroquine early, or Regeneron, and then peddle these "cures" to the public with your wide media coverage for extra profits on the side, well, that's just icing on the cake.

[@AutisticWombot]

South African here🙋 we also did😂

[@alexcoal5111]

We love you, John ❤ You did your best.

[@miketike3246]

"It's a lot of death...a lot of death...no question about it. That sounds like it totally sucks. Here, have a pen."