DONALD TRUMP IS on the march in the US and now looks likely to take the Republican nomination to contest November’s presidential election.
While comedian John Oliver has avoided talking about him thus far, last night he could not resist.
Likening the businessman to a “back mole”, Oliver says that Trump has gotten bigger and therefore, become something that can’t be ignored.
At this point, Donald Trump is America’s back mole: it may have seemed harmless a year ago, but now that it’s gotten frighteningly bigger, it is no longer wise to ignore it.
He then tackles assertions that Trump tells the truth, funds his own campaign and is a “tough guy”.
He takes on Trump’s claim that if his name is on a product, it’s automatically good.
Over the years, his name has been on some things that have arguably been very un-good including Trump Shuttle, which no longer exists, Trump Vodka, which was discontinued, Trump Magazine, which folded, Trump World Magazine, which also folded, Trump University, over which he’s being sued, and of course, the travel-booking site GoTrump.com, whose brief existence was, I imagine, a real thorn in the side of anyone hoping GotRump.com featured a single thing worth masturbating to.
Oliver says that it’s time to stop thinking of Trump as a “mascot”.
Trump’s opinions have been wildly inconsistent. He’s been pro-choice and pro-life, for and against assault weapon bans, in favour of both bringing in Syrian refugees and deporting them out of the country, and that inconsistency can be troubling.
Oliver becomes increasingly robust in his criticism of Trump, while accepting that he is entertaining. He then points out that even though Trump’s name sounds like success, the family’s actual name was Drumpf.
It’s 20 minutes of very funny political commentary.
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