Trump & the Coronavirus: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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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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Yeesh, that sounds rough......here's a one-time gift $1200
January 27, 2021... still hearing about Covid
Jan 2021 still talking about covid. Wrong again mr trump.
When you realize all the celebs, establishment politicians and Democrat base are liars...it makes it a lot easier to not listen to all this fabrication. Joe's been in office a week now and said there's nothing we can do to change the trajectory of the virus... So J Oliver ..WHERE THE FUCK IS YOUR VIDEO ON BIDEN?? Biden is comedic gold and these assholes won't make fun of him ...ha! Ok...
I'm watching this and wondering what Boris Johnson's responses were. Shame we don't have a similar show here.
John it is illegal to own a sex doll that looks like a child yeah Geppetto was a freak
Looks like this Corona fella was just waiting for Trump to be president to break out
The 6.8K people who down voted this video are probably dead.
Americans made a President who had no idea of governing or politics. And no attempt to learn. EGO !!!
😳 Is that pen thing actually real? Or is it a satire takeoff by Alec Baldwin or some other Trump impersonator?! I view Trump as a moron, but surely THIS cannot be real !!!!!
Am I the only one who thinks Dan O'Brien snuck in a Obsessive Pop culture disorder rant when John ranted for more then 30 full seconds about Pinocchio & Geppetto?
It's been about two months and I can, indeed, confirm that we have stopped talking about COVID in my house.....we just call it "The Crisis"
500 people die in a plane crash = bad. 5000 Americans dying daily = boring news. I’m so glad to be done with Trump math.
500 fake deaths against 4000 real deaths, A DAY ?
Over 400k Americans dead in Jan 2021
Infinity Stepping Stone
4 ditë më parë
This episode of LWT, unfortunately, keeps getting more relevant every day.
The really sad thing is that Trump really may have done what he could. Not everything that the office of POTUS would have enabled him to do, but everything that he was mentally capable of.
AtheistIII
3 ditë më parë
@SinisterPony As they say, a bit of A, a bit of B, also it seems to me that Drumpf may be genuinely incapable of caring about anyone who isn't him. Sometimes I feel like he really doesn't get why people make such a big deal about COVID, because as long as he isn't in danger personally, nobody has a reason to make such a big fuzz.
SinisterPony
3 ditë më parë
it is. you either say he is mentally incapable of handling the crisis or what we saw was his conscious response to the pandemic.... eitherway, he shouldve been removed from office years ago.
Does anyone else remember when this was a comedy show?
this aged well
Infinity Stepping Stone
4 ditë më parë
Tragically, yes.
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: “TRUMP HAS BEEN A FUCKING NIGHTMARE!!!”
And I thought the UK mismanaged the pandemic
lymer5
4 ditë më parë
They also did. But the US mismanaged it worse than them.
im sorry I know this isn't politically correct but this really is China's fault, they tried economically punishing any country who tried speaking up about having an investigation or even mentioned China... That selfish country literally ruined the world for at least a year...
SinisterPony
3 ditë më parë
thats a deflection. yes. i agree, china did things that made it harder for the world to anticipate and prepare for the pandemic. however, they in no way shape or form obstructed the way we as a nation dealt with the virus once it took hols here in the US. we accept you point, stop deflecting and talk about the main conversation proposed here, which is how poorly the former administration handled the virus once it arrived. i know its not "polically correct to say" but what youre doing here is a fucking poison to honest discussion. instead of talking about what actually happened here, you just yell that its china's fault and thus Trump couldve done nothing better and that over 400,000 americans were going to die no matter what. honestly mate, grow up, we can no longer afford this bullshit festering in our political conversations.
To be fair, Trump did do the best he can. The problem is that this means he did about as well as a random 7yo kid.
I will bet my left nut that before March Trump will say he did all the groundwork, and that is why Biden was able to handle the rona so well
Man, ruined Pinocchio for life...
The sad thing is that my 95 year old grandpa got covid, survived it, and then died to a FUCKING STROKE
DT: "By the way on November 4th, you won't hear about it anymore" Me on January 19th, 2021: "November 4th of which year!?"
We need John back in England. He would rip Boris a new one
"On november 4th you won't hear about it anymore" Well. 19th of January and it's still a thing. In no insignificant part because people didn't follow the simple guidelines.
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My Great Aunt died of Covid in late 2020 and I 100% blame Trump for her death. She was a Trump supporter and believed every word he said about Covid's intensity and the use of masks. Jan 20th can't come soon enough.
Kodiak 619
8 ditë më parë
I’m sorry for your loss man. 🤞it will get better..
"On November 4th, you won't hear about it anymore." Well, he was part right...because the COVID stuff got overwhelmed by the INSURRECTION HIS FOLLOWERS ATTEMPTED.
Covid did your election he he.
As Usual John, you Nailed it!
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He seems a true monster, like Hitler. Damn! Wonder why he did this, and why people support him.
“I can’t help these people” you can really hear the pain in his voice
john oliver is more worried about the the COVID and the US response to it than the current administration which i think really says something and i'm watching this in fucking january
It's January 16th, 2021 and we're still talking about Covid. That comment didn't age well.
Trump will go down as THE WORST PRESIDENT IN HISTORY
Yes!!! Completely nailed it!! Thank you!
Wow. That ending got to me. Powerful
This was 2 months? Why does it feel like 4 years ago
Trump's pandemic response was basically seeing someone accidentally drop a lit match, standing there and watching the fire grow, and then denying that the fire had spread to his section of the building.
I can't wait until John comes back next month!
Please cover scented candle fraud. I’m intrigued.
An estimated 300-600 million people suffer from malaria each year, and more than 1 million die (most in Africa). White liberals don't care about them though, cause those are just black people and you don't get ratings talking about black deaths. Keep focusing on COVID like you give a shit. GG liberal losers.
chris boyle
2 ditë më parë
If the only time you bring up black sufferage is To shut dow discussions about other things, do not pretend that you give a shit about them
Nadia Hassan
10 ditë më parë
Okay Russian bot.
20% of global cases that have been reported, that's very different
10:21 too true
He’s fuqin that puppet 😂
California Republican Party says it will not comply with state's cease and desist order on ballot drop boxes The California Republican Party has admitted responsibility for placing more than 50 deceptively labeled “official” drop boxes for mail-in ballots in Los Angeles, Fresno and Orange Counties - an action that state officials said was illegal and could lead to election fraud. The dark gray metal boxes have been popping up over the past two weeks near churches, gun shops and Republican Party offices, mostly in conservative areas of a deep-blue state, affixed with a white paper label identifying them as either an “Official Ballot Drop off Box” or a “Ballot Drop Box.” Having personal integrity is a fundamental prerequisite for ethical action and for individuals in an institution to sustain a common purpose. Corruption arises when an individual chooses to act against the purpose and obligations of their entrusted office to achieve personal gain or personal collective purpose. www.nytimes.com/2020/10/12/us/politics/california-gop-drop-boxes.html www.cnn.com/2020/10/14/politics/california-republicans-ballot-drop-boxes-cease-and-desist/index.html www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/12/republicans-election-2020-unauthorized-ballot-bo
Connecting the dots: Venezuela 'coup plot leader' provided security at Trump rallies - reports Jordan Goudreau, former US special forces soldier, can allegedly be seen in footage with earpiece at one of the president's rallies American captured over alleged Venezuelan coup plot says Donald Trump ordered plan. A video of Luke Denman appeared on Venezuelan state television. An alleged US mercenary captured in Venezuela has been paraded on state TV, where he claimed he was part of a plan ordered by Donald Trump to kidnap President Nicolás Maduro. Luke Denman, a former Green Beret who was arrested on Monday trying to “invade” Venezuela, said he was instructed to seize control of Caracas' airport and bring in a plane to fly Mr Maduro to the US, which has put out a $15 million (£12m) bounty on his capture. He claimed he signed a contract with Florida-based private security firm, Silvercorp, to train rebel troops and carry out the assault in exchange for up to $100,000. “I was helping Venezuelans take back control of their country,” Mr Denman, 34 from Texas, told an interviewer. The other detained American, Airan Berry, did not appear on camera. "Donald Trump is the direct chief of this invasion," Mr Maduro said during a televised virtual press conference, after the video of Mr Denman was broadcast. The US government has denied any involvement, while Mike Pompeo, US Secretary of State, said he would use “all the tools” at his disposal to bring the men home. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/05/06/american-captured-alleged-venezuelan-coup-plot-says-donald-trump/ Trump private security force ‘playing with fire’ The president-elect continues to employ a battalion of retired cops and FBI agents to protect him and clamp down on protesters. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/05/06/venezuela-coup-plot-leader-provided-security-trump-rallies/ www.politico.com/story/2016/04/inside-trumps-security-juggernaut-221543 www.politico.com/story/2016/12/donald-trump-security-force-232797 www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-campaign-continued-paying-private-security-firms-election-records-show www.nbcnews.com/news/world/mind-blowing-story-ex-green-beret-who-tried-oust-venezuela-n1201981 floridapolitics.com/archives/331204-donald-trump-denies-ties-to-venezuelan-attack-led-by-florida-security-firm-founder How Sidney Powell inaccurately cited Venezuela’s elections as evidence of U.S. fraud. Sidney Powell, a lawyer on President Trump’s election legal team who represented the former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn, has been a major source and promoter of viral conspiracy theories about vote switching. Since the election, Ms. Powell has advanced claims of voluminous voter fraud and a rigged election. She falsely claimed that a supercomputer called Hammer hacked votes, that Mr. Trump won the election by “millions of votes” and that voting software company Dominion Voting Systems altered the tallies. Last week, she promised that coming evidence would overturn the election’s results and said she would “release the Kraken,” a reference to the 1981 movie “The Clash of the Titans,” reprising a catchphrase that began trending on Twitter. www.nytimes.com/2020/11/19/technology/sidney-powell-venezuela.html Sidney Powell Sued by Dominion for $1.3 Billion Over Vote-Fraud Claims www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-08/sidney-powell-sued-by-dominion-voting-over-election-fraud-claims www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8292861/Green-Beret-failed-Venezuela-coup-bragged-toppling-foreign-leader.html www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8290037/How-former-Green-Beret-failed-Venezuela-coup-plot-hatched-plan.html apnews.com/article/79346b4e428676424c0e5669c80fc310 How Ex-US Army Green Berets Were Lured Into A Disastrous Failed Coup In Venezuela... In May, reports surfaced of a supposed failed coup against the Venezuelan government. Headlines called the event "Bay of Piglets," or "Keystone Coup," and footage released by the Venezuelan government seemed to back up the nicknames. The footage showed a ragtag group of men who appear to be under-prepared; a few of the men were shirtless and had their passports on them. According to President Nicolás Maduro, eight people were killed and dozens more were captured. Among the captured men were two American former Green Berets. But the footage, as well as circumstances leading up to the event, created a few red flags. Business Insider spoke with the brother of captured American Luke Denman, the U.S. State Department, and Juan José Rendón, a former advisor to Venezuela opposition leader Juan Guaidó, to understand what aspects of this complex story are rooted in fact, and what aspects may have been constructed by the Venezuelan government. www.businessinsider.com/venezuela-coup-green-berets-maduro-guaido-jordan-goudreau-incursion-silvercorp-2020-10 In May, the Venezuelan government released photos and video footage showing a ragtag group of men who appear to have been captured by security forces in a village on the country's northern coast. According to President Nicolás Maduro, eight people were killed and dozens more were captured in what he said was an attempt to kidnap him and remove him from the country. Among the captured men were two American former Green Berets, who were reportedly hired to train men for the operation in Colombia. In what the Venezuelan government called "confession videos" released by state-controlled media, the two Americans said that they were working on behalf of the U.S. government, specifically under the orders of President Donald Trump. However, President Trump, along with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, flatly denied any American involvement in the plot. Business Insider spoke with the brother of captured American Luke Denman, who points out red flags raised by the footage. Denman, along with a spokesperson from the U.S. State Department, suggests that the men in the footage were used as pawns in a false flag operation staged by the Venezuelan government. Along with Mark Denman and the U.S. State Department, Business Insider spoke with other key figures to understand what aspects of this complex story are rooted in fact, and what aspects may have been constructed by the Venezuelan government. althe.info/number/t5-sZXighmZtrJU/video Some among America's military allies believe Trump deliberately attempted a coup and may have had help from federal law-enforcement officials. The National Guard, which was deployed heavily to quell the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, did not show up to assist the police until two hours after the action started on Wednesday, according to The Associated Press. Video shows police doing nothing as rioters access the building One video appeared to show some police officers opening a barrier to allow a group of protesters to get closer to the Capitol dome. Another video showed a police officer allowing a rioter to take a selfie with him inside the Capitol while protesters milled around the building unchecked. Kim Dine, who was the chief of the Capitol Police from 2012 to 2016, told The Washington Post that he was surprised that the Capitol Police allowed demonstrators on the steps of the Capitol. He said he was also mystified that few rioters were arrested on the spot. Larry Schaefer, who worked for the Capitol Police for more than 30 years, told ProPublica something similar: "We have a planned, known demonstration that has a propensity for violence in the past and threats to carry weapons - why would you not prepare yourself as we have done in the past?" www.businessinsider.com/trump-attempted-coup-federal-law-enforcement-capitol-police-2021-1 Secret Service experts are speculating in group chats about how Trump might be hauled out of the White House if he won't budge on Inauguration Day www.businessinsider.com/biden-trump-eviction-inauguration-secret-service-white-house-2020-11 California Republican Party Admits It Placed Misleading Ballot Boxes Around State. Government officials say the receptacles are illegal and could lead to election fraud, but the party says it will continue the practice. Trump's voter fraud lies encouraged a riot. GOP allies are still giving them oxygen. Republicans, including Sen. Josh Hawley, have condemned violence but haven't backed down from baseless claims of fraud and irregularities. After a mob stormed the Capitol based on President Donald Trump's election fraud lie, some top Republican allies have called for peace while still leveling the same baseless claims of widespread voter fraud that fanned the flames of violence. In almost the same breath as he condemned the rioters who temporarily disrupted Congress' normal process of affirming President-elect Joe Biden's win, Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, the first Republican to announce his intention to object to the certification, suggested that Biden's victory was illegitimate. www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-s-voter-fraud-lies-encouraged-riot-gop-allies-are-n1253509 www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article248246980.html www.npr.org/2021/01/03/953052950/republican-lawmakers-divided-on-election-certification abcnews.go.com/Politics/gop-senators-reverse-objections-electoral-college-certification-protesters/story?id=75099780
15:09 That's bullshit. It was political way before that.
If you sing "Ban On China" to "Band On The Run"...it's fun.
"It's a lot of death...a lot of death...no question about it. That sounds like it totally sucks. Here, have a pen."
10:12 well predicted by John oliver
Funnily the day that the CDC advise wearing masks is the EXACT day I started showing COVID symptoms
Shouldn't your president be the moral and ethic representation of the best of your whole country? That's the only question I'm asking myself while reading american comments. Any criticism should be met with strong facts about the authenticity and rightfulness of his actions, if there's doubt about any action of his, and you consider yourself as rightful and free, then he's not a president you'd wish for. English is not my first language sorry if I said something wrong.
You picked a helluva time to gain citizenship....but we’re glad you’re here as perhaps the lone voice of reason.
Either he deliberately let this virus wipe out our citizens or he’s just that incompetent. You decide.
Graphite Tail Grace
12 ditë më parë
I honestly believe it was a dollop of both.
༒ Di ༒
12 ditë më parë
There are Whitehouse emails that show they wanted America to get sick so there would be heard immunity. Kushner recorded laying out how the pandemic is going to help trump campaign.. its a whole lot on that recording I'm Paraphrasing a LOT
Even Bush was smart enough to realise the threat of a pandemic. Trumps brain is truly impressing! It’s really rotten.
Idk if I have ever seen him this pissed. He's legit scared and heart broken.
I can't wait to see this show cover the Capitol Hill Calamity.
Angelina Smith
14 ditë më parë
Thats what ive been saying for days like i wonder what John would be saying about this
You Don't See Any Other Country With As Many Deaths As We Do In The U.S. Do You?
This guy is obviously devil
Very good piece! But that Geppetto joke was gratuitous, crude, unfunny, and added absolutely nothing to this segment or the topic.
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M Donnelly
17 ditë më parë
Huh?? Nigerian bot?
Free pens!!! This guy is awesome. I'm so jealous. Wish is was there.
Honestly after everything John Oliver has talked about he should be president.
John! Where are you? We need your voice!
"...Bottling urine and selling it as Immunity juice." Me an Indian, you don't say.
Carter Paige
20 ditë më parë
It makes me sad that our reality is an actual joke to the rest of the world
Bring Barack Obama back!
John, we need your take on this attempted coup.
A Ladybug
11 ditë më parë
Don’t worry. SEASON 8!!!!!
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Trump you left it too long before telling people more than one hundred thousand people would have lived if he had of closed the border or planes in time you found out in February.or March .you knew in November
In a more sane universe, trump supporters would be legally obliged to watch this video.
Supervillain Diaper Don.
It's pathetic that every leftist and journalist blame Trump for basically everything that happens and is negative.
Skulldetta
17 ditë më parë
@Russell Wetzel "He responded early and was criticized by the left. He called for travel restrictions and was called xenophobic and over-reactive." Because they were. They were not only completely pointless because the virus was already in the status, they were also incredibly inconsequent and didn't include nearly enough people to have any sort of effect. It literally only existed to stick it to the Chinese once again. "He warned of social contact in early February 2020 and dems went out into their local Chinatowns and said to get out and act as normal and avoid the presidents scare tactics." And then later on Trump blasted Democrat governors for actually enforcing lockdowns and supporting social distancing, calling for their states to be "freed". Very consequential tactics there. "Then when it was shown to be a serious matter, the left SWUNG all the way to where Trump was a nd said he wasn't taking it seriously. Hypocrites" Yes, I do remember the Democrats saying "don't do anything about the pandemic whatsoever because it's all a hoax anyway". Oh no wait, that was Republican governors. Oh well.
Stephen2462
20 ditë më parë
@Russell Wetzel Those travel restrictions were utterly useless since they didn't effect Americans abroad, or other countries that the virus had already spread to. He was criticized because he was just trying to stick it to China. And your claims that Trump was taking it seriously are bullshit.
Steve Smith
20 ditë më parë
@Russell Wetzel almost everything you said is like a 20% truth lol
Russell Wetzel
20 ditë më parë
He responded early and was criticized by the left. He called for travel restrictions and was called xenophobic and over-reactive. He warned of social contact in early February 2020 and dems went out into their local Chinatowns and said to get out and act as normal and avoid the presidents scare tactics. Then when it was shown to be a serious matter, the left SWUNG all the way to where Trump was a nd said he wasn't taking it seriously. Hypocrites
zengara11
20 ditë më parë
Imagine blaming the president for f*cking things up that is completely his job to solve. What is next, we blame the coffee owner for delivering nothing and then threatening you when you already paid for the coffee?
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Ok Australia 25 mill, Us 250 mill. Australia dead 1k, US 330k. 10 times the population, 330 times the dead. Look at NZ, even better. NZ & Australia treated Corona first, economy 2nd. Now both countries are in Recovery. 10 cases a day in Aus, and economy already improving. Next time the US needs toi listen to the science. Also in all Zombie movies and games from now on, as the Zombies are eating brains, I want to 50% of the population denying Zombies exist!!!!!!!!
What is so wrong with america we can’t even go 4-8 years without a fucking crisis
"This guy created the downfall of society at age 19!" Too funny, or not!
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Not ONE WORD about UNIVERSAL TESTING/Isolation/Tracing. This is WHY S. Korea, Vietnam, Taiwan and Hong Kong initially CRUSHED the virus. It would have only some money.
Jan 20th is almost here!!!
Let them eat pens.
Mike Bowen lost all credibility in the first 5 seconds of opening his mouth in this clip... "I voted for Donald Trump..." then got confused when something irrational/illogical happened because of Donald Trump.
Alot of people dying and suffering from PTSD huh? Wanna pen? No? Its a presidential pen.
"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...
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Pens, holding up the upside-down, backside to Bible outside a church he never set foot in. Trump has a piece missing in his makeup
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.
I think I've watched this video three times and John Oliver's anger is truly palpable and understandable.
Satanist.
I consider it my duty now to go on trump's twitter account and write covid covid covid covid covid as much times as possible to use up letters allowed.
This Aged Well....
Ok, Obama just stated what is going on right now. I think there’s a Conspiracy going on here, oh wait that’s on another story segment. 😂🤣😂😁😄🤣
Now I am with biden Trump sucks bro
Before I was with Trump cause hitler killed people