LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER: DONALD TRUMP PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN 2016 (TV)
Summary
One in this satirical news program hosted by former "Daily Show" correspondent John Oliver. In this episode, Oliver covers the following topics: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's tone-deaf attempts to handle the country's economic crisis, including his requests for citizen donations and his offers to "sell himself"; U.S. President Barack Obama's many repeated promises to close Guantanamo Bay military prison and Kansas Senator Pat Roberts' disdain for the idea; why Congress banned the use of Federal money to bring detainees into the country; Roberts' rambling Senate-floor commentary about playing basketball with the President; the inexplicable ascension of potential Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, seen as "unpredictable and entertaining" by his supporters; the belief that he "tells it like it is" despite his pathological lies about Oliver's former boss Jon Stewart and about imaginary invitations to appear on "Last Week Tonight"; Trump's claims that he has "self-funded" his campaign, despite taking $7.5 million from individual donors; his petulant response to Spy magazine calling him a "short-fingered vulgarian"; his frequent empty threats to sue his detractors; his daughter Ivanka's past comments about her father's extreme debt, despite his image as a "successful businessman"; debate about Trump's true net worth, which he says is based in "his feelings"; the "Trump" brand name and its many failed products, including a line of steaks, a disastrously timed mortgage company and abandoned construction projects in Mexico and Tampa; his inconsistent political opinions and his refusal to disavow Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke; his promotion of war crimes in battling ISIS; and the reveal that the "Trump" name, considered "synonymous with money" by some, was actually changed from its original form of "Drumpf." Oliver then promotes a series of hats, an Internet browser application and a "theme song" promoting the name "Drumpf," aware that it will annoy the famously thin-skinned "billionaire."
Details
- NETWORK: HBO
- DATE: 11:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:29:54
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: 128557
- GENRE: News
- SUBJECT HEADING: News; Comedy; Political satire
- SERIES RUN: HBO - TV series, 2014-
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Jon Thoday … Executive Producer
- Liz Stanton … Executive Producer
- James Taylor … Executive Producer
- John Oliver … Executive Producer, Writer
- Tim Carvell … Executive Producer, Writer
- Christopher Werner … Senior Field Producer
- Pat King … Senior Segment Producer
- Kate Mullaney … Senior Segment Producer
- Matt Passet … Senior Segment Producer
- Katie Nelson Thompson … Senior Talent Producer
- Jeremy Tchaban … Line Producer
- Claire Gordon … Segment Producer
- Alex Smelson … Segment Producer
- Paul Pennolino … Director
- Kevin Avery … Writer
- Josh Gondelman … Writer
- Dan Gurewitch … Writer
- Geoff Haggerty … Writer
- Jeff Maurer … Writer
- Scott Sherman … Writer
- Will Tracy … Writer
- Jill Twiss … Writer
- Juli Weiner … Writer
- John Oliver … Host
- David Kaye … Narrator
- David Duke
- Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
- Rosie O'Donnell
- Barack Obama
- Pat Roberts
- Jon Stewart
- Donald Trump
- Ivanka Trump