John Oliver Returns And Lambasts Trump, Calls Musk “A Parasitic Freak” And Finds Joy In Viral “Hostile Government Takeover” Song

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John Oliver devoted his Season 12 Last Week Tonight premiere to recapping and eviscerating the first four weeks of the new Trump Administration, saving his sharpest comments for the dismantling of USAID.

Saying that the worlds “single largest humanitarian donor” got “butchered” at the behest of Elon Musk, Oliver noted that 12 USAID employees are now assigned to the entire country of Africa, a number, he said, that wouldn’t even staff a Chili’s.

Oliver pointed out various Musk-Trump misrepresentations about USAID (“50 million condoms to Gaza”) before showing Musk saying “no one bats 1000.” Showing a shuttered Johannesburg clinic that treats women with sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV, Oliver suggested putting a sign on the closed building stating, “We can’t help you thanks to one of the worst white guys South Africa has ever produced (which is really saying something).” Oliver also took swipes at the Musk interns now given access to American’s financial data, one of whom, Edward Coristine, recently used the internet name “Big Balls” and shared websites about child porn and the KKK. “I never thought I’d say this,” Oliver said, “but I expected better of Big Balls, or as he’s now known Senior Adviser at the State Department and at the Department of Homeland Security.” The Last Week Tonight host also nailed Democrats who are taking a “wait and see” approach to Trump’s actions. “The next four years are going to feel incredibly shitty,” Oliver said. “The potential for pain is devastatingas is the sheer amount of it that has already been doled out.

We see wealthy powerful men using the levers of government for their personal advantage and their personal grievances, and we’re being governed by people who think good