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Last Week Tonight dissects Trump’s mishandling of the crisis and dismantles arguments pitting seniors against the economy

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John Oliver returned to Last Week Tonight on Sunday with a searing roast of Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus crisis, which has forced most late-night hosts to work from home. “We’re no different,” said Oliver before a white background, “as my home is – and this is true – a blank white void full of sad facts.”
Oliver has now opined three times on coronavirus, also known as Covid-19, most recently two weeks ago. Much has changed even since then, and not for the better. The US now has more confirmed cases than any other country, and Trump “has only recently seemed to realize the gravity of the situation”, said Oliver. “As recently as a month ago, he was saying we have it ‘very much under control’, adding ‘Stock market starting to look very good to me!’ before abruptly shifting gears to claim that he felt it was a pandemic long before it was called one and then, just last week, making this grand declaration: ‘I’m a wartime president. This is a different kind of war.’ Continue reading...