After two weeks off, John Oliver is back with a new episode of the series Last week tonight On Sunday, he mocks Donald Trump for attacking Pope Leo XIV.
Several days ago, the Pope commented on the Iran war, saying that “everyone who is a disciple of Christ, the Prince of Peace, never stands with those who yesterday carried the sword and today are throwing bombs.”
“It was one of a series of statements that made Trump lose his mind,” Oliver noted.
the Last week tonight The host then pointed to a lengthy post Trump made on Truth Social that began with a statement that the Pope is “weak on crime.”
“This,” Oliver said jokingly, showing a photo of an opossum raising multiple offspring, “as far as insults go, it doesn’t work.” It’s like saying this opossum is weak in Balkan geography: OK, but who cares? It is not the opossum’s job to place Bosnia and Herzegovina correctly on the map. Their job is to eat garbage, hang upside down and, according to this evidence, have sex.”
Oliver then showed the photo Trump posted depicting him as a Christ-like figure, wearing a jacket with orbs emerging from his hands as if he were healing someone. Oliver said the photo “generated a massive backlash and his alibi was very weak,” and showed a video of Trump explaining that “I thought it was me as a doctor.”
“Oh, that makes sense, doctor,” Oliver replied. “You know how when you go to the doctor and a nurse and a few bald eagles examine you, and then the doctor comes in wearing an old sweater and says, ‘We’re going to start on antibiotics and light orbs generated by my very skin.'” Take it with food.”
The president was asked on Thursday about his dispute with the Pope. Oliver showed a news clip in which Trump responded: “I’m not fighting with him. The Pope made a statement. He says Iran can have a nuclear weapon. I say Iran can’t have a nuclear weapon.”
The reporter then fact-checked Trump, saying, “Pope Leo never said Iran should have a nuclear weapon.”
Trump was then asked if he would be willing to meet with the Pope, and he replied that he did not believe a meeting was necessary.
“Yeah, I don’t think that’s necessary either,” Oliver said on his HBO show. “This verbal battle didn’t go well for Trump. Plus, I don’t think they’ll agree on much other than whether it’s a good idea to cover your workplace in more gold than seems physically possible,” he joked, comparing Trump’s notoriously flashy taste in decor to the aesthetics of the Vatican. “The point is that Trump seems to be on an epic streak of picking losing battles, and any air of invulnerability he had last year is quickly fading, all of which serve as a good reminder that one day he will be gone.”
