Last Week Tonight host John Oliver dissected the 2024 presidential election results on Sunday, examining how Donald Trump beat Kamala Harris in their race to the White House. Oliver, who had spent the run up to the election day arguing for undecided viewers to cast their vote in favour of Vice President Harris, on the show, started off by acknowledging Trump's win. As per The Hollywood Reporter, Oliver started the show with boos from the audience, when he said, "[O]n Tuesday, Trump won re-election,” adding, , “which is, to put it mildly, not what I was personally hoping would happen.
And honestly, in Trump’s victory speech, he couldn’t seem to believe it either.” The HBO host also highlighted Trump’s speech, in which the former president and current president-elect said that he overcame obstacles that nobody thought possible, and how they have “achieved the most incredible political thing.” Trump was seen adding “Look what happened.
Is this crazy?” Also Read: Before Donald Trump THIS Was The Most Prolific Hollywood Hero Who Became US President, Worked In 53 Movies Responding to Trump’s statement, Oliver remarked, “Yeah, it is crazy. It’s really f***ing crazy. He’s basically one sentence away from saying, ‘I mean, you guys saw what I did, right? And you still voted for this.
That doesn’t make any sense.’” Oliver continued to lampoon Trump’s delivery, noting that while being a “verbal mess” is part of Trump’s public persona, it was st.