John oliver

"Trump may be the first-ever troll to be elected president."

And he's not even the only one who described Trump's tenure using an image involving male genitalia.

The "Last Week Tonight" host reacts to the academy's expulsion of the disgraced Hollywood producer.

"Monuments are not how we record history—books are, museums are, Ken Burns 12-part miniseries are."

Trump had a "week of embarrassments," according to the HBO comedian.

"Arpaio broke the rules he was sworn to uphold, rules that are put in place to protect citizens from a government going out of control," Oliver said of the former Arizona sheriff.

"He threw an airball so far away it landed in the Third Reich."

"If everyone is really honest, your level of fear over the North Korea situation is in direct proportion to whether they can hit the exact place where you live," said Oliver.

Jones's reported "health expert" falsely claims to be an MIT alum, Oliver says.

A Russian court ruled that the presence of ISIS symbols in a John Oliver clip made it "extremist."

"I don't know about you," says Oliver, "but this week has drained me."

"The care of America's kidneys is way too important to be treated like a fast food experience," says Oliver.

Campaigners are "extremely skeptical" about the FCC's claims that hackers knocked out the website.

The television host called upon viewers to flood the FCC with comments on its plan to reverse rules that prevent data discrimination.

The New York Times is trying to "understand" Trump, as if journalism were some kind of group therapy.

"It seems that the Trump era will basically CTL-Z everything that happened on Obama's watch," Oliver says in reference to the president's stance on net neutrality.

"I know all of this seems like an evisceration of both Jared and Ivanka, but it is really not," says Oliver. "I don't know enough about them to eviscerate them."

"You in France love nothing more than acting like you are better than Britain and America," Oliver told French voters. "Now is your chance to prove that."

"In a democracy, the question of who gets to draw the map should not have as much significance as it currently does," says Oliver.

"Our federal laws desperately need to be brought up to date," says Oliver.

"If anything resembling this budget passes," says Oliver, "many of Trump's own voters will wind up getting burned."

"This bill seems almost universally hated in Washington," says Oliver. "It is truly the Ted Cruz of health care legislation."

"I practice taking others' suspicions and distrust and giving them patience, tolerance and compassion," the Dalai Lama told John Oliver.

The "show" could look like CNN or Fox, with "guests" who are policy experts.

"Trump sees something that jibes with his worldview, doesn't check it, half-remembers it and then passes it on, at which point it takes on a life of its own and appears to validate itself," says Oliver.

"I am slightly concerned," Oliver said. "I have an American wife and an American son now, but who knows what's enough?

"It's going to be too easy for things to start feeling normal, especially if you are someone who is not directly impacted by his actions," says Oliver. "So keep reminding yourself: This is not normal."

"Good, hardworking people are going to keep getting caught up in these companies" unless awareness is raised, says Oliver.

"While this always gets framed as an issue about parents and their children, it's actually about everybody," Oliver says. "Because kids grow up."

"There is no one, simple answer here," says Oliver. "Not all opioid addicts will respond to the same treatments, and not all people in pain will find relief in alternative therapies."