Trump & the Coronavirus: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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  • Опубліковано 22 лис 2024

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  • @WierdAndRandomGirl
    @WierdAndRandomGirl 4 роки тому +4723

    I lost my best friend to this virus. We had just graduated college, he was looking for work as a technical writer, he wrote brilliant fiction and cooked the best noodles in the world and loved doughnuts and now he's dead, and he died alone and afraid, and the grief has made me almost numb, and yet somehow that gddamn pen clip still had me shaking with rage.
    Vote tomorrow. Please. For the love of your friends and family and those you never thought you would lose until you did.

    • @datgrrl_official
      @datgrrl_official 4 роки тому +294

      SO SO SO very sorry for your loss. This is going to cause so much PTSD and civil unrest and lack of empathy, just wish I could give you a hugg xo

    • @uncreative5766
      @uncreative5766 4 роки тому +217

      I'm voting for my 97 year old grandma who's not a citizen, but has been living in America for a long time now. She's in a care home and visits have been cut and limited due to Covid, and she and so many other senior citizens in these care homes are now feeling abandoned by their families. I went to see her a few months ago and we were only allowed to see and talk to each other through a window. She was fucking crying when the staff wheeled her out to the window, because she saw us, and we were the first family she had seen in months. Now the home she's in is limiting any family from coming in because they had a Covid outbreak and wants to limit the spread. My grandma and other seniors deserve better. Vote for Biden. Trump's denial of this pandemic has been nothing short of a disaster.

    • @aniketmodi6346
      @aniketmodi6346 4 роки тому +70

      I'm so sorry for your loss.

    • @bogusmcbogus2637
      @bogusmcbogus2637 4 роки тому +63

      Stay strong, brother.

    • @l1meyman
      @l1meyman 4 роки тому +12

      Im sorry for your loss. Trump 2020.

  • @jedi.knight5859
    @jedi.knight5859 4 роки тому +6349

    hadn’t seen that clip of the nurse talking about PTSD, and the president interrupts to pass out pens. honestly ridiculous.

    • @Irene-ii7zm
      @Irene-ii7zm 4 роки тому +199

      I was hoping it was going to be something like "And now use these pens to write down what's going on with the PTSD" or something... still not great, but much better than "Oh, you have PTSD? Take a pen"

    • @orionsshoe2424
      @orionsshoe2424 4 роки тому +162

      Absurd. Offensive. Vapid, vacuous, and insipid!

    • @rnkrnk335
      @rnkrnk335 4 роки тому +101

      It’s horrific

    • @shaha9
      @shaha9 4 роки тому +21

      I think someone wants a pen.

    • @williamsli3745
      @williamsli3745 4 роки тому +50

      I really hope John Wick is there, take a good use of that pen too.

  • @mike64792
    @mike64792 4 роки тому +5951

    The people who need to watch this won’t watch this, and if they did, they’d say it was fake news anyway.

    • @remyllebeau77
      @remyllebeau77 4 роки тому +37

      I did watch it, are you brave enough to go through it point by point?

    • @achitnis379
      @achitnis379 4 роки тому +330

      That is the biggest problem...no matter what his supporters will always support him...

    • @remyllebeau77
      @remyllebeau77 4 роки тому +29

      @@achitnis379 That is because you live in a different world where facts don't matter.

    • @manthetower5894
      @manthetower5894 4 роки тому +309

      @@remyllebeau77 the same can be said about you correct?

    • @kanieswanson9677
      @kanieswanson9677 4 роки тому +132

      @@remyllebeau77 What do you think is the next step in handling the pandemic? Regardless of who is elected, what do you think they should do to help citizens and ensure health/safety?

  • @shae5887
    @shae5887 3 роки тому +944

    “I can’t help these people” you can really hear the pain in his voice

    • @rythian_
      @rythian_ 3 роки тому +36

      @@SoItGoes5 ?

    • @void1754
      @void1754 3 роки тому +90

      @@SoItGoes5 You not having empathy doesn't mean everyone is like you.

    • @CosmicAnteater
      @CosmicAnteater 3 роки тому +20

      @@SoItGoes5 Where’s the proof?

    • @shiroganetsuki9634
      @shiroganetsuki9634 3 роки тому +35

      You can hear it even louder in the silence before these words... :/

    • @Mini_Squatch
      @Mini_Squatch 3 роки тому +44

      @@SoItGoes5 did you miss the clip where that same guy states he voted for Trump in the election?

  • @mrchiefbs
    @mrchiefbs 4 роки тому +2016

    My dad is damn near drinking himself to death these days. He started crying in front of me last night and told me stories of the deaths he’s seen this week alone at his hospital. And this...monster....these monsters. Are passing around pens and smiling. I don’t even get how you can joke about this stuff anymore. I’m tired and broken and scared. I haven’t felt this bad my whole life.

    • @Undivided-X
      @Undivided-X 4 роки тому +185

      Mate i'm so sorry I know it's hollow platitudes but I really wish you all the strength in the world to emotionally support him at this time.

    • @FinneousPJ1
      @FinneousPJ1 4 роки тому +28

      Plot twist dad is not medical professional, just an alcoholic

    • @jhonnyjhomey
      @jhonnyjhomey 4 роки тому +84

      Thank him for all of his work , I mean overwork , during this nightmare

    • @tunasalad9693
      @tunasalad9693 4 роки тому +113

      My entire family is highly at risk for dying if they get it exept me and my dad. So me and my dad are sent out, like it's the fucking apocalypse and we're the least injured, to get food and shit. This is so dystopian and scary. I couldn't see my family for two weeks because one of my dad's coworkers who he had seen in person recently had tested positive, and his job only gave him an email like: "oh by the way... might wanna get tested bro :/" so we all had to quarantine. I don't know where I was going with this, maybe this was me just ranting, maybe this was me trying to say I understand you. But all I know is that life's shit and super dystopian rn.

    • @AmaraEmme
      @AmaraEmme 4 роки тому +31

      Praying for your family

  • @alenasenie6928
    @alenasenie6928 4 роки тому +530

    Is incredible how Mike Bowen breaks when saying "I can't help all this people" while trying to keep the composure that the moment demands.

    • @claireegoetz697
      @claireegoetz697 4 роки тому +63

      truly broke my heart, but gave me a slight sense of hope seeing someone with ideas and empathy for the american people

    • @nicalo
      @nicalo 4 роки тому +25

      I'm not even from America but that made me cry. Wishing you all the best of luck.

    • @matthewpowers8325
      @matthewpowers8325 4 роки тому +41

      As someone who is employed in Healthcare, I can tell you many people that work in hospitals feel that way. People talk about the rising cases and the risks but they don't know what it's like to be a Doctor that has to choose which patients get the dwindling ICU beds that are available to treat serious COVID cases. That experience will scar you...

    • @WubbyPunch
      @WubbyPunch 4 роки тому +11

      @@claireegoetz697 goes to show that some if not most trump supporters are just misguided or brainwashed people, who aren't necessarily bad. But that's so frustrating, hearing he admits to voting for Trump (because when you look like him, was that even questionable) and runs into a wall by trying and reaching out to him and helping out a cause he's well informed in. But no, it doesn't matter to trump.

    • @chrissiek8706
      @chrissiek8706 4 роки тому +12

      I am truly sorry for the people Mr Bowen can't help, but not particularly for Mr Bowen himself. He's one of those Leopard ate my face people, as in, he voted for Trump, expecting to get some contracts to his company. I am glad he had his Come to Jesus moment, but that took the pandemic and a sociopath in power, and a sence of total helplessness. Welcome to the world of thousands disenfranchised Americans, Mike Bowen! Do not forget how you fell in a few years, when you'll bounce back...

  • @yourexwiife
    @yourexwiife 4 роки тому +304

    Mike Bowen's "I can't help them" is heart breaking. God bless him for trying so hard this entire time.

    • @joywolf83
      @joywolf83 4 роки тому +1

      😰

    • @cremetangerine82
      @cremetangerine82 4 роки тому +1

      @@joywolf83
      I wish I could give him a hug, but it would have to be while wearing a HazMat suit.

  • @lynnebucher6537
    @lynnebucher6537 3 роки тому +424

    I think I've watched this video three times and John Oliver's anger is truly palpable and understandable.

    • @kamilareeder1493
      @kamilareeder1493 3 роки тому +4

      Its honestly pretty gangsta that Jon chose to move here ON PURPOSE lol

    • @vivigesso3756
      @vivigesso3756 2 роки тому

      Weird. The dems stole the election and did even worse. We need president Trump back.

    • @bearthalamas9241
      @bearthalamas9241 2 роки тому

      Nah, he just ran out of midol..

    • @MrJacobrabbit
      @MrJacobrabbit 5 місяців тому

      For sure

  • @ScottAndNumbers
    @ScottAndNumbers 4 роки тому +88

    I think the saddest part of continuing to watch these (of which I mostly certainly won't stop doing) is being able to audibly hear how done with everything John is. Honest props to him and all his staff for still being able to even do this each week.

  • @vxxiii4160
    @vxxiii4160 4 роки тому +1971

    The pens part absolutely dumbfounded me. This man has zero empathy for other people.

    • @M0oranshi
      @M0oranshi 4 роки тому +48

      It made me sick and ironically it wasn't because of Covid.

    • @kaylareed8037
      @kaylareed8037 4 роки тому +54

      As an Emergency RN who still is seeing death and feeling the effects of COVID (Our behavioral health crisis is also crippling) I am so saddened.

    • @TheButtDr
      @TheButtDr 4 роки тому +35

      he straight up does not care

    • @billdunkelberger971
      @billdunkelberger971 4 роки тому +13

      Hence- narcissist

    • @kurisu7885
      @kurisu7885 4 роки тому +10

      He's never ever had to develop any like most other people do.

  • @Independent365
    @Independent365 4 роки тому +2352

    I REALLY hope this is the last LWT with Trump as President...

    • @kyleguajardo
      @kyleguajardo 4 роки тому +309

      Sadly even if he gets voted out, he will throw a fit, and the president elect is not inducted until January. Do you know how much damage he could do in one month?
      I don't want to know, but we're gonna find out

    • @OlEgSaS32
      @OlEgSaS32 4 роки тому +113

      even if he loses he still has to run the country to next january, so as nice as that sounds, not gonna happen

    • @topcomment3816
      @topcomment3816 4 роки тому +16

      Nope. #Trump2020

    • @digitalbookworm5678
      @digitalbookworm5678 4 роки тому +47

      🤞 He's there til noon on Jan. 20th (unless he skips the country before then) 😎

    • @TheResilient5689
      @TheResilient5689 4 роки тому +23

      You me, and the rest of the world that isn't in Trump's orbit.

  • @longboardcamify
    @longboardcamify 3 роки тому +73

    I buried my mom last week. She was a nurse and didn't deserve to spend the last two months of her life in a hospital isolated from family and friends. People this disease is terrible and anyone who says otherwise can say it to my 12 year old sister whos mom died two days after her birthday!

    • @theallseeingeye9388
      @theallseeingeye9388 3 роки тому +3

      So sorry for your loss.
      Stay strong.

    • @penguinuprighter6231
      @penguinuprighter6231 3 роки тому +2

      That's really terrible. Hope you and your sister can overcome.

    • @sylvan44
      @sylvan44 3 роки тому +2

      I’m so sorry. may her memory be a blessing❤️ i hope you and your family are doing okay considering

  • @mikevillalobos7766
    @mikevillalobos7766 4 роки тому +358

    You notice his body language when he doesn't like what hears he folds his arms like a kid and he wants everything to be apart of his reality.
    This man is insane and such power shouldn't be given to him.

    • @elviejo2431
      @elviejo2431 4 роки тому +3

      Thank you for making it hard to focus on anything other than his tie 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @siiriv6750
      @siiriv6750 4 роки тому +3

      He truly is a toddler

    • @BradColemanisHere
      @BradColemanisHere 4 роки тому +6

      Yes, those types of things are what so many of us picked up on in the 2016 campaign and just knew would have an impact with him as president. Somehow people are not good at recognizing these types of behaviors in other people. I don't know why but it's so obvious. He is, and always has been, childlike. A child running the country.

    • @sammygirl6910
      @sammygirl6910 4 роки тому +4

      @@BradColemanisHere Unfortunately, the wrong people saw it and have been using him to achieve horrible things his pea sized, swiss cheese like brain could never have conceived of.
      He's a racist, misogynist, xenophobic POS, but he's stupid. He'd never have been able to achieve any of this without the Bannons, Millers, and Barrs in his orbit. Even if Biden wins, we're definitely not out of the woods.

    • @gbarcalow
      @gbarcalow 4 роки тому +2

      @@BradColemanisHere For some people it's just baked into them. Their minds just don't work like those on the left. They are pre-disposed to fearing other groups that are not like them, and they are less capable of feeling empathy, and they have a psychological need to feel superior. Trump gives them those things. They are addicts and he is the drug.
      www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind-in-the-machine/201712/analysis-trump-supporters-has-identified-5-key-traits?page=1

  • @michael_mcgowan
    @michael_mcgowan 4 роки тому +637

    The sad thing about Obama's speech about pandemic preparedness is that it would probably only convince Trump supporters that he had something to do with all of this...

    • @lidiasoares4939
      @lidiasoares4939 4 роки тому +23

      This is true. I heard the same kind speech in a podcast in 2016, when discussed what could cause to a apocalypse scenario, and a pandemic by a flu it's was the most certainly.

    • @OlEgSaS32
      @OlEgSaS32 4 роки тому +46

      its all they needed to go after bill gates , that he somehow "knew" about it, when in reality, most people who studied history know that new diseases always crop up and will always keep coming until one is so deadly it kills us all before we could try and fight it

    • @tushartakku
      @tushartakku 4 роки тому +38

      Even if he hypothetically did know about it, he himself had a pandemic response team and a pandemic response plan to deal with it, which he left for Trump to put to use, but Trump ditched that anyway, so the responsibility is still Trump's!

    • @joeyclemenza7339
      @joeyclemenza7339 4 роки тому +14

      I’m sure they’re already hard at work, using the video to try to drudge up another conspiracy theory....

    • @ChrisSmith-qx6wt
      @ChrisSmith-qx6wt 4 роки тому +3

      Think about them guys they'll spin it the way they wanna spend it so they look right

  • @leosmith7511
    @leosmith7511 4 роки тому +745

    Virtual hugs for John and the LWT staff. Honestly, John Oliver is more American than half of our government. It's clear he loves this country and considers it his home and us his people. The passion in the last couple minutes here is palpable.

    • @Naradin
      @Naradin 4 роки тому +20

      I think John and most non - nationalist people, dont think in terms of "my people"... We are all people and there is just one here and now.
      But i guess its harder to think that way, if you grew up in a nationalist state like the USA. But please take no offense, it just came to my mind while reading your comment.

    • @degen83
      @degen83 4 роки тому +1

      I agree, the Democrat half of the government hates the US and would rather see us fall into chaos and violent riots and race war than see us have a peaceful election and a peaceful existence. Trump must win or else these violent rioters will never stop and the Democrats will keep selling us out to China. Trump wants America and every American to succeed, so I agree with you Trump needs to win and the anti American Democrats must be voted out.

    • @deliaklager766
      @deliaklager766 4 роки тому +25

      @@degen83 I think you didn't really get the message. And I wonder if you watched the video at all.

    • @TheRussellStover
      @TheRussellStover 4 роки тому +20

      @@degen83 LOL. The Republicans are just going crazy. Thinking it's ok not to wear a mask like they are some special snowflakes. Ignoring Science. Ignoring facts. Ignoring common sense. Ignoring the fact that Trump is doing his best to run America into the ground and divide the American people. You know what the worst thing is? Supporting that. You might as well be a traitor to your own country to help divide the American people with misinformation.

    • @degen83
      @degen83 4 роки тому +1

      @@TheRussellStover You clearly are unfamiliar with the CDC and their stance on masks.
      Come back when you have an informed opinion and not just propaganda.

  • @cherrylq9325
    @cherrylq9325 3 роки тому +121

    My sister died 3-2-20 from Covid that she contacted in February while Trump was saying "nothing to see here!" It took her husband until January 2021 to get the tests done to determine that she did in fact die from Covid. She never had a chance to protect herself.

    • @pearldiver7
      @pearldiver7 3 роки тому +17

      Very, very sorry for your loss. Many Americans haven't seen to true face of how this pandemic has tragically effected families, so hearing the reality is important, if for nothing else, at least to judge Trump's response in history.

    • @cherrylq9325
      @cherrylq9325 3 роки тому +10

      @@pearldiver7 thank you John. You are so right about the very tragic human toll. 💔 So many families suffering irreplaceable loss.

    • @richsims6870
      @richsims6870 5 місяців тому +1

      My deepest condolences !

  • @A_T216
    @A_T216 4 роки тому +2191

    I hate how important John's messaging is, and how all the people who really need to hear it just... won't.

    • @seanbohan9491
      @seanbohan9491 4 роки тому +33

      Worse than that: 8.49 million subscribers, 5 million views, and not one of these people needs to be convinced, and if any try to convince even one other person who does need convincing, the result will be utter failure. Pen, anyone?

    • @happyplace8452
      @happyplace8452 4 роки тому +3

      Try not to hate friend. It is bad for your heart.

    • @zachdeluise8342
      @zachdeluise8342 4 роки тому +21

      Yep... there's roughly 73 million people who still need to find their way back to reality. It's horrifying.

    • @kathyg226
      @kathyg226 4 роки тому

      @MAGNUS CARLSEN is he

    • @merc9nine
      @merc9nine 4 роки тому +5

      Hes a clown you know? You get your news from a clown.

  • @AgentPantheon
    @AgentPantheon 4 роки тому +525

    There comes a point where, as a doctor, not only is it traumatising to deal with this but it's also blatantly insulting.

    • @robertrijkers4923
      @robertrijkers4923 4 роки тому +4

      when US doctors ask for people's creditcard before helping them , they should ask for their voting ballot as well...

    • @forkingsandkeys
      @forkingsandkeys 4 роки тому +14

      Robert Rijkers I have never once been asked for my credit card BEFORE seeing a medical professional. Don’t spout stupid lies.

    • @TheGingerInvasion
      @TheGingerInvasion 4 роки тому +6

      17:15 literally made me nauseous. I am so disgusted with this asshole's lack of empathy.

    • @Ildskalli
      @Ildskalli 4 роки тому +1

      Adding insult to t̶r̶a̶u̶m̶a̶ injury...

    • @AgentPantheon
      @AgentPantheon 4 роки тому +5

      @@robertrijkers4923 I don't think anyone does this, even in the US. Certainly not in Europe. It's a question of knowing if you have insurance, not a source of income.

  • @ZombiBunni_
    @ZombiBunni_ 4 роки тому +179

    I started crying about 20 minutes into this.... my uncle needed heart surgery desperately, his condition has been getting gradually worse and there are signs of an impending failure if he can’t get some sort of intensive help.. but they had to pre-test for Covid, and this Friday we learned that he has it. He’s been doing his best to stay safe, but god it’s just really scary. I’m so sad and angry that this got so so out of hand, this shouldn’t have happened.

    • @johannageisel5390
      @johannageisel5390 4 роки тому +13

      I'm so sorry!
      I have no words of solace to offer, I just hope he belongs to the lucky ones and gets through this.

    • @kendrapatterson8941
      @kendrapatterson8941 4 роки тому +13

      Hope your uncle gets through this safely.

    • @TragoudistrosMPH
      @TragoudistrosMPH 4 роки тому +9

      Wishing you all the best. My grandmother is recovering and she's 87 with diabetes. There's hope! The recovery is not even remotely easy and breathing is hard, but difficult and realistic hope is better than no hope!

    • @El_the_Dragon
      @El_the_Dragon 4 роки тому +2

      My grandmother fell recently and broke her neck, while she was in the hospital she tested positive for COVID.

    • @floridafamilyfun1597
      @floridafamilyfun1597 4 роки тому +6

      I am so terribly sorry.

  • @FlyingHangman
    @FlyingHangman Рік тому +14

    I've been binging johns videos for the last couple of weeks, and this one genuinely hurt to watch. Not just because, 2 years on, we know how bad the situation got, but because of the pure emotion in johns voice. His other videos he may get passionate about, but so many times you could hear it in his voice and see it in his eyes that he was flitting between the barrier of outright rage and hearbreaking grief.

  • @Daniel_Alves1993
    @Daniel_Alves1993 4 роки тому +2802

    If Trump is tired of hearing about Covid after one year, imagine how exhausted the world is of hearing about Trump every day for the last 5 years.

    • @trnharris
      @trnharris 4 роки тому +34

      💯💯💯💯

    • @studyzen8836
      @studyzen8836 4 роки тому +145

      His presidency has been the longest 20 years of my life.

    • @headlight31
      @headlight31 4 роки тому +98

      I'm from the philippines and man, when the news say "Trump..." I'm like, what did he do now? It's not funny anymore.

    • @Daniel_Alves1993
      @Daniel_Alves1993 4 роки тому +8

      @@jamescollier3 I hope you're wrong, but I wouldn't be surprised.

    • @Daniel_Alves1993
      @Daniel_Alves1993 4 роки тому +56

      @@studyzen8836 I was 23 when he was elected. I'm getting close to 900 now. It's not easy.

  • @ashleya3731
    @ashleya3731 4 роки тому +296

    My cousin, my neighbors, my boss, everyone who isn't willing to watch this are the ones who NEED to watch this.

    • @محمدشعبان-ك7ح5ف
      @محمدشعبان-ك7ح5ف 4 роки тому

      You are your words, correct greetings from Egypt.

    • @casinodelonge
      @casinodelonge 4 роки тому +20

      The problem is people with their heads jammed up their own asses can't hear good advice.

    • @anthonyvaught1030
      @anthonyvaught1030 4 роки тому +2

      It is comedy.

    • @andrewwerner4156
      @andrewwerner4156 4 роки тому +2

      @Wet Porridge if he's re-elected this will drag on till 2022.

    • @andrewwerner4156
      @andrewwerner4156 4 роки тому +2

      @Wet Porridge I wonder what the death toll will look like by then.

  • @vladniculaie1996
    @vladniculaie1996 4 роки тому +439

    i'm not even american, but i encourage you to go out and vote that "president" out of office

    • @Juventinos
      @Juventinos 4 роки тому +3

      why, for everyone but americans he's been a great american president. first in 100 years to not start a war, Obama had 6 wars.

    • @robin9740
      @robin9740 4 роки тому +44

      @@Juventinos he's dismantling NATO and will most definitely start ww3

    • @Juventinos
      @Juventinos 4 роки тому +4

      @@robin9740 how? he's negotiated a peace deal between the Arab nations and Israel, he stopped iran's nuclear program, stopped north korea's nuclear program, defeated ISIS, his relationship with Russia is ok to great.. who is he going to fight? Venezuela?

    • @sinavosough757
      @sinavosough757 4 роки тому +32

      @@Juventinos FYI Iran and North Korea are both pumping up their nuclear efforts.

    • @davidrosenberg9615
      @davidrosenberg9615 4 роки тому +28

      @@Juventinos He didn't do half those things. He didn't stop Iran's nuclear program at all. Hell, if Iran hadn't been caught blowing up a passenger airliner by accident, we might have gone to war.
      I don't believe he's made any actual material progress with North Korea, though I'm not critical of that because hell if I know what works. He's only "improved relations with Russia" at the cost of pissing off many of our decades old allies.

  • @mpnothnx9933
    @mpnothnx9933 3 роки тому +28

    "I can't help these people" through deep hurt. doing your best dude.

  • @billbill6094
    @billbill6094 4 роки тому +1882

    "Plane crashes, 500 people die, all they talk about is covid."
    Except about twice as many died of covid in a single day and it's happening everyday. And it's not a damn hypothetical.

    • @TardyTardigrade
      @TardyTardigrade 4 роки тому +90

      Yeah. The thing is his supporters are certified bat-$hit crazy. They do not care if you, me, or even they themselves die. They have committed to this course of cult worship. They can't be reasoned with, worked with, or redeemed. Their last words before going on a ventilator would be "Its a hoax. Q knows." They are lost to humanity.

    • @shaec3405
      @shaec3405 4 роки тому +19

      No such thing happened either!

    • @marinamoskaleva3208
      @marinamoskaleva3208 4 роки тому +12

      proudboy whose? Covid19 doesn't care about race

    • @kiwisplash22
      @kiwisplash22 4 роки тому +22

      @@sorrykid8538 stop trolling and sending the same shit 100X. on every other comment. thanks and gnite.

    • @Jeloren
      @Jeloren 4 роки тому +46

      @@sorrykid8538 Your link leads to a site that flat out calls Black people chimps, which is horribly racist and disgusting. Reported for hate speech.

  • @videos8159
    @videos8159 4 роки тому +430

    I have never seen John Oliver so angry. He was actually shaking after the freaking pen clip. I feel him. I feel him so much.

    • @cheesecakecia
      @cheesecakecia 4 роки тому +9

      I thought he would burst from all the blood going to his head.. poor thing :(

    • @aserta
      @aserta 4 роки тому +4

      He is the kind of guy who takes all this stuff personally. I do too sometimes, but then i remember that it's too late, and we're here to understand our choices, not make them...

    • @HeilRay
      @HeilRay 4 роки тому +2

      Get a feeling his blood vessels are gonna pop come Orange Wednesday.

    • @davebusby5904
      @davebusby5904 4 роки тому +1

      I was wondering how much money John donated to the Trump campaign back in 2016. 🤔

    • @simoneidson21
      @simoneidson21 3 роки тому

      @@davebusby5904 None, why the fuck do you think he donated anything?

  • @michaelsnow3536
    @michaelsnow3536 4 роки тому +2429

    It really is quite sobering to see John Oliver legitimately furious. That was a powerful message to end on.

    • @DeathSpellXVI
      @DeathSpellXVI 4 роки тому +15

      He’s just propaganda

    • @rach3555
      @rach3555 4 роки тому +183

      @@DeathSpellXVI because he's talking about the mishandling of a pandemic? I agree he is left leaning, he never said he wasn't. In fact he is very open about it, but you don't have to look hard to see that he's right about how this pandemic has been handled

    • @Fate263
      @Fate263 4 роки тому +103

      @@DeathSpellXVI Propaganda because he is liberal-leaning and you choose to take anything he says as complete crap, right?

    • @Simriel
      @Simriel 4 роки тому +75

      It's happened several times this year. There have been several times where he is clearly finding it hard to stay polite and civil.

    • @that_one_l0ne_ghost
      @that_one_l0ne_ghost 4 роки тому +66

      Nephilimfield you’re the type of person to call anything you dislike propaganda, huh

  • @CatThatLostHisHat
    @CatThatLostHisHat 3 роки тому +232

    "A quarter million Americans are going to die."
    Oh. Oh, John, honey. It gets so much worse.

    • @shellyjustice7227
      @shellyjustice7227 3 роки тому +17

      And it's going to become a lot worse...
      John filmed this nearly a year ago, but I know you already knew that...

    • @iloveplasticbottles
      @iloveplasticbottles 3 роки тому +3

      It’s already become the worst pandemic to hit the US. It literally beat the Spanish flu.

    • @markbriten6999
      @markbriten6999 2 роки тому

      @@iloveplasticbottles a Erica flu. It came from the US but you, us(GB) and others were in a war so not acknowledge

    • @riffgroove
      @riffgroove 2 роки тому +1

      The death toll in the U.S. has now just surpassed 900,000 people.

    • @the-renegade
      @the-renegade 2 роки тому +3

      @@riffgroove It's maddening... 😡

  • @KeriLynKing
    @KeriLynKing 4 роки тому +85

    Bless you, John Oliver + LastWeekTonight Team.
    I cannot imagine where my head would even be this year without this type of synthesis of information, thorough analysis, and grounding validation of the absurd nightmare we are living through. This is good, hard work and it makes a difference.
    Good luck everyone tomorrow.

  • @jessicaramynke3
    @jessicaramynke3 4 роки тому +1047

    I need things like this to confirm I'm not the only one here losing my shit.

    • @alexandertownsend3291
      @alexandertownsend3291 4 роки тому +35

      I would be more worried about you if you weren't.

    • @ExistentialistBread
      @ExistentialistBread 4 роки тому +43

      Trust me you’re not alone.
      We’re all losing our shit

    • @stevesmith9447
      @stevesmith9447 4 роки тому +36

      I'm not sure we even have any shit left anymore. We've been losing it continuously for.... a while.

    • @ImBatman-dk8eh
      @ImBatman-dk8eh 4 роки тому +9

      It's not just you

    • @請訂閱-g7k
      @請訂閱-g7k 4 роки тому +1

      Amazing 🆕
      ua-cam.com/video/vtDhUmFXr5A/v-deo.html

  • @kyledube927
    @kyledube927 3 роки тому +290

    Omg, the pens killed me... not in a “i laughed my ass off!” kind of way... more in a “I can’t believe people like this exist and run countries. I might just kill myself.” kind of way. Anyone else?

    • @kziila0244
      @kziila0244 3 роки тому +11

      Me.

    • @stephenwright8824
      @stephenwright8824 3 роки тому +8

      Me 4/1/2021.

    • @elaineburnett5230
      @elaineburnett5230 3 роки тому +11

      Except,,,I don't want to kill myself, why make Republicans happy?

    • @KBWeeds
      @KBWeeds 3 роки тому +8

      I don’t want to kill myself. I want Trump held accountable for lying to everyone which caused over 500k deaths, inciting the Jan 6 insurrection, financial fraud, and whatever else his grifter ass is guilty of!

    • @walker32254
      @walker32254 3 роки тому +6

      Wanted someone to say "Take those pens and shove them up your ass."

  • @sanji4ever
    @sanji4ever 4 роки тому +813

    "if he's not wearing it, i'm not gonna wear it" and they call people who wear masks, sheep? This segment actually made me cry. sadness for our country, sadness that people can't see their won stupidity even when it's all clearly laid out for them, sadness that people are so selfish and can't even bother to think of others, sadness all around.

    • @Jonathan0rtiz
      @Jonathan0rtiz 4 роки тому +6

      If he is not wearing I am not wearing is pretty much how he will get those ladies pregnant.

    • @JerKur18
      @JerKur18 4 роки тому +15

      It's insane and disheartening how stupid and selfish people can be.

    • @raaasssppp
      @raaasssppp 4 роки тому +35

      @Tony C The correct answer, is to drive responsibly you moron. And by the same token, trumpists should be responsible when interacting with others during this pandemic. but naaa that would be violating their freedom wouldnt it. how could you be so blind.

    • @SonBrimmer
      @SonBrimmer 4 роки тому +6

      Yeah, it’s absurd, and my knee jerk reaction is to laugh at the absurdity, but when you really think about this whole thing, it is really sad. Pathetically sad. It could’ve been avoided too, but trump would have had to look beyond himself though, and I don’t think he’s capable of that. Grim.

    • @sykoslim8851
      @sykoslim8851 4 роки тому

      Sooo #Trump2020

  • @doza8812
    @doza8812 4 роки тому +277

    The pen thing legitimately made me tear up. What an awful human being. I don't even have words. He seriously doesn't care about people at all. I really hope this country can be turned around.
    I still have my son schooling from home. I'm still able to work from home, thank goodness. You can't trust anyone but yourself, and having to rely on the rest of the country to see through this malarkey is absolutely terrifying. Hope everyone here has voted or plans to do so tomorrow.

    • @EvilFookaire
      @EvilFookaire 4 роки тому +10

      Storytime from the Netherlands...
      One of my nieces' fiancee works security, this week he was working in a closed room with this guy who hadn't called in sick while catching COVID.
      The guy basically joked about how he got it while on duty with my niece's fiancee.
      Result is that the whole company is now having to be tested, as well as the client company that they were providing service to.
      The guy spreading it would've been a typical Trumpcultist had he been in the US.
      The guy's whole reply... "Well I'm not dead so clearly it's a hoax".
      Meanwhile my niece is now forced to stay with someone else (still in a light form of quarantine) while their kids who had already been in contact with their father that day are forced to stay at home with their father... their school which was only recently able to re-open after being declared covid-free got shut down again, and the two local stores where my niece and her fiancee do their groceries shut down even when they already had strict measures in place to previously be allowed to stay open.
      My elderly mother (who is nieces' grandmother) no longer able to get any visitors because oh, covid in the family... so we can't do her groceries anymore, can't help her keep her home clean, can't do shit if she slips and falls in the bathroom... because one fuckless fuckwith believes that it's just a hoax.
      Never before in my life have I wanted to visit gay men with covid so they could give it to me, just so I could pay that moron spreader a little romantic visit.
      Fuck these imbecils, if covid ever becomes a thing of the past I hope a bunch of big dudes with aids run a few trains on them... then tell them that aids is "just a hoax" too.

    • @glenngriffon8032
      @glenngriffon8032 4 роки тому +17

      I'm an agnostic, I don't know if God is real. I don't know if Jesus lived. I don't know if there's a heaven or a heck or a devil.
      But I'm 100% convinced Trump is the antichrist.

    • @ArgusWicker
      @ArgusWicker 4 роки тому +8

      @@glenngriffon8032 As a Christian, I’m gonna read the book of Revelation to see how many parallels are between Commander-in-Cheeto and the description of the Antichrist...

    • @DrGandW
      @DrGandW 4 роки тому +13

      My dad was a doctor, we lost him to the virus in April. I know it’s not good to wallow in what-ifs but holy shit it kills me that a more responsible president could have at least helped him not die before I graduated college in June.

    • @doza8812
      @doza8812 4 роки тому +3

      @@EvilFookaire like even if you think it's all a hoax, why not err on the side of caution? I'm sorry this individual made your whole family's lives so much harder on you all. Stay healthy and safe.

  • @the_kraken6549
    @the_kraken6549 4 роки тому +664

    I agree with those people, he is doing the best that _he_ can. His best isn’t worth $%!¥

    • @NotShowingOff
      @NotShowingOff 4 роки тому +24

      It’s those ppl who support him. They are just like him. So if they were put into a spot like that, they would also act that way.

    • @OlEgSaS32
      @OlEgSaS32 4 роки тому +31

      they treat him like some kind of innocent third party that had a giant mess dropped on them out of nowhere and they had to go like "oh f**K! what do i do!!" when that is blatantly not the case, nobody asked for this pandemic, but when everyone had to think fast and take precaution for something they knew will happen at some point, trump actively dismantled all safeguards and then just stood there like a deer in the headlights waiting for the virus to hit it, and then trying to blame the driver

    • @viralnorn9173
      @viralnorn9173 4 роки тому +8

      Yet they keep supporting him, like a battered wife. And Faux news and OAN is all they listen to.

    • @cruzfinefield6807
      @cruzfinefield6807 4 роки тому +3

      Well said!

    • @degen83
      @degen83 4 роки тому

      Remember when the media, Joe Biden, and all of the Democrats called Trump a racist for issuing travel bans on the EU and China? Remember 1 month later when the media, Joe Biden, and all the Democrats blamed Trump for Covid for not issuing travel bans sooner?
      Yeah, there is so much disinformation about Trump its not even funny anymore. The media lies about Trump daily just to try to make him look bad.
      Remember when they selectively edited his speech where he condemned white supremacy and nazis just so they could call him a racist? Stop paying attention to the fake news, Trumps best saw historic low black unemployment, historic low latino unemployment, the lowest female unemployment since World War 2, the highest incomes we have seen in decades, jobs returning to the US from oversees thanks to Trumps economic policies, historic funding to historic black colleges, prison reform aimed at helping black people, peace between Kosovo and Serbia, peace between Israel and UAE and Bahrain and Sudan.
      Trump did way more than Obama did and Trump has only had 4 years despite a 99% hostile media. We need Trump to win. If Biden wins he will be an Antifa/BLM puppet. He refuses to condemn the violent rioters and the only reason he wouldn't condemn them is he needs their support. What are they doing? Assaulting, stalking, and murdering Trump supporters. What are the Democrats doing about this? Not a thing. They are doing less than nothing, they are actively helping these violent rioters because the Democrats refuse to press charges when these violent rioters commit crimes, like felony rioting, felony assault, first degree murder, arson, assault, and breaking into stores and stealing goods.
      It is not Trump supporters doing this stuff, it is exclusively the Left, exclusively BLM and Antifa and other affailited groups, and it is the Democrats protecting them. If you want an end to these violent riots Trump is the only one who will end them.
      They will riot wether Biden wins or not, and Biden will do nothing to stop them. Trump has been trying to stop them for months while the Democrats have opposed everything Trump has done to stop the violent rioters who are exclusively rioting in Democrat cities. Wake up and vote all the Democrats out or else this will only get worse.

  • @RobSchofield
    @RobSchofield 3 роки тому +103

    I'm only viewing this in Jan, '21. I've always appreciated just how Mr. O. can get to the point by slowly changing the balance between humour (heavy at the start) to reality (heavy at the end) just before the real knife comes out - and his delivery of the death blow is as worthy as any Shakespearean denouement. John, this is Emmy/BAFTA quality material, and I would be extremely sad if it doesn't get recognition: script, staging, and presentation are - as ever - top quality.

  • @MissouriAngel
    @MissouriAngel 4 роки тому +556

    The people who need most to watch this are the least likely to do it.

    • @maythesciencebewithyou
      @maythesciencebewithyou 4 роки тому +70

      I you are implying that it is Trump supporters who need to watch this, then I totally disagree with you. Those people are far too gone. This is fake news to them. And even if they believed this they wouldn't care because owning the libs takes priority and having an anti-PC guy who encourages their racism, xebophobia and bigotry is a dream come true for them.
      The people who need to watch this the most are those who are unpolitical, those who ignore politics and not not intend to vote. Not the so called "undecided voters", most of those guys I bet are pro Trump but just to afraid to admit it.

    • @Polyglot_English
      @Polyglot_English 4 роки тому

      **VOTE THIRD PARTY** ua-cam.com/video/OkoEKQLwIwg/v-deo.html

    • @jonrmang
      @jonrmang 4 роки тому +4

      You are sooo right! I couldn't agree with you more!!

    • @Shuizid
      @Shuizid 4 роки тому +23

      @@Polyglot_English Well at least you got the russian name to make sure everybody sees you are a paid troll.

    • @jonsmith5058
      @jonsmith5058 4 роки тому +6

      @@maythesciencebewithyou Yeah I agree with you, its next to impossible to get someone so dogmatic to change their perspective, as humans we are hard wired to protect ourselves against things that hurt us, that includes ideas that hurt us, ideas that mean we may have spent a long long time falsely invested in something.
      I see the same over here with the Brexit debate where its just so partisan there is no way to reconcile anymore and it seems the same in the US, both sides just consistently throw up the strawmen they think the other side believe in and refuse to listen to any argument that might actually be convincing to either side or when they do outright dismiss it as lies.

  • @heethn
    @heethn 4 роки тому +268

    "He's doing the best he can." Let's say they're right. Don't we deserve a president that CAN do better? I, for one, say yes, we do deserve better. VOTE HIM OUT!

    • @maythesciencebewithyou
      @maythesciencebewithyou 4 роки тому +8

      "he's doing the best he can" translation: At least he's not a baby eating liberal socialist

    • @grumpy9721
      @grumpy9721 4 роки тому +5

      Yes, please do it!
      The whole world deserves better.

    • @psa921416
      @psa921416 4 роки тому +1

      @@maythesciencebewithyou ew

    • @tunasalad9693
      @tunasalad9693 4 роки тому

      @@maythesciencebewithyou hey i eat babies

    • @iamthatiam4496
      @iamthatiam4496 4 роки тому

      @@tunasalad9693 it’s amazing that Europe followed the “science” and are heading towards a 2nd lockdown. Biden believes in “science” yet he held a maskless rally on April 29. Democrat governor Cuomo believed in “science” yet he did not use the floating hospital USS Comfort. Cuomo did not use the Javits center but instead sent sick patients to nursing homes. 11K seniors died. So much for science and a lack of bias.

  • @robothunter1035
    @robothunter1035 4 роки тому +488

    Nobody talked about a plane going down with 500 people because a plane didn't go down with 500 people. But a thousand died from COVID 19 on Friday.

    • @carabiner7999
      @carabiner7999 4 роки тому +16

      Spot on.

    • @maxxbarzz
      @maxxbarzz 4 роки тому +9

      How big is that plane that can carry 500 ppl in one load.

    • @slugworth3111
      @slugworth3111 4 роки тому +5

      The Airbus A380 can do over 500 depending on how the seating is configured.

    • @maxxbarzz
      @maxxbarzz 4 роки тому +15

      @@slugworth3111 just looked up the history of Airbus and they haven't had a crash in over a decade.

    • @behnamsay7168
      @behnamsay7168 4 роки тому +3

      EXACTLY

  • @richardking7682
    @richardking7682 Рік тому +31

    This should air constantly in 2024

  • @artsyboo
    @artsyboo 4 роки тому +362

    Not gonna lie, I almost cried when the nurse was talking about PTSD and trump was just like "k." and passed pens. Honestly that's heartbreaking. John also looked so sad. This is crazy, vote this guy out

    • @thebuzz4659
      @thebuzz4659 4 роки тому +1

      USA 2020: 90 million voters have already voted, the campaign continues
      all.news2sport.com/2020/11/02/usa-2020-90-million-voters-have-already-voted-the-campaign-continues/

    • @renee3356
      @renee3356 4 роки тому +12

      Empathy isn't what the tRump cult is known for. I'd even argue it's a push against compassion for others for the "me me me" cult.

    • @MattMuirhead
      @MattMuirhead 4 роки тому +5

      You're not alone. He's the most vile leader the US has ever known.

    • @sorrykid8538
      @sorrykid8538 4 роки тому

      *BREAKING NEWS: THEIR LIVES DO NOT IN FACT MATTER*
      SOURCE: imgur.com/a/TK2GTHL

    • @aaronbruce5568
      @aaronbruce5568 4 роки тому +4

      @@sorrykid8538 When the entire point of that page is "fuck chimps," you have no moral leg to stand on. No matter what race anyone is, they are a human being and deserve to be treated as such. Go home (because you're probably not social distancing) and rethink your choices.
      Also if you look at the actual context of the graph it makes no sense. Per 1 million of the offenders race? You realize that kind of proportion coming from the side of the offender completely turns the data on its head?

  • @rosacummings1967
    @rosacummings1967 4 роки тому +702

    "There's nothing more we could have done."
    "Here's a list of things we could have done."
    "LIKE I SAID, there's nothing more we could have done."

    • @briannevs2772
      @briannevs2772 4 роки тому +4

      Dont do your best....do MY best!

    • @mellowrebel4618
      @mellowrebel4618 4 роки тому

      @@briannevs2772 "BE BEST SHOOT BE BESTEST"

    • @Adreno23421
      @Adreno23421 4 роки тому +4

      @John michael So says the Lord: "And then I shall send the angel of death, Azrael, to kill all thousands who are old and low in vitamin D". That's what God does when the master of lies (TRUMP) is venerated as a president.

    • @lawrencewittenberg3591
      @lawrencewittenberg3591 4 роки тому

      Pp
      Plll

    • @buleulek5153
      @buleulek5153 4 роки тому +1

      ua-cam.com/video/r-GppBpUeYg/v-deo.html

  • @devonlockwood1477
    @devonlockwood1477 3 роки тому +549

    I remember feeling physically ill that night when he was elected.
    But I never imagined he could do this much harm.

    • @DanaTheInsane
      @DanaTheInsane 3 роки тому +31

      My partner and I contemplated suicide that dark night. In the end we decided Trump was not going to kill us that easily.

    • @carolinamurtha3102
      @carolinamurtha3102 3 роки тому +33

      Seriously, I still remember waking up in the middle of the night to use the restroom and checked my phone while I was up. My heart sank, it was such a strong feeling of despair. As a Latino/any minority, the last bunch of years have been rough.

    • @elaineburnett5230
      @elaineburnett5230 3 роки тому +4

      @@DanaTheInsane Thank you.....

    • @hybridfuckingcomplex
      @hybridfuckingcomplex 3 роки тому +17

      @@DanaTheInsane i'm so sorry you both had to consider that, but i'm happy you didn't and i wish you well

    • @richardt1792
      @richardt1792 3 роки тому +6

      Trump killed 600,000 Americans and counting. He was warned about pandemics and it was his dream, to allow a pandemic to wipe out people that he felt were weak, inferior, minorities. He felt he could protect himself. Damn you Regeneron for saving him from COVID.

  • @WorgenDeath
    @WorgenDeath 4 роки тому +1356

    The clip of Mike Bowen testifying is kinda heartbreaking, not gonna lie.

    • @yakuza01
      @yakuza01 4 роки тому +194

      The fact that he voted for him probably weighs on him heavily as well. Not being a smart ass here, I am serious.

    • @JohnDoe-yl7jv
      @JohnDoe-yl7jv 4 роки тому +21

      Trumptard supporter : it's fake! Fake news ! Deepfake

    • @sharr630
      @sharr630 4 роки тому +46

      @@yakuza01 Good. It should.

    • @chibi013
      @chibi013 4 роки тому +47

      I mean, the dude could have just gone ahead and manufactured the masks anyway. He knew he'd make the money back. That and voting for trump in the first place SHOULD be weighing on him. That being said, at least he seems to give a shit. That's more than most trump voters 😕

    • @GlobalUnitedPageant
      @GlobalUnitedPageant 4 роки тому +61

      @@JohnDoe-yl7jv I mean I mainly agree with what you are saying here, but can we not go with Trumptard? It’s a take on the R word and just seems very demeaning to those with developmental challenges.

  • @MsQ9677
    @MsQ9677 4 роки тому +148

    THIS is why John Oliver continues to win the Emmy over all of the other night time hosts in the Outstanding Talk Series.

    • @oceanview4795
      @oceanview4795 4 роки тому

      like weinteing? as if emmys are important.....you know is just a self gratification among them to create an "image" for their "entertainment industry"....right....you are not saying you follow what these fools tell you right?

    • @godwinwong2809
      @godwinwong2809 4 роки тому +1

      @@oceanview4795 ?

    • @lotusinn3
      @lotusinn3 4 роки тому +3

      @@oceanview4795 Emmys are the exact same as the highest awards given in dozens of other fields. Pulitzer’s, Nobel Prizes, Medals of Freedom etc. Recognition of stellar work done by someone. “Self-gratification.” Come off it.

    • @oceanview4795
      @oceanview4795 4 роки тому

      @@lotusinn3
      So the nobel peace price: what did Obama do? besides not closing Guantanamo, dropping more bombs then any other president, got ISIS created and expanded under his watch, deported more then any other....

    • @lotusinn3
      @lotusinn3 4 роки тому +3

      @@oceanview4795 He got his NPP from his diplomatic work with rival AND historically allied countries. One of the President’s roles in something called ‘Diplomat-in-Chief.’ Obama was a hell of a good one.
      Also, a US President didn’t “create” a radical, Islamist extremist group created in 1999 and established roots in the early 2000s, under the presidency of the man who instigated the Iraq War and Middle East conflicts we still find ourselves in. They merely gained influence in 2014 after overwhelming Kurdish and non-extremist forces and civilian populations in the region and resulted in UN countries developed counter-terrorism plans and strategies. You don’t have to look for a boogeyman under your bed when he’s in your closet.
      Also, he dropped more bombs than any President in the Middle East prior to Trump. While Bush mobilized troops in the face of technological advantage, Obama sought to remove troops in favor of technological advantage, ramping up the utilization of unmanned drones on militant strongholds and areas of extremist control.

  • @MartaWomack
    @MartaWomack 4 роки тому +189

    I can only speak for myself, but I feel so stressed out about this election like never before. I felt this same thing when Trump ran the 1st time and wept for America when he won. Even then, I had no idea how horrific it could get. I've felt dread, have butterflies in my stomach, and whole lot of trouble sleeping. This is not the America I know. THIS is what happens when a narcissistic sociopath with utterly no redeeming qualities of the mind or spirit becomes President.

    • @jonathanbecker8935
      @jonathanbecker8935 4 роки тому +4

      It's disgusting that the MAGA hat wearing Trump supporters can't bring themselves to question this President in any way. They watch Fox News and get brainwashed into believing that Trump isn't really the brutal corporatist mercenary who supports big CORPORATIONS and billionares over human beings in all of his policy agendas. Trump's greed for wealth and power is his only true focus. He continually undermines the rights of consumers, workers, unions, and patients for the benefit of big business. He's made it easier for corporations today pay workers less, rip off consumers, block unions, and deny coverage for patients. Trump and Fox News have duped people into voting against their own best economic interests. In fact, Trump supporters even risk their own health and safety going to rallies, where no masks are worn and no one socially distances. Trump supporters are tragic because they are victims of fraud. They believe that Fox News is ETHICAL, fact checked journalism. The actually believe that Trump is not a con man and a complete fraud. They seem to think he cares about working class Americans, even though he clearly doesn't. A new study has found that because of Trump rallies, over 700 people have died from covid-19, and over 30,000 have been infected.
      It's insane that Trump feels no responsibility for the over 230,000 Americans who have died from Covid. Thank God Trump is going to be voted out of office over the next several days. America needs to heal. Finally, we will get the chance.

    • @Kraus-
      @Kraus- 4 роки тому +1

      I've been up since 3am today and didn't know why. I think it's just a ridiculous amount of anxiety. I was never this concerned for my safety even during deployment to war.
      It's been an entire year of avoiding a pandemic already. And now there's a handful of Trumper terrorist plots caught just this week. I'm so tired.

  • @stijnvth
    @stijnvth 3 роки тому +309

    "some shitty fucking pens" ... John delivers that line so beautifully ...

    • @apeman9238
      @apeman9238 3 роки тому +2

      Pesident Biden orderd pens out of a secret storage, sinds trump brought his own.

    • @annebruecks7381
      @annebruecks7381 3 роки тому +1

      I don’t think he was even Giving them the pens, I think they were all going to sign something and he got the pens back.

    • @Jonics18
      @Jonics18 Рік тому +1

      That clip with Trump and his fucking pens infuriated me.
      And it still does to this damn fucking day.

  • @CowboyBebopCrew
    @CowboyBebopCrew 4 роки тому +313

    This video is spot on. I’m a physician and the beginnings of COVID in the hospital with lack of PPE was possibly the most anxious time of my life. Not having enough protection, not having enough testing materials, not knowing who had it, becoming paranoid that I could be an asymptomatic carrier having been in and out of so many COVID positive rooms and I could potentially spread it to my family when going home was definitely weighing on me.
    The response by the Trump administration was abysmal, which brings me to my question... why do so many people feel like the president of the United States couldn’t have done more? Why do they give him a pass with 240+k dead? Why is this election as close as it is?

    • @andrewng4343
      @andrewng4343 4 роки тому +30

      The people who need to watch this won’t watch this, and if they did, they’d say it was fake news anyway.

    • @madgreen8945
      @madgreen8945 4 роки тому +25

      I am disheartened too... thank you for your essential service, Doc

    • @bugbugbug3469
      @bugbugbug3469 4 роки тому +14

      thank you for what you do!!! i'm so sorry you had to go through that

    • @cancersilver9546
      @cancersilver9546 4 роки тому +12

      Ignorance, denial, lack of empathy, exceptionalism, etc. the list goes on

    • @LeeerroyJenkins
      @LeeerroyJenkins 4 роки тому +1

      @Andria Marie "I hate people with a common purpose, because pretty soon they have little hats." :)

  • @KitwaIker
    @KitwaIker 4 роки тому +1476

    I’ve never set foot in America and I’m TERRIFIED for tomorrow

    • @AutisticWombot
      @AutisticWombot 4 роки тому +52

      Well it kinda does have VERY far reaching consequences🤦

    • @rikitheheropon3781
      @rikitheheropon3781 4 роки тому +70

      You’re terrified!? Imagine what it’s like over here ~_~

    • @grmpEqweer
      @grmpEqweer 4 роки тому +31

      It's on Tuesday.
      Ballots should be counted for several days afterward.
      Trump may fight a loss until January, and he might win
      We might stretch this terror out...😨🙄

    • @thatdude7778
      @thatdude7778 4 роки тому +7

      So are we 😷😱

    • @magicvibrations5180
      @magicvibrations5180 4 роки тому +13

      Don't worry, we most likely won't know the result for a couple more weeks. We are heading into a dark time with recounts, and candidates arguing over the result in the supreme court. I'm scared too.

  • @BlackPenzo
    @BlackPenzo 4 роки тому +169

    When you mentioned the pen story it actually made me question myself because yes that didn't shock or surprise me anymore. The last 4 years have been so batshit crazy that I feel cynical and apathetic to everything happening and I hate it. Thank you for reminding me it isn't normal

    • @rfross64
      @rfross64 4 роки тому +14

      The editors missed a pretty big mark here for me. That “man” and “someone,” as he is dismissively referred to in this clip, is the President of the American Nurses Association, Dr. Ernest Grant, PhD.

    • @EllenD333
      @EllenD333 4 роки тому +1

      It's not normal. None of this is normal. We're like frogs in the pot where the water temp slowly increases to boiling...

    • @BIGBLUBLUR
      @BIGBLUBLUR 4 роки тому +1

      @@rfross64 Jesus....

    • @kataratify
      @kataratify 4 роки тому

      Same. TBH I was surprised he didn't mutter something about the nurses/health care workers being "suckers and losers" under his breath while handing out the pens. The fact that he didn't say anything like that to their faces is what surprised me.

    • @flewkisdead
      @flewkisdead 4 роки тому +1

      @@kataratify Nah. Trump knows his audience. He will only say something like that in front of supporters to rile them up.

  • @renaissancenerd3801
    @renaissancenerd3801 4 місяці тому +4

    been on a John Oliver binge lately, and with how people have practically forgotten about COVID today, I feel like remembering videos and topics like this is even more important

  • @Tryingtobringchange
    @Tryingtobringchange 4 роки тому +595

    This is infuriating to me, and I'm not even an American

    • @pseudonym9215
      @pseudonym9215 4 роки тому +4

      How do you feel about Modi's handling of the pandemic?

    • @carabiner7999
      @carabiner7999 4 роки тому +8

      I hear you. His playing president has had long term, global and real consequences for the entire world/planet. Hope you and yours are healthy and happy.

    • @aish125
      @aish125 4 роки тому +23

      Over 1700 people died here.(Japan)I think this is not normal.Then I look America,I feel like dijyoioghtojogsio(totally panicked).

    • @eagle3676
      @eagle3676 4 роки тому +1

      @@poojakevat556 really though? I know India has a lot of people but it's still 2nd in cases and 3rd in deaths

    • @Eiterlude
      @Eiterlude 4 роки тому +14

      I criticize and ridicule the Vietnamese government a lot but at least it did well during COVID

  • @planetdisco4821
    @planetdisco4821 4 роки тому +397

    This may have been the most heartbreaking episode of LWT that you’ve ever done John. Respect. Stay safe America. Best wishes from Australia

    • @Nathan_h7765
      @Nathan_h7765 3 роки тому +3

      May I ask, how does it feel to have safety measures

    • @planetdisco4821
      @planetdisco4821 3 роки тому +7

      @@Nathan_h7765 I’m currently in an unending lockdown that’s been going on for nearly 18 months now in the state of Victoria. Our federal government has utterly, utterly failed in the vaccine rollout and only 12% of our population has been immunised. Kazakhstan has done better. So I’m not particularly convinced about our safety measures here anymore. We were doing so well and then the idiot in charge went and fucked it for everyone…

    • @Nathan_h7765
      @Nathan_h7765 3 роки тому

      @@planetdisco4821 oh shit sorry I didn't know I'm sorry if it offended you

    • @planetdisco4821
      @planetdisco4821 3 роки тому +6

      @@Nathan_h7765 hey no it’s all good mate, just the way it is here unfortunately. I even had to sell my car to pay the rent the other day. I’ll start to panic when I run out of food and beer lol

    • @anthonybroady9483
      @anthonybroady9483 3 роки тому +4

      @@planetdisco4821 I am sorry. People are so damn stupid! It’s life and death and the people upstairs don’t give a fuck! I hope things get better in your homeland.

  • @StiniogCo
    @StiniogCo 4 роки тому +122

    The moment where Trump handed out the pens, I cried. My heart literally shattered. Vote him out: you have been on your own for too long and suffered too much under this pandemic - and this president. Good luck tomorrow, USA! The rest of the world will be praying and rooting for a better leadership in the term to come!

    • @mochapen413
      @mochapen413 4 роки тому +3

      This video makes me wish I was old enough to vote. I’m so scared for the future

    • @G33KSP34K
      @G33KSP34K 4 роки тому +3

      I did the exact same. I have multiple family members who work in hospitals as a nurse, a few doctors, and general administrative staff, and open sobbing has become commonplace in my family. Every single day is torture for them, doing everything they can to save people while most people around us don't take this seriously. I want to do more, I feel the pull in me to do everything I can to help, but I can only do so much and its overbearingly frustrating and heart wrenching to see most people unable to do the simplest things for their fellow human beings. Wear a mask. Stay home when you can. I love you all, stay safe.

    • @StiniogCo
      @StiniogCo 4 роки тому +2

      @@G33KSP34K I feel for you and your family & friends - stay strong and stay focused. They are the true heroes of this terrible patch in history. Thank you for sharing, people truly needs to understand and respect what the vulnerable are going thru in this pandemic. Stay safe🙏🏻

    • @StiniogCo
      @StiniogCo 4 роки тому +4

      @@mochapen413 Don’t be scared - I figure if we all learn from history, and most importantly unite as global community, the best is yet to come. And when you finally are of age: vote with knowledge and confidence in the belief that the future holds educated leadership, less polarization in society and more unity globally!🙏🏻 we are after all stuck on this blue marble together. Stay safe!

    • @mochapen413
      @mochapen413 4 роки тому +1

      @@StiniogCo thanks this makes me feel a bit better🥰🥰

  • @SevenMinx7176
    @SevenMinx7176 3 роки тому +17

    What nearly made me cry was hearing how close to a breakdown he was when talking about his sick colleagues

  • @SG5002.
    @SG5002. 4 роки тому +374

    I love how disgusted John sounds whenever Jared comes up

    • @리주민
      @리주민 4 роки тому +24

      I find it so hypocritical when trump mentions hunter and how he allegedly colluded with his dad, while Ivanka and Jared nepotically openly hold offices within the white house. How do trump supporters not see this????
      Chinese President Xi jinping isn't even brazen enough to put family members in office.

    • @tooslowforthis4453
      @tooslowforthis4453 4 роки тому +1

      I find it hypocritical that the entire media doesnt mention Hunter. I mean if you're gonna be critical of one side it's only fair to criticize both.

    • @sandpiperr
      @sandpiperr 4 роки тому

      Well who wouldn't be?

    • @sandpiperr
      @sandpiperr 4 роки тому +14

      @@tooslowforthis4453 Does Hunter Biden work in the White House? Was Hunter Biden in charge of PPE and procurement and did he totally fuck it up?
      When either of those things are true, I'll care about Hunter Biden.
      Until then, no, I don't give a shit what Biden's 40 year old son, who isn't running for President, is doing.

    • @gamergilbert4438
      @gamergilbert4438 4 роки тому +12

      @@tooslowforthis4453 Biden's son got sent emails that he never responded to asking his father to meet with people, who his father never set up a meeting with. We know all of this because his father was the Vice President and his agenda was public fucking record. And those emails, yet again, never got replied to.
      This isnt even an argument, it's literally just that some dude got scam emails he never responded to, and now he's an evil bastard for what? Getting them?

  • @hansgunther6522
    @hansgunther6522 4 роки тому +378

    You know John is serious when he is using the correct map of a country.

    • @TehLucario
      @TehLucario 4 роки тому +8

      Oh god you’re right

    • @Polyglot_English
      @Polyglot_English 4 роки тому

      ***VOTE THIRD PARTY*** ua-cam.com/video/OkoEKQLwIwg/v-deo.html

    • @hama3254
      @hama3254 4 роки тому +1

      Did he use the correct map from Germany?
      I'm pretty sure bavaria is not a part of it anymore.
      Did the not got there new King Söder the First ?

    • @aureliodeprimus8018
      @aureliodeprimus8018 4 роки тому +7

      @@hama3254 Not sure if you are joking or not, but right now it is still only Duke Söder the first.^^ The crowning ceremony was postponed due to the virus.^^

    • @hama3254
      @hama3254 4 роки тому

      @@aureliodeprimus8018 really :O?
      I thought that has already happened : www.tz.de/bilder/2016/01/23/6060730/312174186-soeder-ludwig-ii-aachen-dpa-GTlRoIFoGec.jpg

  • @crazynachos4230
    @crazynachos4230 3 роки тому +632

    "you're not gonna hear about it after November 4th" well that was a damn lie

    • @Null257
      @Null257 3 роки тому +15

      You wouldn't have heard of him doing anything about it has he won.

    • @annadevilliers3705
      @annadevilliers3705 3 роки тому +2

      @@Null257 kop

    • @autocratytirar
      @autocratytirar 3 роки тому +1

      damn it, trump!
      i really wanted it to just disappear after biden got elected

    • @easyenetwork2023
      @easyenetwork2023 3 роки тому

      @Jess Serrato More people dying, but we are finally turning the corner.

    • @Viking_Luchador
      @Viking_Luchador 3 роки тому +7

      @@easyenetwork2023 we WERE turning the corner. But because so many red-staters are refusing to get vaccinated, the virus is still spreading and more mutations are showing up

  • @dragonflymike
    @dragonflymike 3 роки тому +77

    Idk if I have ever seen him this pissed. He's legit scared and heart broken.

    • @gregfahlgren7501
      @gregfahlgren7501 3 роки тому +10

      Only other times are when he talks about police brutality. Or whenever anyone insults women in the military. To be fair, that one's personal for him.

  • @JucaMelancia
    @JucaMelancia 4 роки тому +1996

    "Trump is doing his best"
    Trump's best is not enough.

    • @JohnDoe-yl7jv
      @JohnDoe-yl7jv 4 роки тому +27

      Don't forget the trump puke supporters secret weapon "fake news"

    • @darkprince56
      @darkprince56 4 роки тому +10

      What would you have done differently then? For example, Europe is going through its second wave of cases and lockdowns right now and he ain't president there. European governments have been pretty consistent with mask mandates and lockdowns and yet their numbers are still going up.
      Maybe, just maybe, Trump isn't the common denominator here… Instead realize that we are dealing with a new virus, an infective agent that is so small (even smaller than bacteria) that is difficult to control.
      Also, ‪only a fool would take the # reported by the🇨🇳Communist Party at face value. It defies logic for only ~4.6k dead in epicenter: 🇨🇳's 9th largest city w/a 11+mil population, and a level 4 bio-safety lab. Leaked vids show corpses on street, long queues at crematoriums, whistleblowers were silenced: dead/disappeared.
      But sure _we_ have 40% of global cases, we have more cases and deaths than the epicenter, a country of _1.4 billion_
      lol ok, if you believe that, then I have a bridge to sell.

    • @ickebins6948
      @ickebins6948 4 роки тому +53

      @@darkprince56 And europe has alot less deaths then the great nation ...

    • @mttsgrandfather2812
      @mttsgrandfather2812 4 роки тому +49

      @@darkprince56 are you delusional or did you not watch the video? What could he have done better? How about tell his stupid supporters that worship him to wear a mask. He said it’s a recommendation and he’s not doing it and they followed along. That really shouldn’t have to be spelled out for you.

    • @jordanmynes2638
      @jordanmynes2638 4 роки тому +1

      Nothing

  • @bethany7024
    @bethany7024 4 роки тому +76

    Watching the Ameritech guy almost break down crying in a deposition because he can't help everyone is absolutely heartbreaking.

    • @aarongabriel5749
      @aarongabriel5749 4 роки тому +3

      I’ve had to write similar emails in another industry that also helps sick people. It never leaves your soul after telling someone who is probably going to die that you have nothing left for them, and that you cannot help.
      I feel for this man, and every doctor, nurse, family member, caretaker, and friend who has been put in a similar situation by this virus and our response to it.

  • @hallowen
    @hallowen 3 роки тому +130

    Thing is, when you're a sociopath and a malignant narcissist, the "express empathy" part really is the hardest one.

    • @philippealexis
      @philippealexis Рік тому +3

      He handed out... pens. To his 'Trump' mind, what was being reported to him is that nurses were running out of pens to fill in death certificates???
      Good Lord... It's like, Give them more pens, problem solved.

    • @Tomrainsallnight
      @Tomrainsallnight 11 місяців тому

      He just doesn't get it. He's mentally ill

  • @kelsiparker7990
    @kelsiparker7990 4 роки тому +1455

    honestly impressed that John hasn't just reached the point where the entire episode involves screaming incoherently in frustration for an hour.

    • @kentcavender6690
      @kentcavender6690 4 роки тому +44

      You underestimate the British.

    • @jackyjiang3943
      @jackyjiang3943 4 роки тому +66

      Trump got the full 2020 experience; he got Covid, he lost his job, and in 2.5 months, he'll be evicted.

    • @Kingkillersstripe632
      @Kingkillersstripe632 4 роки тому +14

      John is English and very calm and also a professional who knows shouting won't get his message through

    • @kelsiparker7990
      @kelsiparker7990 4 роки тому +31

      @@Kingkillersstripe632 oh, I don't mean shouting to get the message across, I just mean incoherent screaming at the state of the world. Because that's been the direction my internal response to this year has gone in; John has my respect for being able to present his message calmly but firmly the whole time.

    • @Kingkillersstripe632
      @Kingkillersstripe632 4 роки тому +4

      @@kelsiparker7990 oh that's good to know

  • @crin28
    @crin28 4 роки тому +1639

    A large part of our problem is that the Americans who really need to hear this are busy watching conspiracy videos.

    • @wd3185
      @wd3185 4 роки тому +113

      @k K Nope, it's mainly people spreading bullshit like QAnon, Pizzagate, anti-vaxxing, and the idea that Trump is somehow even remotely a decent human being or person.

    • @sevrenhoover6858
      @sevrenhoover6858 4 роки тому +83

      @k K “The blacks that I know”, like jesus fucking christ dude, people who think like you are why I’m glad we’re about to get a sane administration in the White House. I was Republican before, but now I’m 21 years old and living on my own, working full time, oh, and I’m not having to listen to Fox News 24/7 bc I grew up in a very conservative house. As soon as I saw the things Trump does and says, and quite frankly, when I started watching this show here, democrats are making a hell of a lot more sense than the nonsense I was spoonfed my whole life. I really would’ve loved to see Yang, he’s my favorite politician right now, but I proudly voted Biden yesterday at the polls. God it feels good to cast the vote of the winning side, the right side.

    • @MeatCatCheesyBlaster
      @MeatCatCheesyBlaster 4 роки тому +20

      I wish it showed dislikes

    • @joeturtleneck2300
      @joeturtleneck2300 4 роки тому +5

      or reading headlines but not articles

    • @Chillpillspill
      @Chillpillspill 4 роки тому +33

      @k K Did you watch the video or not? Did you catch the part about Trump lying about how serious the disease is? He knew it was serious then lied about it, saying its not a big deal. That's a HUGE lie.

  • @ambersefcik8835
    @ambersefcik8835 4 роки тому +434

    That "not his fault" woman in the green shirt really pisses me off. She is the embodiment of the attitude of Trump fans.

    • @ericksauerbrei8805
      @ericksauerbrei8805 4 роки тому +1

      Trump 2020 !!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

    • @nathansfarcioc5575
      @nathansfarcioc5575 4 роки тому +16

      Tangible ignorance sure looks ugly

    • @DLG49
      @DLG49 4 роки тому +13

      Especially after that crazy eyed silence after she makes a statement. That shit is just "no".

    • @boratsagdiyev6175
      @boratsagdiyev6175 4 роки тому +8

      @@ericksauerbrei8805 is a troll account. I hope they finally get your beloved Putin

    • @ClarissaJGarza
      @ClarissaJGarza 4 роки тому +1

      @Herb Liptow unless it’s about H Clinton, AOC, Biden, or Kamala then it must be true and they should be ashamed of themselves.

  • @peterselby2197
    @peterselby2197 2 місяці тому +3

    Absolutely worth a rewatch. Devastating.

  • @sagebuchholz7672
    @sagebuchholz7672 4 роки тому +133

    As someone who works in infectious disease research and has been inundated with COVID related data and research efforts, it breaks my heart to see the level of disregard for human suffering at the highest levels of government. I have to talk to front-line workers every day and review the numbers on a daily basis. It has been devastating to see wave after wave of this virus hit with no coordinated response.

    • @RupertBruce
      @RupertBruce 4 роки тому +2

      Hopefully there is an ethical layer or two between you and the [person handing out pens] that will ensure that all people who experience this trauma are cared for.

    • @madwisdom4929
      @madwisdom4929 4 роки тому

      Secretary Pompeo@SecPompeo / Feb 4 - USA Sent PPE to CHINA > US government account >> Proud of our rapid facilitation of the delivery of donated life-saving personal protection equipment and medical and humanitarian relief supplies to the people affected by the #coronavirus in #China. Grateful to the generous U.S. organizations donating to the relief efforts. AMERICAN NURSES WORE GARBAGE BAGS FOR PROTECTION. \__/ “On February 7, the WHO warned about the limited stock of PPE. That same day, the Trump administration announced it was sending 18 tons of masks, gowns and respirators to China.” - American nurses wore garbage bags for protection.

    • @Northof25A
      @Northof25A 4 роки тому

      Ummmm sorry yeah they should have just let this thing wipe out the non fit, sorry money roles

  • @Omar-qm5sf
    @Omar-qm5sf 4 роки тому +120

    "A plane goes down with 500 people and no one talks about it"
    Lets use that as a metric Donald.
    America has lost the equivalent of over 464 planes going down each with 500 people under 9 months. Is that not worth being talked about all the time?

    • @chronosferatu345
      @chronosferatu345 4 роки тому +14

      Thank you for saying this. I was thinking the same thing.

    • @pallao3500
      @pallao3500 4 роки тому +15

      Besides, there was no plane crash at all.

    • @josheike3543
      @josheike3543 4 роки тому

      Only 500 people dying of Covid is a good day. Usually, it's more.
      ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-data-explorer?zoomToSelection=true&country=~USA®ion=World&deathsMetric=true&interval=smoothed&smoothing=7&pickerMetric=location&pickerSort=asc

  • @georgeluna5845
    @georgeluna5845 4 роки тому +196

    He knew the danger, then called it a hoax. This sends many to their graves.

  • @JediMasterVader
    @JediMasterVader 3 роки тому +8

    My wife got me on this show. I absolutely love it! The man and his team do their research. Wow!!!

  • @lifecapricious
    @lifecapricious 4 роки тому +679

    "I think he's probably doing the best that he can right now. I mean there's so much mixed information out there... and trying to decipher what's fact, and what's fiction."
    Trump is the primary source of misinformation about the pandemic in the United States. It's like saying a firefighter is doing the best he can to fight a fire when he intentionally replaced water with gasoline.

    • @RoseEyed
      @RoseEyed 4 роки тому +24

      And also as the PRESIDENT with advisors and staff, HE'S not the one getting the mixed information. It's people who don't know how to fact check social media or tabloids that are. Just because you're confused as a civilian about a subject you know nothing about doesn't mean the president should be too.

    • @ramonthomas2000
      @ramonthomas2000 4 роки тому +7

      That's an excellent analogy

    • @ldinti03
      @ldinti03 4 роки тому +4

      Then this might help. And to all undecided voters, show them those 4 links together. This might help the undecided voters to decide to vote :
      ua-cam.com/video/tLcTgJULW0M/v-deo.html
      (When it is crazy, it get crazier about covid)
      ua-cam.com/video/Eym7u6E8rjQ/v-deo.html
      (The lies qbout his commitment for the black)
      ua-cam.com/video/fQAVoJzkDqo/v-deo.html
      (The occult truth about Trump)
      ua-cam.com/video/tLcTgJULW0M/v-deo.html
      (We fight or we loose it all)
      #SaveAmerica #SaveLive #WalkAway

    • @GumaroRVillamil
      @GumaroRVillamil 4 роки тому +13

      Sure, there is a lot of mixed information, and it sometimes can be hard for us common people to know what's true or not. But Trump is the president of the US. He has access to resources and experts no one in world does. But he willfully ignores science and straight up undermines his own experts.

    • @lokiprankster9177
      @lokiprankster9177 4 роки тому +2

      @JP Provins, did he disseminate any harmful information? I cannot recollect any such info. Maybe Hydroxycloroquine wasn't effective, but he took it himself. After all, Linus Pauling claimed that cold can be cured by the vitamin C and he was rewarded by a Nobel prize. Of course, vitamin C cannot cure anything except scurvy. After all, POTUS is not the surgeon general, nobody should expect medical prescriptions from the POTUS. He cannot prescribe you Z-pack, either.

  • @Mars_Ultor_CasualGamer
    @Mars_Ultor_CasualGamer 4 роки тому +182

    And as usual John is just giving facts and every downvote is a person who can not handle the truth.

    • @tooslowforthis4453
      @tooslowforthis4453 4 роки тому +1

      What should trump have done differently to handle the pandemic?

    • @adikawitoelar15
      @adikawitoelar15 4 роки тому +40

      @@tooslowforthis4453 bruh did u watch the video?

    • @user-zg8bm1iy4o
      @user-zg8bm1iy4o 4 роки тому

      What truth? Your truth? His truth? What about my truth?

    • @shaunwayne8610
      @shaunwayne8610 4 роки тому +22

      @@tooslowforthis4453 you did not watch the video didn't you?

    • @naturelovingguypeoplenotso3039
      @naturelovingguypeoplenotso3039 4 роки тому +18

      Trump's cult followers can't handle anyone talking ill about their cult leader.

  • @richardsleep2045
    @richardsleep2045 3 роки тому +8

    Wow thanks John for speaking so powerfully for so many of us. Love you guys.

  • @ashcatchum
    @ashcatchum 4 роки тому +132

    Omg I got teary eyed hearing that poor VP feeling SO GUILTY not being able to help people when he knew it was coming

  • @BenPetersen888
    @BenPetersen888 4 роки тому +317

    He almost broke down to tears near the end...

    • @crystalwaters2260
      @crystalwaters2260 4 роки тому +37

      We understand why though...

    • @picklerick_91
      @picklerick_91 4 роки тому +13

      @@crystalwaters2260 Completely and even worse... I have it

    • @BobbyBranginsky
      @BobbyBranginsky 4 роки тому +28

      i feel so awful for john...i don't think he's ever gotten emotional on the show... hurts me to see him like that

    • @mickimicki
      @mickimicki 4 роки тому +36

      I felt bad for him (but even felt bad for the mask company dude when he welled up. And even though he admitted he voted for the idiot.)

    • @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley
      @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley 4 роки тому +6

      @@picklerick_91 Please take care and I'm here hoping for a full recovery for you.

  • @zuna50
    @zuna50 4 роки тому +139

    When he started to hand out those pens, I ended up in tears. I'm a grown ass man, I don't live in America and never been there, but this sociopath made me cry for all the people that suffer because of him. Stuff from US always felt like a hollywood movie, now it feels like a fucking nightmare.

    • @sunfeatherX3
      @sunfeatherX3 4 роки тому +17

      It's not weak to cry. Thank you for your compassion ❤️

    • @howisthatgay4275
      @howisthatgay4275 4 роки тому

      Lmfao

    • @cruisepaige
      @cruisepaige 4 роки тому +2

      We appreciate your caring. It is a disaster here right now. When people from other countries reach out with sympathy, it means a lot. I seriously want to go back to when everyone constantly criticized us, though! ❤️❤️❤️

  • @jamiekatrinaharris265
    @jamiekatrinaharris265 3 роки тому +15

    how does John talk about this so passionately without crying

  • @joeyfatonefrombackstreetboys
    @joeyfatonefrombackstreetboys 4 роки тому +187

    "This guy created the downfall of society at 19" Gold.

  • @pesterenan
    @pesterenan 4 роки тому +190

    I wish we had a John Oliver here in Brazil to talk about our awful, disgraceful president the same way, so people would wake up.

    • @Call-me-Al
      @Call-me-Al 4 роки тому +13

      Be the change you want to see in the world? UA-cam helps a lot, though please stay safe and maybe make it animated or puppets or so because putting an obvious target on your back is bad.

    • @SirPheobis
      @SirPheobis 4 роки тому +8

      Does it seem like people are waking up?

    • @sofialb362
      @sofialb362 4 роки тому +14

      There is a Brazilian version of this show! It's "Greg News". It's also from HBO and everything.

    • @griffinp1608
      @griffinp1608 4 роки тому +3

      He talks about our terrible president too. And our people still will vote for him

    • @Destinychanged
      @Destinychanged 4 роки тому +2

      John Oliver did cover him I believe

  • @maddingue
    @maddingue 4 роки тому +82

    Might sound strange, but John’s anger is quite moving.
    Good luck to US citizens.

    • @ashleyjoyner6430
      @ashleyjoyner6430 4 роки тому +2

      Thanks. I hope we will be able to recover from this. :'(

    • @elfymcelferton2187
      @elfymcelferton2187 4 роки тому

      Thanks, we need it.

    • @mikeskinner315
      @mikeskinner315 4 роки тому

      I don't think that's strange, because it feels, and very likely is, real. There are so many shows with hosts who act angry (lookin at you, any opinion show on Fox), but there is no weight behind it, no true conviction. Half the time I see shows like that, I always wonder if they even believe any of it, or if it's just because of the check and it's easy.
      When John speaks on the show though, I have zero problems believing the emotion. So, he's either the best actor/host ever, or he's being 100% sincere, and I'm inclined to believe the latter.

  • @THEchiQ
    @THEchiQ 3 роки тому +10

    This is the only time I’ve thought John was on the verge of tears. That close was pretty heart wrenching.

    • @gsp4prez
      @gsp4prez Рік тому

      @@nonnenja2281 or he has a fucking heart. I know that’s hard to tell if you’re on the right, as cruelty is the feature, not the bug of these sociopaths

  • @thilomanten8701
    @thilomanten8701 4 роки тому +1396

    Like the souvenir shirts will someday say: "I went through Trump's presidency and all I got was this lousy pen!"

    • @shaec3405
      @shaec3405 4 роки тому +14

      Hahaha. Sad but funny

    • @sorrykid8538
      @sorrykid8538 4 роки тому

      *BREAKING NEWS: THEIR LIVES DO NOT IN FACT MATTER*
      SOURCE: imgur.com/a/TK2GTHL

    • @PrinceChaWulf
      @PrinceChaWulf 4 роки тому +8

      Damn, that was a good one 🤣

    • @aserta
      @aserta 4 роки тому +5

      ...that costs a few thousands per citizen.

    • @TJshine1
      @TJshine1 4 роки тому +19

      @@sorrykid8538 what a pscyho... Please do not protect america because we actually dont need you to protect us.

  • @mediocreengineer8012
    @mediocreengineer8012 4 роки тому +394

    I am from a "3rd world" country and we handled this pandemic 1000 times better.

    • @hyperdiegesis
      @hyperdiegesis 4 роки тому +10

      AfroSamurai #2 lmao same here

    • @Zazabrina
      @Zazabrina 4 роки тому +3

      Where are you from? El Salvador comes to my mind.

    • @junkies1111
      @junkies1111 4 роки тому +19

      Beacuse covid19 is a money maker here in the USA. Politics and money rules the USA and humans are just numbers.

    • @leannhocuspocus4810
      @leannhocuspocus4810 4 роки тому +6

      Politicians here are paid by healthcare and big pharma. The worse the pandemic gets, the more patients need to visit the hospitals. The more patients in the hospitals, the more money hospitals, healthcare, and big pharma makes. Then politicians subsidize treatment with tax payer money. Healthcare, big pharma, and hospitals, can then give even more money to politicians. And if you or your friends and family can buy stocks for Hydroxychloroquine early, or Regeneron, and then peddle these "cures" to the public with your wide media coverage for extra profits on the side, well, that's just icing on the cake.

    • @AutisticWombot
      @AutisticWombot 4 роки тому +11

      South African here🙋 we also did😂

  • @lifeafterfootball9814
    @lifeafterfootball9814 4 роки тому +3620

    If you aren't as angry as John Oliver, you haven't been paying attention.

    • @topcomment3816
      @topcomment3816 4 роки тому +22

      If you are angry right now, I can’t wait to see how angry you are going to be after tomorrow night. 😂 #Trump2020

    • @mattk6101
      @mattk6101 4 роки тому +91

      @@topcomment3816 woohoo yeah! #SIMPsForTrump!

    • @sugarqbs
      @sugarqbs 4 роки тому +83

      @@topcomment3816 damn man, he didn't even say what country he was from but you come out the gate swinging...

    • @jayannakelley9051
      @jayannakelley9051 4 роки тому +68

      @@topcomment3816 - Actually NO ONE cares what you ‘think’!!

    • @KitsGravity
      @KitsGravity 4 роки тому +22

      @@mattk6101 that cracked me up xD
      Nice one
      #SIMPsforTrump

  • @SophieHatterLeFay
    @SophieHatterLeFay 3 роки тому +46

    My parents, over the past year, are those people who endlessly defend trump and his handling of the pandemic, they get so angry at me for pointing out anything he's done that they don't like being brought up, and insist it's all somehow Obama (4 years ago), the democrats, and the media exaggerating it. It's honestly been such a shock to find out my parents are these kind of people, they were obama supporters years ago, but now they fight with me, with their friends, even strangers online about their conspiracies. Some days it's honestly hard to remember who they were and harder still to remember how to love them. covid may not have directly taken anyone I know from me, but sure has killed a lot of love.

    • @Toomuchbullshitt
      @Toomuchbullshitt Рік тому

      Trump, like Ronald Regan, turned many normal Americans into far right conspiracy theorists. All he uses is anecdotal evidence and straw man arguments combined with his business brand prestige to win them over.

  • @marswell2408
    @marswell2408 4 роки тому +254

    He's right even if he was actively killing them the people would never abandon him

    • @maythesciencebewithyou
      @maythesciencebewithyou 4 роки тому +23

      He could abort a fetus in front of them and they'd still support him. I'm sure he has payed for many many abortions in his life.

    • @marcocappelli2236
      @marcocappelli2236 4 роки тому +26

      The worst thing is that he IS actually killing them, and they still support him...

    • @tunasalad9693
      @tunasalad9693 4 роки тому +5

      @@maythesciencebewithyou He actually has.

    • @naturelovingguypeoplenotso3039
      @naturelovingguypeoplenotso3039 4 роки тому +15

      Because what this is, is a Cult. He has the most devoted, insane cult followers then any past cult has ever had.

    • @debrahelmlinger6256
      @debrahelmlinger6256 4 роки тому +2

      He is actively spreading his droplets along with his followers doing the same at his rallies of potential death, poor orange baby, he's doing the best he can

  • @MouseSPAL
    @MouseSPAL 4 роки тому +99

    When John's voice trembled while he talked about his sick staff members, I could feel it caught in my throat.

  • @MidgarMerc
    @MidgarMerc 4 роки тому +188

    If that's the best he can do then MAYBE HE SHOULDN'T BE THE LEADER OF THE USA

    • @TehLucario
      @TehLucario 4 роки тому +1

      @TomG Gabin decade

    • @Polyglot_English
      @Polyglot_English 4 роки тому

      ****VOTE THIRD PARTY**** ua-cam.com/video/OkoEKQLwIwg/v-deo.html

    • @rita25y.o-checkmyvideo27
      @rita25y.o-checkmyvideo27 4 роки тому

      🥔🍋

    • @MidgarMerc
      @MidgarMerc 4 роки тому +1

      @@Polyglot_English Any other year I'd be fine people voting 3rd party. Not this year.

    • @HelgaCavoli
      @HelgaCavoli 4 роки тому +1

      @@Polyglot_English Bad time to think about that. Focus FIRST on Biden, then (in 4 years) a 3rd part.

  • @TVBjak
    @TVBjak 3 роки тому +35

    You can REALLY feel how pissed John is by the end of this piece.

  • @quentinmangel2265
    @quentinmangel2265 4 роки тому +387

    Ok, so that's John Oliver when he's really pissed off, never seen him like that in years of watching Last Week Tonight

    • @geomeopeoleo1740
      @geomeopeoleo1740 4 роки тому +64

      Some of the recent videos have shown that he’s been really angry. He’s getting tired of all the stuff that’s happening

    • @restlessly12
      @restlessly12 4 роки тому +19

      My thoughts exactly. Was there even a joke in this segment?

    • @psa921416
      @psa921416 4 роки тому +27

      @@restlessly12 if you consider fucking puppets funny, then yes

    • @Dlúith
      @Dlúith 4 роки тому +13

      I don’t know he seemed pretty mad at danbury Connecticut, home of the John Oliver memorial sewage plant

    • @BGkeys88
      @BGkeys88 4 роки тому +5

      True, but can you blame him ?

  • @mothywings
    @mothywings 4 роки тому +340

    To everyone saying “vote Trump” in the comments of this video:
    Why are you here? You’re obviously not learning a thing from this video if you’re still ride or die for him.

    • @WonderousSmiles
      @WonderousSmiles 4 роки тому +97

      If you want my opinion.
      They say it specifically TO hurt people. Trump supporters (not Republicans as a whole to be fair) have no standards or morals. They purely exist as reactionaries.

    • @mothywings
      @mothywings 4 роки тому +6

      @@WonderousSmiles honestly? I WOULD like your opinion bc this legitimately puzzles me, but that makes sense. Thank you.

    • @TakioMx
      @TakioMx 4 роки тому +55

      "Owningt he libs" has pretty much become a cult for some of these people

    • @anthonypillarella
      @anthonypillarella 4 роки тому +49

      @@TakioMx There is absolutely some truth to that. A lot of Trump voters are more anti liberal than they are conservative.

    • @justinadler4695
      @justinadler4695 4 роки тому +14

      @@WonderousSmiles certainly not all, for a lot of them it sadly comes down to unworthy trust in their respective choice of media, hear the same lie over and over for years and some start believing it and once they believe the Trump narrative it’s very hard to convince them otherwise since him and his supporting media regularly demonize other sources as biased and manipulative, ironic. I have a really good friend I’ve been trying to convince of this fact but it ultimately comes down to the fact that he won’t believe any of the data or stories from “biased liberal media” and despite acknowledging that Republican media is also biased he still believes their talking points with next to no evidence. It’s sad but with political and media polarization as bad as it is now some people just fall on the other side due to constant exposure and little fault of their own. Not everyone has the time or practice to identify the regular lies and fallacies used to justify Trump and the Republicans and all they have to do is remind them of the Failures and Dangers, some definitely are real but way overblown usually, of the Radical Opposition while claiming that all their own failures and deceptions are entirely fabricated.

  • @Panda_Roll
    @Panda_Roll 4 роки тому +68

    I worked in the Operating Theater for five years. I was nodding along when the man was expressing concerns about the effects of PTSD for his co-workers and other medical staff... then had to collect my jaw of the floor when Trump's response to that was "yeah sure, lot of death. Pass these pens around will ya." ARE. YOU. SERIOUS! The devil is wrong with you! You could at least show empathy even if you've given your soul to Cthulhu! Good god!

    • @lunatickgeo
      @lunatickgeo 4 роки тому +4

      as a devotee to Cthulhu, I can say that Trump isn't one of ours. never seen him in any of our secret meetings (we wear masks, you see, for the rituals)

    • @gimmethegepgun
      @gimmethegepgun 4 роки тому

      You can't show empathy if you're incapable of it and never learned how (or when) to pretend.

  • @nherman12
    @nherman12 3 роки тому +25

    I saw this when it first came out but I forgot how powerful that ending was. Seeing it really brought me back to that initial period of worry, terror and confusion. Not that the pandemic is no longer serious but now we're more adjusted to living with it in our midst. In those first few months it was absolutely terrifying

    • @Acidfrog475
      @Acidfrog475 Рік тому +2

      It brought back a lot of deeply rooted trauma I didn’t know actually stayed with me, and that coupled with the contents in the segment itself brought me to tears multiple times. I had honestly forgotten how horrifyingly bad it was in America during “The Corona Spring”.

  • @HobbesHobbiton
    @HobbesHobbiton 4 роки тому +197

    "First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out-because I was not a socialist.
    Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out- because I was not a trade unionist.
    Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out-because I was not a Jew.
    Then they came for me-and there was no one left to speak for me."
    -Martin Niemöller

    • @OGEdger
      @OGEdger 4 роки тому

    • @Tikolico
      @Tikolico 4 роки тому +8

      @Mary Ray Vote every republican out of office... I googled every name on my ballot... they can all go sit in a hot tiny room and heavily breathe on each other for all I care.

    • @kut52
      @kut52 4 роки тому +1

      Great quote but Trump is not a Nazi and sending people to concentration camps - frankly, this comparison is really disturbing.

    • @MrPtrB
      @MrPtrB 4 роки тому +8

      @@kut52 he is actually very near one though, but instead of jews he goes after mexican kids, or did we already forget about them?

    • @kut52
      @kut52 4 роки тому

      @@MrPtrB So you claim that he is putting together ghettos of Mexican kids and then exterminating them using chemicals? You really want to draw that comparison?

  • @taylorrhouser
    @taylorrhouser 4 роки тому +120

    My jaw dropped when he interrupted that doctor to give out the pens. Yes, he’s still managed to shock me. He continues to dig a deeper hole so he can just keep stooping lower

    • @dsansil
      @dsansil 4 роки тому +4

      Same here and I thought I was way beyond shock at this point. This guy is a monster

  • @Matt_Zee
    @Matt_Zee 4 роки тому +279

    Trump: "... but i'd still have my fans and rallies right?”
    Lady: " yeah of course, they would never abandon you even if you're actively killing them"
    This right here sums up every trumpet out there. As a European, I'd like to keep eating popcorn and laugh from a distance - but now empathy is kicking and I just wish they knew better.

    • @Ashh602
      @Ashh602 4 роки тому +10

      We never will. America is lost and our collapse will come soon

    • @razorwireclouds5708
      @razorwireclouds5708 4 роки тому +7

      @@Ashh602 frankly, it might be what America needs, given that the country was built on slavery, genocide and treason.

    • @matteoar
      @matteoar 4 роки тому +6

      Yeah, that's exactly what my opinion is on this. I'm European and I have American friends; it kills me to see how bad the situation is over there, and that people under evaluate it makes it even worse.

    • @zaczane
      @zaczane 4 роки тому +1

      @@Ashh602 with an attitude like that it sure as fuck will.
      But if you actually try to help society for the long term then we can do better

    • @kelseyyerger6408
      @kelseyyerger6408 4 роки тому +7

      WantSexNowRitaOpenMyCanal makes some interesting nuanced points on the topic that I will have to reflect on.

  • @JoshisJoshisJosh
    @JoshisJoshisJosh 3 роки тому +174

    This was 2 months?
    Why does it feel like 4 years ago

  • @according2her
    @according2her 4 роки тому +144

    Even in a country like Germany where leadership takes the pandemic seriously, it is still scary with case numbers rising like this and a second lockdown now in place but I can't imagine how it must be for people in the US ...

    • @maythesciencebewithyou
      @maythesciencebewithyou 4 роки тому +20

      The leadership here in Germany hasn't taken the pandemic that seriously. We never had real lockdown to begin with. And the one now is even more half assed. Despite the lame lockdowns we also have a bunch of crazies here influenced by US crazies who protest against wearing masks and lockdowns. Ironically, they started protesting after the first "lockdown" was lifted. The reason Germany had initially a good development with little cases and that going down was because a) Germans just follow the rules as long everybody else does it, too. b) Germans are a very reserved people, who only stick to their own groups and barely interact with people outside their groups. Only exception is young people in clubs and bars, which were initially closed. However, Germans like to break rules when they see others also breaking them. Germans will stand at a red traffic light, but if one person walks over the street the whole bunch will follow despite it still being red. We have a low death rate because we have many hospitals with intensive care stations and more ventilators than most if not all other countries. Our doctors are good, even though Germans like to shit on them.
      Over the summer, Germans have cared less and less about keeping distance. Initially people would keep their distance in super markets, but later they stopped doing that more and more. The majority still kept on wearing masks in shops without any protest though, at least that was good, same in busses and trains, which helped. But since bars opened young people have used them as replacement for clubs. Not all, a minority, but still, that's enough. When the borders opened, people went on holidays, even to regions of high risk. People here also could not wait a year to marry. Church gatherings are also a problem. The fact that this "lockdown" allows church gatherings is a total joke. Same with schools being open and busses filled, especially now that it is getting colder. Businesses are still open and people don't care whether they go to work sick.
      It all defeats the purpose. The way they are doing this "lockdown", it has the same effect as not doing a lockdown. It's just inconveniencing people and making them be totally against lockdowns.

    • @sisuguillam5109
      @sisuguillam5109 4 роки тому +7

      Ich krieg Magenschmerzen nur vom zusehen... und kann doch nicht aufhören.
      Pass auf dich auf und bleib gesund!

    • @frizzlethecat2084
      @frizzlethecat2084 4 роки тому +12

      @@maythesciencebewithyou I'm not sure that the "lockdown light" will not do anything. Because from what I observed, the groups forming around social events like going to a restaurant or to the theater was actually a big problem. Personally, I'm mostly infuriated about all those Fucking Idiots running off into holiday the moment the initial lockdown was ended. That was just stupid.
      "Problem" is that we value our Grundgesetz and the freedom of the people and their movement. And that's of course a good thing, but there were many people who actually SUED for the ability to go to a hotel in another Bundesland without offering a covid-test, and they won. And yes, lawfully it was probably the correct decision, but that person should have been taken at the shoulder and shaken until he got concussion so he wouldn't be able to travel! What idiot goes to such lengths just to go on a fucking holiday when the whole world is in pandemic-mode???!!!
      Our government probably made a lot of mistakes, but they need to keep within the laws and that says that the least restrictive actions which will be effective have to be taken. Everything more than what they're doing now would have been too much by law and would have been too easy to just overthrow in court. Which would not help at all.
      Schools are sadly so important. For the mental health of the kids and families and because the lower income-kids had suffered tremendous Nachteile (sorry, english is failing me right now) in learning during the first big lockdown. Some say they might never catch up to the kids from higher income families and since we already have a big gap between the incomes when it comes to education, keeping the schools open was considered absolutely necessary. (Also for the working parents, of course).
      It's not ideal, of course. But since not everyone can learn at home (no computer, too man siblings, no space, maybe even abusive parents), they need to go to school.
      Let's just hope this will help. Because if not, we might really need to do something more drastic. ...

    • @according2her
      @according2her 4 роки тому +2

      @@maythesciencebewithyou I certainly agree with you that people have been slacking of a lot and agree with another comment that especially leisure activities and holidays are the biggest contributor. However, I think a lockdown light will still improve the situation somewhat and there is still an option to impose even stricter rules if it proves not to be enough as well as even call out a national emergency which would make it easier to forego some laws. However, as a country valuing democracy and freedom I personally think this is the right way as it is hard for a government to force people to do the right thing. Handling a bunch of idiots sure is a hard task, especially when the ones following the rules have to carry the additional burden. I would not say though, that our leaders are not taking matters seriously, but I reckon that's just my perception :)

    • @MegaDixen
      @MegaDixen 4 роки тому

      I am more afraid of the lockdown then virus. Just wait we young people starting. Not to give a shit Any more.

  • @jannettb7930
    @jannettb7930 4 роки тому +119

    "You keep talking about how someone came in to the barn and stole all the horses, but no one is talking about how I locked the barn door a week later."

    • @MrBlackMamba07
      @MrBlackMamba07 4 роки тому +2

      ..... If "all" the horses are already stolen .. later why does it even matter if the barn has a door at all

  • @wormfoood
    @wormfoood 4 роки тому +243

    12:43
    "This guy created the downfall of society at age 19"😅😅😅

    • @TheTrishalyn
      @TheTrishalyn 4 роки тому +3

      Thanks for the time stamp. I miss stuff bc I'm listening while working.

    • @Polyglot_English
      @Polyglot_English 4 роки тому

      ****VOTE THIRD PARTY**** ua-cam.com/video/OkoEKQLwIwg/v-deo.html

  • @matthewjarek3026
    @matthewjarek3026 3 роки тому +77

    John in 2016: “There’s a part of me that even likes this guy. It’s a part of me I HATE, but it is a part of me.”
    John in 2020: “THIS HAS BEEN A FUCKING NIGHTMARE!!!”