Last Week Tonight segments about Donald Trump
2016 segments that featured Donald Trump
Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, has been the subject of segments on the HBO television series Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. They commenced during Trump's 2016 Republican primary and subsequent general election campaigns. Most are discussed in the show's opening news recap segment. The segments listed have received prominent coverage from other media, and feature Trump or his actions as part of the main segment.
Season 3 (2016)
Episode 3: "Donald Trump"
"Donald Trump" was the core part of the third season's third episode, which aired for the first time on February 28, 2016. During this time, Trump was the frontrunner for the Republican Party's presidential nomination. Host John Oliver discusses Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and his career in business, outlining his campaign rhetoric, varying political positions and failed business ventures. He also says the Trump family name was changed at one point from the ancestral name "Drumpf". The segment popularized the term "Donald Drumpf", which Oliver said was coined with the intent to uncouple the grandeur of the last name to facilitate Trump's supporters' ability to acknowledge his political and entrepreneurial flaws. It also started a campaign urging viewers to "Make Donald Drumpf Again"—a play on Trump's own campaign slogan, "Make America Great Again".
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