John Oliver crashes The Daily Show to usher in America’s monarchy era

The Jo(h)ns sparred over how much America is starting to resemble its parents. 

John Oliver crashes The Daily Show to usher in America’s monarchy era

Four weeks into the second Trump presidency, and let’s face it, America is great again. The Gulf of Mexico is now the Gulf of America, DEI is dead at PBS, and the president can do whatever he wants without the other branches of government wagging their finger and saying, “Um, that’s illegal.” Yes, President Donald Trump is taking us back to the days when men were men, children worked the fields, and sexual harassment was a vital part of office culture. As normal as that is for other countries, it’s a change for the United States. Sure, we had roughly 250 years as a constitutional republic, but has anyone considered how much better it would be if we just had a king? The Supreme Court made it official last year, so why don’t we put a crown on it? What, are we going to wait for the “hopeful losers” in the so-called opposition party to do something? No! They have to wait for Republicans to tell them it’s okay first.

On tonight’s Daily Show, Jon Stewart welcomed John Oliver back to the desk where it all began. It was only yesterday that the mop-topped Brit crossed the shores and charmed America with his opinions on which animals were hottest. But tonight, he was here to gloat (and passively plug his show’s return next week), ushering in America’s monarchy era with the vindictive spirit of a man whose tea had been tossed into Boston Harbor.

“America had its little fun, didn’t you? Experimenting with democracy. You fought so hard to get away from us, acting up,” Oliver said. “You weren’t going turn out like your mean old dad, who was so horrible to you when you were growing up.”

But now look at us, with our big gold king. We turned out just like our parents.

 
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