Even with Hillary Clinton facing the fallout from new State Department emails last week, John Oliver said on Sunday's Last Week Tonight, "as is always the case, she was eclipsed by the imploding star that is Donald Trump, the owner of what you might describe as 'resting rich face.'" For the 53rd week in a row, Trump was supposed to set his campaign right, starting with a scripted, boring economic speech in Detroit. "His campaign must have been pleased to keep him disciplined and on-message for an entire hour," but things devolved pretty quickly, Oliver said, running through Trump's accusing President Obama and Clinton of founding ISIS, doubling down on his statement, his just-kidding "it was sarcasm" tweet, and partial recanting of the sarcasm line. "What are you doing?!" Oliver asked. "You know that riddle where there are two people, one who always lies and one who always tells the truth? Donald Trump is both of those at once."
Oliver ended with a gleeful look at Trump playing with charts, and then the ambiguity a lot of comedians feel toward the Donald: "Look, I cannot wait for this campaign to be over, but part of me is going to miss him when he's gone." Watch below, but be warned that there is a bit of NSFW language. Peter Weber
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