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It was another messy week for Republican nominee Donald Trump, and Last Week Tonight’s John Oliver couldn’t resist yet another takedown of what he’s had to say, including referring to Barack Obama as the “founder of ISIS” and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton as the co-founder, then going so far as to imply his supporters could assassinate her if she is to be elected.

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In turn, Oliver labelled the billionaire-turned-presidential candidate the “imploding star that is Donald Trump, the owner of what you might describe as a ‘resting rich face.’”

“Wow,” said Oliver in reference to Trump’s ISIS remarks. “Now clearly what he just said is absolutely absurd, but even when people try to help him reframe it, he doubled down.”

For his part, Trump later said that his inflammatory comments were actually meant to be sarcastic.

“Yes, ‘sarcasm’ is a bulls–t excuse,” Oliver responded. “It’s the douchebag’s apology.” Trump then “made it so much weirder when, later that same day, he walked his walk-back back” by claiming his speech was actually “not that sarcastic, to be honest with you.”

In response to Trump’s comments that the only way he might lose the election is if it’s “rigged,” Oliver had a word of warning: “What is really worth taking note of there, and is worth thinking about, is that he’s suggesting the election may be stolen by his opponent — and that’s actually dangerous.”