John Oliver calls America a 'beautiful mess of contradictions'

John Oliver's Last Week Tonight returned Sunday with a vengeance. HBO's late-night host set his sights on Trump and the impression he's made upon the world.

In the NSFW clip, Oliver laughed off Trump's declaration that once he was in power people would no longer laugh at the United States.

"It is insane that Trump ... thought he would end the laughter," Oliver said showing photos of Trump playing tennis and with his mesmerizing and mysterious locks blowing in the wind. "It's like (if) a flamingo in boxer shorts named Phineas J. Rocketdump ran for president under the slogan 'Time to get serious.' "

So how do you make sense of it all?

"As an immigrant who has fallen in love with this country, for what it's worth, please allow me to speak to the rest of the world in America's defense," OIiver offered. "Donald Trump does not represent America — well, to be completely honest, he does reflect it a bit. But the point is America is not one thing; it's a beautiful mess of contradictions where good and bad are mixed together. For instance, it makes Mountain Dew, which tastes like a honeydew melon was (expletive) by a radioactive cloud. On the other hand, it makes awesome beds shaped like the Batmobile."

He continued, "America is the country that gave you Star Wars — you're welcome — and Scientology — we're sorry about that. And sometimes, what's great and terrible about us is just impossible to separate."

Offering another example of American yin and yang, he made one last plea with citizens of the world as the New York City Gay Men's Chorus sang a lush, slowed-version, nearly unrecognizable rendition of Smash Mouth's All Star. "That's right," he proclaimed, "a terrible, stupid song being sung absolutely beautifully. This should be our new national anthem."

Oliver concluded, "Please, world, for the next three, or seven or somehow 11 years, please remember this is the country of Donald Trump, yes, but it's also the country of people profoundly embarrassed by him," Oliver said, "and the country that brought you inflatable dinosaur costumes and (expletive) Batman beds."

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