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John Oliver on Sunday criticized President Donald Trump’s latest week in office, saying nothing epitomized it more than his “bat-s— crazy press conference” on Thursday.

At one point, Trump’s first solo press conference as president found him going back and forth with a black reporter who asked whether he planned on including the Congressional Black Caucus and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus in discussions about his urban agenda. “I tell you what, do you want to set up the meeting? Do you want to set up the meeting?” Trump asked her. “Are they friends of yours?”

“The man is incredible,” said Oliver on Sunday’s episode of Last Week Tonight. “Because what hits you first there is the racism of assuming that all black people are friends, and then it’s not until later that you really appreciate the sexism of thinking all women are there to perform secretarial tasks for you. The guy packed so much into so little. In fact, his press conference was so unhinged, that many of the reporters’ companies had the same initial response.”

Oliver cut to a montage of anchors on several networks all saying “wow” after the conference ended. “Yes, wow indeed,” agreed Oliver. “A presidential press conference elicited the same reaction you get from people who just watched someone shoot fireworks out of his ass. Which, when you think about it, is actually fitting. Because whenever Trump speaks, what is it essentially other than just random sparks and flames, sputtering noisily out of a damaged ass—-?”

Earlier in the segment, Oliver addressed Trump’s comments about Sweden during a rally held in Melbourne, Florida, on Saturday. “You look at what’s happening,” Trump told the crowd on Saturday. “We’ve got to keep our country safe. You look at what’s happening in Germany, you look at what’s happening last night in Sweden. Sweden, who would believe this?”

Trump later clarified his comments on Twitter, writing, “My statement as to what’s happening in Sweden was in reference to a story that was broadcast on @FoxNews concerning immigrants & Sweden.”

“It turns out there was no terror attack,” said Oliver. “Just a quick message to all other countries on Earth: In the future, you’re going to find yourself wanting to ask, ‘What is your president talking about?’ a great deal. And the answer is going to almost always be, ‘We have no f—ing idea.'”

Alluding to Trump’s penchant for watching cable news, Oliver said, “Sifting through Trump’s brain to see why he said something is now like examining a shark’s stomach to see what it ate.”

While the nation is glued to Trump coverage, many other “fascinating stories” have been “undercovered,” Oliver said. His list included the airport assassination of Kim Jong-un’s half-brother; a Florida man accused of plotting to bomb Target stores; British Prime Minister Theresa May’s reactions to children’s LEGO Robot creations; and Stephen Schwartz, the U.S. ambassador to Somalia, giving Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi a “Make Somalia Great Again” cap.

Oliver then found himself on another Trump story: The president’s joint press conference with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, during which Trump said he would support a one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “I’m looking at two-state and one-state [solutions],” Trump said during the conference. “And I like the one that both parties like. I’m very happy with the ones that both parties like.”

“What the f— are you talking about?” said Oliver. “The whole problem is, the people on each side want a one-state solution. Generally cannot agree on what state it should be. No one’s really expecting them to suddenly say, ‘Hey, we agreed on one state, and it’s Peru!'”

Oliver continued: “Here we are talking about Trump again because you cannot avoid him. In the past week alone, Trump designated the media as enemies of the American people; had his EPA-hating nominee for head of the EPA confirmed; lost his nominee for labor secretary and his national security advisor; and signed a bill undoing Barack Obama’s protections for the waterways from coal mining waste.”

Last Week Tonight airs Sundays at 11 p.m. ET on HBO.