--- description: John Oliver once again has Donald Trump in his show's cross hairs. title: John Oliver Takes Down Donald Trump's Wall, Brick By Brick image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # John Oliver Takes Down Donald Trump's Wall, Brick by Brick by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 21, 2016 8:27 AM CUT by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 21, 2016 8:27 AM CUT In the wake of his nearly successful campaign to [#MakeDonaldDrumpfAgain](http://time.com/4240734/john-oliver-donald-trump-last-week-tonight/ "undefined") (or at least [sell a lot of hats](https://t.co/jlCf7UaZGw "undefined") emblazoned with the slogan), John Oliver once again has Donald Trump in his show’s cross hairs. Last night, Oliver spent a new episode of _Last Week Tonight_ doing his impression of the [Kool Aid Man, knocking down the wall](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=%5FfjEViOF4JE "undefined") that the Republican presidential candidate wants to build to separate Mexico and the United States in order to curtail illegal immigration. While Trump has estimated the wall would only cost $4 billion, Oliver notes that, “Donald Trump’s margin of error is only the GDP of Moldova.” Oliver did the math on the project and the cost in both dollars and common sense is much more. In his take down of the idea, Oliver noted that the wall would cost an estimated $26 billion, would sit on on private property, could take up to ten years to build and has serious effectiveness issues. Oliver believes there is a better way to #MakeAmericaGreatAgain — buy everyone waffle irons. And, yes, he knows he looks like a pygmy owl when he delivers the news. > [](https://twitter.com/LastWeekTonight/status/711754621375619073) While the majority of the episode was dedicated to Trump’s wall, the show ended with a very important poll question: > [](https://twitter.com/LastWeekTonight/status/711756782264311808) Which dog would make the best Merrick Garland on their Dog Supreme Court? Vote now. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4265573/john-oliver-donald-trump-wall/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4265573/john-oliver-donald-trump-wall/"},"headline":"John Oliver Takes Down Donald Trump's Wall, Brick by Brick","datePublished":"2016-03-21T08:27:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T09:23:09.398Z","description":"Waffles, not walls","url":"https://time.com/4265573/john-oliver-donald-trump-wall/","keywords":["Television","Donald Trump","John Oliver","Last Week Tonight"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4265573/john-oliver-donald-trump-wall/","name":"John Oliver Takes Down Donald Trump's Wall, Brick by Brick"}}]}] ```