--- title: John Oliver Looks at 'Stupid Watergate' on Last Week Tonight description: John Oliver focuses his razor-sharp wit on Donald Trump’s “Stupid Watergate” on the latest Last Week Tonight. canonical: https://time.com/4787768/john-oliver-trump-watergate-last-week-tonight/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-22T07:26:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T10:58:50.080Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: John Oliver Looks at “Stupid Watergate” on Last Week Tonight og:description: Oliver spent his entire show on the political whirlwind surrounding Donald Trump og:url: https://time.com/4787768/john-oliver-trump-watergate-last-week-tonight/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt791f0edc96b1bce4/6988ce41a988ca80316bc53b/gettyimages-4834445161.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 2015 Summer TCA Tour - 31st Annual Television Critics Association Awards og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: John Oliver Looks at “Stupid Watergate” on Last Week Tonight twitter:description: Oliver spent his entire show on the political whirlwind surrounding Donald Trump twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt791f0edc96b1bce4/6988ce41a988ca80316bc53b/gettyimages-4834445161.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # John Oliver Takes a Long Look at 'Stupid Watergate' on _Last Week Tonight_ > Sponsored content. 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John Oliver accepts the TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in News and Information for 'Last Week Tonight with John Oliver; via video at the 31st annual Television Critics Association Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on August 8, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California.Frederick M. Brown—Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker May 22, 2017 7:26 AM UTC John Oliver intended to talk about the Transportation Security Administration on Sunday night’s episode of _Last Week Tonight_, but the political whirlwind got the best of him. Instead, he spent the bulk of his show tackling a subject he calls, “Stupid Watergate”—the investigation into whether [Russia](http://time.com/4754803/donald-trump-russia-investigation-momentum/?iid=sr-link2) influenced the U.S. presidential election and whether Donald Trump and the White House obstructed the investigation. Oliver seems to believe it’s possible, because he also believes that the Trump administration always makes the worst choice possible. “Paper or plastic? Whichever kills more birds,” joked Oliver, “Favorite Beatle? it’s got to be Yoko.” Then there’s the report that Trump told visiting [Russian](http://time.com/4433880/donald-trump-ties-to-russia/?iid=sr-link1) dignitaries that he had [fired the head of the FBI](http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/nov/22/donald-trump/fact-checking-trumps-claim-thousands-new-jersey-ch/) and it had eased [pressure](http://time.com/4786698/president-trump-james-russia-comey-nut-job/?iid=sr-link3) on him. “It’s like if Hillary Clinton sent an email with the subject line ‘sup I did Benghazi’,” said Oliver. In addition to that troubling statement, the _Washington Post_ discovered that the investigation was focusing on a person of interest in the White House. “It could be Jared Kushner, but he in no way qualifies as interesting,” said Oliver. The only people not interested in the investigation, according to Oliver are the commentators on Fox News, who called it a “boring scandal.” Oliver completely disagreed with that sentiment, “It’s not boring! It’s literally a f\*\*\*ing Emmy-nominated TV show,” he said, while showing a graphic for [_The Americans._](http://time.com/4693398/the-americans-premiere-review-season-5/?iid=sr-link2) According to Oliver, members of Trump’s own party are making themselves scarce when it comes to defending him, like when _CBS This Morning_ reached out to 20 Republicans, but they all declined. “That’s worse attendance than a wrap party for the cast of [_The Jinx_](http://time.com/3745422/the-jinx-robert-durst-hbo-finale/?iid=sr-link1)_,”_ said Oliver. Now, White House lawyers are reportedly researching what a Trump impeachment would look like — Oliver hoped would include “Muslims celebrating in New Jersey,” a reference to Trump’s [false claim](http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/nov/22/donald-trump/fact-checking-trumps-claim-thousands-new-jersey-ch/) that Muslims had celebrated the attacks on 9/11\. While Oliver thinks that [Trump](http://time.com/4781096/donald-trump-classified-information-russians-kremlin-white-house/?iid=sr-link10) leaving “would be fantastic,” he is not looking forward to either President Mike Pence or even President Orrin Hatch (“a man whose every expression says, ‘I take fiber supplements and frankly they’re not working’.”) Oliver does not think that it is particularly likely that [Trump](http://time.com/4711461/trump-russia-special-commission-history/?iid=sr-link9) will be [impeached](http://time.com/4711273/donald-trump-impeachment-odds-challenges/?iid=sr-link3), even though Trump does not always seem happy as president, according to Oliver. He proved his point with a photo of a miserable looking Trump at his inauguration. “He looks like he’s at the funeral for every dog,” said Oliver. Oliver also realizes that he and Trump finally have something in common—he too preferred his previous life when Trump was not president. See the clip above for more. 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