John Oliver tears apart Trump's 'epic run of picking losing fights'

Late-night host John Oliver delivered a scathing takedown of President Donald Trump's increasingly desperate attempts to win political battles he has no business fighting, highlighting a dramatic shift in the president's once-vaunted political invincibility.

In a new episode of HBO's Last Week Tonight, Oliver dissected Trump's recent self-inflicted controversies, from his blasphemous AI-generated image depicting himself as Jesus Christ to his increasingly bitter feud with Pope Leo XIV — battles that reveal a president rapidly losing his grip on power.

"Whatever air of invincibility he had last year is fading fast," Oliver said, describing Trump's string of recent missteps.

Oliver highlighted Trump's absurd Truth Social rant attacking Pope Leo XIV, in which the 79-year-old president claimed the Chicago-born pontiff is "weak on crime" — a criticism so nonsensical it barely qualifies as an insult.

"In terms of insults," Oliver said, "Trump's remark just doesn't work."

The late-night host drew a comparison to illustrate the point: "It's like saying this possum is weak on Balkan geography. OK, but who gives a s---? It's not a possum's job to correctly place Bosnia and Herzegovina on a map. Her job is to eat garbage, hang upside down, and by this evidence, reproduce prolifically," Oliver said, displaying photographs of a possum surrounded by offspring.

Oliver noted that Trump's "battle of words has not gone well for Trump," adding sarcastically: "I don't think they'd see eye to eye on much other than maybe whether it's a good idea to cover your workplace in more gold s---- than seems physically possible."

Oliver then turned his attention to Trump's now-infamous AI-generated image of himself surrounded by disciples and holding a celestial orb of light — a deeply blasphemous image that sparked backlash from even Trump's own evangelical base.

After deleting the image from Truth Social, Trump offered a laughably weak explanation: that the photograph was meant to depict him as a doctor, not as Jesus Christ.

"Oh, that makes sense, a doctor!" Oliver exclaimed mockingly. "You know how when you go to the doctor, and you get checked in by a nurse and a few bald eagles, and then the doctor comes in wearing an ancient tunic and says, 'We're gonna get you started on antibiotics and on orbs of light born from my very skin. Take them with food'?"

According to Oliver, Trump's recent string of self-defeating blunders represents a fundamental shift in the president's political fortunes.

"The point is, Trump seems to be on an epic run of picking losing fights, and whatever air of invincibility he had last year is fading fast," Oliver concluded. "All of which is a pretty good reminder that one day he is gonna be gone."

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