John Oliver has spoken out against US president Donald Trump’s tendency to get his information directly from right wing TV channel Fox News.
“It’s pretty depressing to hear the president just parrot what he heard on TV the night before,” said Oliver.
Speaking on his HBO series Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, the British-American comedian pointed out instances in which Trump has repeated phrases heard on Fox News, such as the coronavirus lockdown being a ”cure worse than the disease”, which he said multiple times in a speech after hearing it used by Steve Hilton.
“They call it that because it was first identified in 2019, you gigantic potato,” quipped Oliver.