John Oliver mocks Trump’s attack on the Pope: “Okay, but who even cares?”
According to the Cinemadrame News Agency, after a few weeks off, John Oliver returned with a new episode of his show and once again took aim at Donald Trump—this time mocking him for attacking Pope Leo XIV, an episode Oliver described as yet another example of Trump’s pointless conflicts.
A few days earlier, the Pope had commented on the war involving Iran, saying that “anyone who follows Christ, the Prince of Peace, would never stand with those who yesterday held a sword and today drop bombs.”
Oliver responded by saying this was one of several statements that reportedly triggered Trump’s anger.
The host of Last Week Tonight then referred to a lengthy post Trump published on his own social platform, in which he claimed the Pope was “weak on crime.”
Oliver said this kind of insult simply doesn’t land: “It’s like saying this animal is weak in Balkan geography—so what? Who cares? It’s not that animal’s job to correctly label Bosnia and Herzegovina on a map. Its job is to eat trash, hang upside down, and, based on these images, reproduce.”
He then showed an image Trump had posted, depicting himself in a saint-like pose, wearing flowing robes with light emanating from his hands as if he were healing people. Oliver noted the image predictably sparked backlash, and Trump’s explanation was not much better—he claimed he thought he looked like a doctor.
Oliver sarcastically replied: “Ah yes, a doctor. The kind where you walk into the clinic and are first greeted by a nurse and a couple of bald eagles, and then the doctor arrives in ancient robes and says your treatment will begin with antibiotics and glowing orbs coming out of my body—make sure to take them with food.”
The segment then referenced a news exchange in which Trump was asked about his disagreement with the Pope. Trump said he was not in a fight with him, only that they had a difference of opinion—specifically claiming the Pope said Iran could have nuclear weapons, while he opposed that view.
The reporter immediately fact-checked and corrected him, stating that the Pope had never made such a claim.
When asked whether he would be willing to meet the Pope, Trump said he did not see such a meeting as necessary.
Oliver responded that he also didn’t think such a meeting was necessary, adding that the verbal clash had not gone in Trump’s favor. Jokingly, he added that their only possible point of agreement might be whether covering one’s workplace in excessive gold decorations is a good idea.
In conclusion, Oliver said Trump seems to have entered a phase of repeatedly choosing the wrong battles, and the aura of invincibility he had last year is quickly fading—a reminder, he suggested, that one day he will eventually step off the stage.
