HBO’s Last Week Tonight host John Oliver made a surprise return to Comedy Central and The Daily Show on Monday to play the role of a British irredentist who was welcoming the U.S. to its “monarchy era” after years of checks and balances have allegedly been thrown away by Republicans in the Trump era.
After playing a montage of Republican politicians declining to express alarm at the legality of some of President Donald Trump’s actions, host Jon Stewart lamented, “Well, it’s been a good run, America. It’s looking like we’re becoming less like the constitutional republic it’s been for 250 years and more like the monarchy that we all fought to escape from, but I think the important thing to—”
Oliver then showed up and after a period of extended applause from the studio audience, settled into his role of being the guy who welcomed the…
