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| In the final portion of the segment, Oliver urged viewers to refer to Trump as "Drumpf", the Trump family's ancestral name.<ref name=wpost20160229/> (In the 1600s during the ], the family's name was changed from the German-originating "Drumpf" to the current "Trump", as evidenced by a John Philip Trump who lived in that century)<ref name=TBG>{{cite web| url = https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2015/09/09/why-donald-trump-better-than-donald-drumpf/7ltKCyRasCa5TY2l1Tr4HP/story.html | title = Why Donald Trump trumps Donald Drumpf | work = ] | accessdate = 3 March 2016 }} </ref><ref name="BlairBook">{{cite book|last1=Blair|first1=Gwenda|title=The Trumps: Three Generations of Builders and a Presidential Candidate|date=6 October 2015|publisher=Simon and Schuster|page=26|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uJifCgAAQBAJ|accessdate=4 March 2016}}</ref> Oliver made fun of the name "Drumpf," saying, "It’s the sound produced when a morbidly obese pigeon flies into the window of a foreclosed Old Navy. ... It’s the sound of a bottle of store-brand root beer falling off the shelf in a gas station minimart."<ref name=huffpo/> | In the final portion of the segment, Oliver urged viewers to refer to Trump as "Drumpf", the Trump family's ancestral name.<ref name=wpost20160229/> (In the 1600s during the ], the family's name was changed from the German-originating "Drumpf" to the current "Trump", as evidenced by a John Philip Trump who lived in that century)<ref name=TBG>{{cite web| url = https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2015/09/09/why-donald-trump-better-than-donald-drumpf/7ltKCyRasCa5TY2l1Tr4HP/story.html | title = Why Donald Trump trumps Donald Drumpf | work = ] | accessdate = 3 March 2016 }} </ref><ref name="BlairBook">{{cite book|last1=Blair|first1=Gwenda|title=The Trumps: Three Generations of Builders and a Presidential Candidate|date=6 October 2015|publisher=Simon and Schuster|page=26|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uJifCgAAQBAJ|accessdate=4 March 2016}}</ref> Oliver made fun of the name "Drumpf," saying, "It’s the sound produced when a morbidly obese pigeon flies into the window of a foreclosed Old Navy. ... It’s the sound of a bottle of store-brand root beer falling off the shelf in a gas station minimart."<ref name=huffpo/> | ||
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3rd episode of the 3rd season of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
| "Donald Trump" | |
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| Last Week Tonight with John Oliver episode | |
| File:JohnOliver Dumpf.jpg | |
| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 3 (segment) |
| Narrated by | John Oliver |
| Presented by | John Oliver |
| Original air date | February 28, 2016 |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| List of episodes | |
"Donald Trump" is a segment that aired on February 28, 2016, as part of the third episode of the third season of the HBO series Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. During the 22-minute segment, comedian John Oliver discusses American businessman Donald Trump, including his business history, and Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.
Description
"Donald Trump" is a 22-minute segment about Donald Trump, delivered by John Oliver during the February 28, 2016, episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. Oliver introduces the topic of Trump's presidential campaign by referring to it as "America's back mole," saying, "It may have seemed harmless a year ago, but now that it's become frighteningly bigger, it's no longer wise to ignore it."
Then, Oliver criticizes Trump heavily. Oliver called Trump a "serial liar," stating that Trump has lied many times in the past. Oliver mentions Trump had declined an invitation to appear on Last Week Tonight despite never having been invited; that Trump is not self-funding his 2016 presidential campaign, despite Trump saying otherwise; that Trump University misled people, since it was not a university, and despite Trump's statement to the contrary, the related lawsuits are still pending; and that Ivanka Trump, Donald's daughter, had said that her father once portrayed himself as poorer than a homeless person. Oliver said that Trump had failed to repudiate former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke. In total, according to Oliver, Trump was lying three-fourths of the time. Oliver called Trump inconsistent in his presidential campaign, saying that "he's been pro choice and pro life; he's been for and against assault weapon bans; in favor of both bringing in Syrian refugees and deporting them out of the country."
Oliver stated that Donald Trump had frequently threatened to file lawsuits against various people, but had never actually filed these lawsuits. Oliver said that Trump was also sensitive about the size of his fingers due to an incident several years prior, in which Trump had been accosted about the size of his fingers. Discussion of Trump's "short fingers" was later covered by other media, but in a Twitter post two days after the segment's original showing, Trump said that he was not aware that people knew about his "short fingers".
Make Donald Drumpf Again
In the final portion of the segment, Oliver urged viewers to refer to Trump as "Drumpf", the Trump family's ancestral name. (In the 1600s during the Thirty Years' War, the family's name was changed from the German-originating "Drumpf" to the current "Trump", as evidenced by a John Philip Trump who lived in that century) Oliver made fun of the name "Drumpf," saying, "It’s the sound produced when a morbidly obese pigeon flies into the window of a foreclosed Old Navy. ... It’s the sound of a bottle of store-brand root beer falling off the shelf in a gas station minimart."
Oliver stated that he trademarked the term "Drumpf"; a trademark application was filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office by a company called "Drumpf Industries" that is based in Delaware. He released a corresponding Google Chrome browser extension on Google Play after the segment, which would change all instances of "Trump" to "Drumpf." Oliver created the hashtag "#MakeDonaldDrumpfAgain" during the segment. He also registered the web domain donaldjdrumpf.com, which sells hats modeled on Trump's "Make America Great Again" hat using the "Drumpf" hashtag. By the Friday morning after the segment aired, the Chrome extention had received over 333,800 downloads and 5,800 reviews.
Reception and aftermath
Immediately after the segment, web searches for "Donald Drumpf," a term mentioned in the segment's final minutes, went viral. By March 1, which was Super Tuesday, "Donald Drumpf" surpassed "Ted Cruz" and "Marco Rubio" in Google Searches.
Reacting to the segment, The New York Times commented that "Donald Drumpf" was "a funny label", but stated that "some fairness might be in order. Despite mistaken impressions, Mr. Trump and his recent relatives had nothing to do with the surname change." It also pointed out that many American entertainers and politicians, including two Presidents, had changed their names. CNET called the segment a "lengthy excoriation" of Trump, and commented that Oliver had "a greater purpose" than "mere satire", which was to influence Americans to care enough to vote against Trump. S.I. Rosenbaum of The Washington Post was more critical, saying that making fun of foreign names "traffics in the very xenophobia that is Trump’s sick stock in trade."
Us Weekly noted that in the aftermath of Oliver's segment, a Misplaced Pages page for Donald Drumpf was created, while also acknowledging the existence of a Twitter account for Drumpf. However, the Twitter account, which was not ostensibly related to Oliver, had already been tweeting since May 2013, years before Oliver's segment was made.
DeepDrumpf is a Twitterbot that uses a recurrent neural network created at MIT that releases tweets imitating Trump's speech patterns, which received its namesake from Oliver's segment.
The HBO online store sells authorized Donald Drumpf merchandise including baseball caps designed to parody the "Make America Great Again" slogan. Individuals are selling their own versions of the slogan "Make Donald Drumpf Again" on a variety of t-shirts, coffee mugs, posters and hats.
References
- ^ "John Oliver Demolishes 'Serial Liar' Donald Trump". The Huffington Post. February 29, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
- ^ "John Oliver Destroys Donald Trump: 'You Are Either a Racist or You Are Pretending to Be'". The Daily Beast. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
- ^ Justin Wm. Moyer (February 29, 2016). "John Oliver slams Trump, a.k.a. Donald 'Drumpf,' for 22 brutal minutes". Washington Post. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
- Melissa Locker. "John Oliver Takes On Donald Trump On Last Week Tonight". TIME.com. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
- ^ Reed, Ryan (February 29, 2016). "Watch John Oliver Annihilate Donald Trump, Re-Brand 'Drumpf'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
- "John Oliver Destroys Donald Trump In 'Last Week Tonight' Rant". The Inquisitr News. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
- Nelson, Libby (March 2, 2016). "Donald Trump's deep insecurity about his "short fingers," explained". Vox. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
- "Donald Trump denies knowing anything about people making fun of his 'small fingers'". The Week. March 1, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
- "Why Donald Trump trumps Donald Drumpf". The Boston Globe. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
- Blair, Gwenda (October 6, 2015). The Trumps: Three Generations of Builders and a Presidential Candidate. Simon and Schuster. p. 26. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
- "'Drumpf' trademark application filed". World Intellectual Property Review. March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
- Swartz, Tracy (March 4, 2016). "Donald Drumpf browser extension installed more than 333K times". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
- "'Donald Drumpf' Is Beating Rubio and Cruz for Second in Google Searches". The New York Times. March 2, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
- Victor, Daniel (March 2, 2016). "Donald Drumpf: A Funny Label, but Is It Fair". The New York Times.
- Matyszczyk, Chris. "John Oliver slams Trump for 22 minutes, creates new hashtag for him". CNET. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
- S.I. Rosenbaum (March 3, 2016). "John Oliver's 'Donald Drumpf' jokes play on the same ugly xenophobia Trump does". The Washington Post.
- Webber, Stephanie. "Donald Drumpf Misplaced Pages Now Exists After John Oliver's Donald Trump Takedown". Us Weekly. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
- "Donald J. Drumpf". Twitter. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
- ".@democatsanddogs I also don't have as big an IQ as I claim. But don't tell @Lord_Sugar". Twitter. May 28, 2013. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
- Bonnie Burton (March 4, 2016). "Drumpf Twitterbot learns to imitate Trump via deep-learning algorithm". CNET. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
The Twitterbot DeepDrumpf takes its name from "Last Week Tonight" host and comedian John Oliver who lambasted Trump on his February 28 show
- "John Oliver's scathing takedown of Trump". Sky News. March 1, 2016. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
- "Donald Drumpf Misplaced Pages Now Exists After John Oliver's Trump Takedown". Us Weekly.
- "Other Amazing Donald Drumpf Merchandise You Can Buy, Because Pissing Off Donald Trump Is Priceless". Bustle. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
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