John Oliver began his latest installment of Last Week Tonight by addressing Donald Trump ‘s Washington, D.C. takeover.

The late-night host delved into the hypocrisy of the president’s federal takeover of the U.S. capital’s police force, which POTUS announced was “a historic action to rescue our nation’s capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam and squalor and worse. This is liberation day in D.C. and we’re going to take our capital back.”

Since the declaration last week, the occupation has hurt local businesses , resulted in over 100 arrests and been challenged in court and on the streets . This, despite the fact that violent crime in D.C. hit a historic 30-year low earlier this year .

“It is painfully clear that Trump is doing this to boost his tough-guy image with his base

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