Let John Oliver Answer Any Questions You Have About Trump’s Russia Scandal, a.k.a. ‘Stupid Watergate’

Finally, John Oliver has given us a phrase to describe the week in daily 5:30 p.m. news dumps and hourly push alerts about the collapse of the Trump White House: “Stupid Watergate.� Last week in Trump’s America was probably just as damning as the scandal that took Nixon out of office, but every news story is moving at lightning-fast speed. “Say what you will about Nixon, but at least he wanted the fucking job,� Oliver says. The host offers three key questions that will help you understand last week’s reports of Russian leaks, Comey memos, and federal investigations: How big a deal is this, where do we go from here, and, finally, is this real life? Don’t go getting your hopes up: “When it comes to President Trump, he’s always approaching the end of the line, but it never seems to come,� Oliver says. “It’s as if for him and him alone, the end of the line is drawn by M.C. fucking Escher.�