"I can name 10 forms of trade" is something Michael Scott would say.

"Oh, we'll do a deal with Europe then."" *NAILED IT*

- Trade with Europe? - Huh? - Trade with Europe? - Huh? - Trade with Europe? - Huh? - Trade with Europe? - Huh? - Trade with Europe? - Huh? - Trade with Europe? - Huh? - Trade with Europe? - Huh? - Trade with Europe? - Huh? - Trade with Europe? - Huh? - Trade with Europe? - Huh? - Trade with Europe? - Huh? - Trade with Europe? - Ah ok I'll trade with Europe then

“He only backed down on the eleventh refusal” Well, Trump does do this a lot with women so...

By Trump's logic, I have a massive, massive trade deficit with Safeway. I buy all manner of goods from them, but they have purchased NOTHING AT ALL FROM ME FOR OVER 30 YEARS NOW!!! To fix this, I will now tax myself every time I buy something there. That'll show them who's boss!

The story about Melania and the factory worker was gold

For a country that celebrates the Boston Tea Party, you would think it would be a bit more savvy about the dangers of tariffs.

“Before things get worse....” Wow, that didn’t age well.

He’s probably never even traded a Pokémon card successfully.

That Missourian steel worker is a classic example of the "I'm doing great so sucks to be you" worldview that so many Americans are enamored to.

"Everyone knows that Trump doesn't know a lot of things but, occasionally, it's important to remember that he also doesn't know anything." That is just a masterpiece of a sentence.

"It's not just tarriffs that Trump doesn't understand, it's also our trade deficit." And also literally everything else.

I work for a manufacturing company whose primary material is metal. We have had to increase our costs due to tariffs. A vast majority of our customers are obviously not happy with the increase, so they have been buying products from a manufacturing plant in Mexico. What a brilliant idea!

I teach high school economics. This may be the most important episode yet. I wish I could show it to my students.

I know it was a joke, but Angela Merkel doesn't just speak German. She's fluent in English (as well as Russian) as her mother was a trained English Language teacher.

Holy crap. Was that Martin Sheen narrating Navarro's documentary??? Martin "President Bartlett, the president we all wish we had right now instead of Trump" Sheen?!

I run a trade deficit with my grocery store. Every week I pay them money and instead of giving me money back they give me food. I should stop going to the grocery store, think of how much money I'd save.

Fun fact about Trump's rants on German cars flooding the American market: When asked about it, then-German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs, Sigmar Gabriel, just responded that Americans should "make better cars then".

That thing you're thinking of? He doesn't know that. One of my favorite lines.

The fact that his supporters never even realize most of the things he does affect them more than anyone they hate is mind boggling🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

The ‘aluminum worker Melania’ theory makes perfect sense

The melania switch story is brilliant

My favorite and arguably most long running gag in this show is John's casual sports jokes that somehow land.

Anyone else still confused even now as to why John didn’t raise the whole “Martin Sheehan being the narrator for that insane documentary”??

Watching this a year later. Mr. Oliver was so correct.

How could people think trump knows what he’s doing on trade? This is the guy who said “Who knew healthcare could be so complicated!?”

Martin Sheen is the narrator of Navarro's documentary.

This has been going on for a year now?! Holy shit.

I have a trade deficit with my supermarket. I give them money and they only give me my groceries at prices that are very low. So unfair! I am going to put a tariff on them, that I will have to pay. That will teach them!

This may be one the best pieces that John and his writers have made.

So many years passed by - but this is still so freaking funny 😂 "in Germany who doesn't have a BMW?"

I love the snip at the end. It says so much. I just fear too many viewers will be lost long before they reach that point and never have it explained quite so clearly. John Oliver has a way with words.

The Melania body switch story makes WAY too much sense.

I sent this video to my Trump supporting father. He hasn't talked to me since. I love you John Oliver, will you be my daddy?

That aluminum worker story and the Mnuchies in the same show. I forgot how good this episode was

Funniest part about this: "When Trump tweets..." Oh man, has me rolling laughing every time.

My Dad co ran a business through all my childhood. I remember him giving me a bit of a life lesson by telling me, the only good "deal" was one where both parties walked away happy. To Trump, his whole philosophy is winners and losers. Real high school shit.

"I have the best people" A guy Jared found on Amazon. I honestly wouldn't even trust a set of batteries Jared found on Amazon.

That documentary being narrated by The Illusive Man is at least really on brand.

I wonder how long it took and how hard it was for John to forget the way he was brought up and say "aluminum" the American way

"Everyone knows (Trump) doesn't know a lot of things, but occasionally it is important to remember that he also doesn't know anything."

I suggest basic literacy, math, & mental competency tests to anyone wanting to run for public office!

"They switch bodies" lololol.

That Aluminum worker/Melania Trump switcheroo was the BEST THING EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*"Everyone knows he doesn't know alot of things. But occasionally it's important to remember that he **_also_** doesn't know anything."*

“Who doesn’t have a BMW?” My god, he really despises poor people. They don’t even register on his radar.

"Zero-sum game" is a dangerous word that is rarely ever true

Dwight Howard was actually a pretty big asset to the Lakers this past year before COVID shut down the season. He's accepted his role as an off the bench rim defender and offensive paint presence. It was working out pretty well.

So glad this show won an Emmy.

As an economics student, I am terrified at what drumpf is doing

Broke my heart to hear Martin Sheen narrate that film clip...

The monologue with the aluminium worker is excellent

Man I was hoping for the catheter cowboy in the end

We are in a sad state when late night shows expose more ineptitude in our government that actual news.

Every American should see and understand this. Especially his supporters. It should be compulsory.

Oh the finale "info video" is just too perfect! This is 21 min. & 13 sec. of genius.

“Fun” fact about Peter Navarro, he was my professor at UC Irvine, where he ‘teaches’ an online class based on his UKposts series of videos that is supposed to be about economics and trade with China. I had no clue about who he was or any of his books going in, I only knew it was a course that satisfied my management minor. But instead he made us memorize the amount of Chinese aircraft carries, the amount of potential mines in the water between China and Taiwan, how China might launch missiles at the US etc. There was NOTHING about trade policies at all, and yes he made us write an essay that basically had his zero sum game in mind, and discuss how American Fortune 500 companies with setups in China would be forced to move back to the US at some point. My essay basically proved him wrong, and I got a passing grade, and no comments. We also had weekly ‘blog posts’ where we would have to write about something that related to the class, which meant a lot of people got poor marks when they cited the benefits of US-China trade. That’s mostly because a lot of the students in the class were Chinese international students who were also confused by the objective of the course, and didn’t understand how completely tone deaf he seemed to be. Anything that went against him he COMPLETELY ignored and pretended wasn’t handed in. My friend even ended up failing the course despite doing more than enough work and handing in all their work on time, purely because they criticized the contents of the course. He has tenure and emeritus status, so he’s basically impossible to get rid of, and I’m assuming he’ll come prancing back on his high horse to keep on doing his propaganda course as soon as trump is out. Hopefully he loses his status, funding, or right to teach a class, but who knows...

Should get another ad aired on Fox starring Catheter Cowboy to really get the message across

I really wish you guys would do a story on how terrible working for BMW ACTUALLY IS.

I'm 2 years late for this but this might be the funniest episode you've ever done, John. 👏😂 I legit started tearing up at the Melania/steel worker guy theory lmao!

I can't wrap my head around the fact that there are people who actually think the Trump administration is doing right by America. It's mind-boggling. The rest of the world aren't even laughing, we're cringing and hoping you guys come out of this ok in the end.

I live in Spartanburg a few miles from BMW... people here are flipping out... just in case you were wondering.

I am glad Howard finally got a Ring with the Lakers, fittingly here in Orlando - spoken by a Magic fan!~

Just got to the aluminum worker/ Melania bit. Words fail me!

Frankly, Angela Merkel's English is probably better than Trump's.

The biggest problem with Trump's approach to trade is that he's stuck in the zero sum game mentality. It's how he's approached his business dealings (and seemingly his whole life): every encounter, every deal has a winner and a loser. But that's not how trade is supposed to work. When you go to the store and buy something, do you always assume that either you're screwing the store over or it's screwing you over? No. As long as the sale was made in good faith and neither side pulled any dishonest shenanigans, you got something you needed/wanted and the store got some money. Everybody wins.

Holy shit this aged well.

oh my god at 19:58 when all the knives stab the book there's a spoon that flies across the screen I JUST NOTICED IT AND NOW I CANT STOP LAUGHING HAHAHAHAHA

That aluminum worker/Melania swap story, lmfao.

You gotta imagine that around the 5th time Merkel said trade with the EU she turned to her translator and the translator said "yeah this guy just isn't getting it."

Just love watching John Oliver...so hilarious and awesome!!👏👏😎

"I can name 10 different forms of trade," Yeah, I've got a list that probably makes more sense then his. Here we go: domestic trade, international trade, interstate trade, intercity trade, intercounty trade, civ 6 trade, wandering traders (like in minceraft), the "Trader" skill in skyrim, trader joes, and ocean currents (that's basically oceans trading water between each other). WHAT A SCHOOL OF FINANCE RIGHT HERE!!!

That melania switch story was amazing.

Trade guy, Liar lady, Nothing boy, Jesus Pleaser, Crime nymph, Drunk grandpa and daughter wife.

Aluminum worker bit was frickin genius!!

How are we ignoring the fact that Martin Sheen is the Narrator for Death by China

I think the little video at the end was too subtle for Trump to understand. What about colorful flash cards?

John Oliver's team please do one on plastics and ocean pollution! It's so important

“Electric scooters are basically like if Dane Cook became transportation” lmaoooo why does that sound so true

As someone from Spartanburg, it made me so proud to be mentioned in this.

"But no, Melania! Go to him!" At this point I lost control

Donald Trump is proof that, as long as you are born with enough money, you can live a long life of never knowing how money works at all, and still have all the money.

This was one of his best bits and I was grateful that he cleared it up.

Years later and I'm still crying about the story with the aluminium worker

John complimenting Steve Mnuchin’s appearance because they look alike is the best thing ever

Damn, I was expecting Catheter Cowboy to explain it 😂

Fuck it, I'm using this for my China trade war essay. It's a lot more understandable than a lot of the other stuff I'm reading.

Damn, I just got the wordplay behind "a case of the mNUchies", years after I've seen this for the first time. This is truly the peak of TV

The aluminum worker theory is more credible than pizza-gate.

The Melania story was amazing.

6:27 John is flexing on all of us with that amazing Minecraft villager impression

That steel worker doesn’t realize that even though he has kept his job now, the price of their products will go up, and demand will go down, and to off set those costs labor will be cut and he will still lose his job. We literally learned this first week of my macroeconomics course.

When John was talking about the BMW factory he also could have taken Mercedes' factory in Tuscaloosa. About 10 years ago the dad of my girlfriend moved there from germany to help expanding the factory because Mercedes released a lot of new cars since then. As far as i know the factory itself employs 3.000 people and another 7.000 jobs depend on the MB factory (those people work for smaller companies that produce and deliver parts). I recently talked to her dad and he said that if these taxes and tariffs keep rising the production costs will reach a too high level, so Mercedes will be forced to move their production to China. Good Job Trump.

Oh my god, that aluminum worker/Melania body switching joke killed me.

That ending was spectacular!

Incredible episode!!!

Trump: I’ll give you thousands of jobs with tariffs!!! >creates 26,000 jobs >loses over 432,000 jobs in the process The Art of the Deal, everyone.

I'd watch a movie about Melania and the aluminium worker.

John Oliver is the King of genius.

Featuring a voice over by Martin Sheen, President Bartlet himself