John Oliver has an offer for Donald Trump: accept the outcome of the November election and he’ll give the Republican candidate an Emmy.
On Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, the comedian mocked the GOP nominee’s performance at a charity dinner before laying into Trump’s recent refusal to accept the outcome of the presidential.
Oliver took issue with Trump’s comments during the final presidential debate when the Republican refused to say whether he would accept the results of the Nov. 8 vote after being pressed by moderator Chris Wallace.
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“I will tell you at the time. I’ll keep you in suspense,” Trump said during the debate. The next day he said would “totally accept” the election results “if I win.”
Clinton called his remarks “horrifying,” adding that it’s not the first time Trump has refused to accept losing.
“There was even a time when he didn’t get an Emmy for his TV program three years in a row and he started tweeting the Emmys were rigged against him,” she said.
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Oliver said it was obvious why Trump would want the most coveted award of the television world.
“Of course he wants an Emmy! It’s a woman, it’s gold, and its proportionate to his tiny hands,” Oliver said Sunday on his HBO show. “It’s basically Trump’s ideal mate.”
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“Here’s the problem, here. It increasingly seems like, if Donald Trump loses, we are not going to get the concession speech that the country badly needs, because he is medically incapable of accepting that he is a loser,” Oliver continued. “So we need to find a way for him to give a concession speech, while he’s still able to claim that he won something.”
Oliver then offered Trump a golden proposition.
“Let’s bet on the outcome of this election. I will take the side that you win,” Oliver said, now addressing the GOP candidate in absentia. “I will take the side that you win. You will take the side that you lose. That way, if you lose, you still win and, as for the stakes in the bet, I have something that I know you want!”
The host then revealed the award he picked up for Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series at this year’s Emmy’s.
“You don’t even have to take her furniture shopping,” Oliver taunted. “Take the bet, Donald.”
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