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24th Apr 2017

WATCH: Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner are under the spotlight in Last Week Tonight

Rory Cashin

“They’re like America’s answer to Kate and William, except in this case, they’re both attractive.”

We’re all very familiar with John Oliver taking aim at Trump’s administration, but this week he goes deep on two of the only aspects that all of America (and the world) seem to find acceptable, that being his daughter Ivanka and his son-in-law Jared.

For whatever reason, these two seem to be viewed as the only reasons why Trump hasn’t pushed the Nuke Earth button already, but considering that Donald has just put Jared in charge of several high profile issues, including but not limited to solving the Middle East crisis (?!) and completely revamping the federal government from the ground up (?!?!), how exactly has this man with no real political history been given such a powerful position.

We mean Jared, by the way. Not Donald.

Similarly, the relationship between Donald and his daughter has also been under scrutiny due to his inability to ever say the right thing about her – his answer to an interviewer’s question about what he and she have the most in common is cringe-worthy of the highest order – but what is it about her that the public seems to enjoy so much?

Let’s find out, shall we….

Clip via LastWeekTonight

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