Watch John Oliver Turn America’s Doomed Infrastructure Into a Summer Blockbuster


America’s infrastructure system—from its dams, bridges, roads, airports, etc.—is deteriorating and in need of a serious renovation. It’s an issue most people agree on, and as John Oliver noted last night, even has the attention of a “total idiot” like Donald Trump. Despite all this, the country remains pretty uninterested in doing anything about it.

“The lack of political urgency in tackling this problem is insane,” Oliver explained. “And you cannot tell me that you are not interested in this, because every summer, people flock to see our infrastructure threatened by terrorists and aliens.”

In hopes to cure America’s blissful apathy to our crumbling infrastructure, Last Week Tonight took a cue from our movie-going habits by producing a gripping, Armageddon-like summer blockbuster to get people freaked out enough and finally start working on this major problem. Watch below:

 

 

 

 

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