John Oliver Is Educating Trump on Major Issues With D.C. Ad Buy During Morning Cable News Shows

First spot, about the nuclear triad, aired Monday morning

Several people have figured out that the best way to get a message to President Trump is to do so via a TV program he is likely to watch, but no one has gone to the lengths that John Oliver has to get a television-based message to the president.

On Sunday’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, the first new episode since Trump’s inauguration, Oliver revealed that his show has arranged to run a Trump-targeted ad locally in the Washington D.C.

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