John Oliver on Trump tariffs: 'World's trust in America has been shattered'

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John Oliver summed up a chaotic week for the US economy in what he called "an emotional rollercoaster" after Donald Trump's tariff drama. The Last Week Tonight host devoted the episode to the back-and-forth decision-making which went from the president holding up the "single dumbest chart in human history" to the Dow plummeting 4,000 points in two days. He initially held firm despite widespread backlash, claiming: "I know what the hell I'm doing" and stating that he had a lot of people sucking up to him afterwards and being nice. Oliver said it was comparable to what would happen if…