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John Oliver has pushed himself back into the center of the political conversation after the latest episode of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight” featured an extended takedown of Project 2025, the conservative policy playbook being promoted ahead of November’s U.S. election. In the segment, Oliver compared former president Donald Trump to “a hamster in an attack helicopter,” arguing that the far-reaching plan would hand Trump “all the buttons he never figured out how to press the first time.” The vivid image instantly went viral, spawning reaction clips, memes, and a spike in search interest for the British-American comedian. Oliver’s main target, Project 2025, is a 920-page roadmap drafted by conservative think tanks that calls for the mass firing of civil-service employees and the consolidation of executive power. He highlighted proposals that would let a reelected Trump replace thousands of career officials with loyalists on day one and roll back decades of environmental, reproductive-health, and LGBTQ protections. “It’s not a second-term wish list,” Oliver said, “it’s a demolition manual.” Viewers responded in real time on social media, pushing #Project2025 and #HamsterInAnAttackHelicopter into trending columns overnight. The buzz arrives during Season 12’s summer run, where “Last Week Tonight” has routinely out-rated other late-night staples in the coveted 18-to-34 demographic. HBO reports that clips from the June 15 episode racked up more than 18 million YouTube views in 48 hours, the show’s fastest digital climb of 2025. Media-analysis firm Parrot Analytics notes a 64 percent week-over-week surge in global demand for Oliver’s series, edging past “The Daily Show” and “Real Time with Bill Maher” for the first time this quarter. Political strategists on both sides seized on the moment. Progressive PACs circulated the segment to energize volunteers, while several conservative commentators accused Oliver of “entertainment-led fearmongering.” Yet the controversy may be working in Oliver’s favor: Variety data show Max subscriptions spiked 7 percent in the 24 hours following the episode’s release, a rare mid-season jump for the streamer. With new episodes slated through November and an early renewal locking the program through 2026, expect John Oliver’s fact-laden rants—and the memes they inspire—to remain a fixture of the 2025 campaign cycle.