John Oliver Crashes The Daily Show to Mock America’s ‘Monarchy Era’ Under Trump: ‘Kings Get Sh*t Done!’

British comedian and Last Week Tonight host John Oliver crashed The Daily Show Monday to roast host Jon Stewart on the US political descent into “monarchy”—mockingly urging the host to “embrace” President Donald Trump’s royal-style rule.

During Stewart’s monologue on Trump’s relentless rush of orders, criticized by some for pushing the limits of presidential power, he lamented America’s drift from its democratic roots.

“It’s been a good run, America,” he said. “It’s looking like we’re becoming less like the constitutional republic we’ve been for 250 years and more like the monarchy we all fought to escape from.”

Cue the slow, sarcastic clapping from backstage as Oliver appeared on stage, wearing a smug grin and rubbing his hands together.

“Do my eyes deceive me? Is that young John Oliver? Are you here to offer us your wisdom and counsel?” the host said, playing along.

“Oh, no, Jon, I’m here to gloat,” Oliver declared, soaking in the audience’s applause. “America had its little fun experimenting with democracy, didn’t you? You fought so hard to get away from [the British Empire], acting up, throwing all that tea into the harbor? You still owe us for that, by the way… Let me be the first to welcome America to its monarchy era. Congratulations!”

Stewart tried to push back, arguing that the U.S. wasn’t ready to “go full empire.”

But Oliver warned him to just submit to autocracy: “Don’t fight being a monarchy, Jon, embrace it! Kings get shit done… Is it stuff you wanted done? Not necessarily. But they do move quick! They taste cumin at lunch and they’ve taken over an entire continent by dinner time. That is how the British rolled, Jon. Fuck everyone else. They are not like us. In fact, if I may sing a line from Mr. Kendrick Lamar.”

Stewart offered protest, insisting the “imperial model” wasn’t for the US.

Oliver, however, didn’t relent, leaning in: “Have you seen anything America has done over the last 50 years? Because for a country that doesn’t want to be an empire, you’re doing a pretty fucking good impression of one… Invasions, economic exploitations, and now, suggesting turning Gaza into a beachfront casino? Even King George would be like, ‘I don’t know, guys! Feels like the situation is a bit more complicated than that. And I’m literally dying of medieval brain disease.’”

Stewart, visibly exasperated, turned to the camera and signed off the skit: “We really have become our father.”

Watch above via Comedy Central.